Ludus naturae - corporalidade e re-significação ecológica: aventura lúdica no surfe em Florianópolis

Abstract

The way the human body is conceived, understood and published in their relations with nature, through bodily practices of adventure in the natural environment, in this specific case, the surfers and the correlations with their understanding of the world around them and other aspects of the culture are the central questions of this study, also analyzing the perception and the view from the ethical and existential perspective of the oral and performative discourse. The playfulness in the social construction of this contemporary activity, the elements of subjectivity and the structure of significance summarize this possible attempt to (re) approach to nature. Assuming that the technological development and urban life routine have created a gap between man and nature and thus a possible disconnection between the man and his inner nature, the practitioners of such activities use as a discursive element the modern symbology of self-care and caring about the others through the full integration with the environment. The hommo ludens may be redirecting, through emotion and belief in the natural world, actions with the nature and the social environment in which they are inserted. The site chosen for this ethnographic research was Florianópolis city, in Santa Catarina State, more specifically its insular region, because it’s natural characteristics and the large number of individuals who are dedicated to surfing there.