Vinicius Navarro

Assistant ProfessorGeorgia Institute of Technology

vinicius.navarro@lcc.gatech.edu

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Beyond the Script: What Format Adaptations Tell Us about the Global Circulation of Culture

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Vinicius Navarro Georgia Institute of Technology

November 15, 2011
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Beyond the Script: What Format Adaptations Tell Us about the Global Circulation of Culture global formats format adaptations Brazilian television Curator's Note Television formats seem to rely on a simple logic: it is the inherent adaptability of the ...

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Re: Intimate Stranger: "Homeland" and narrative formats

Metaphors and Mobility

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Vinicius Navarro Georgia Institute of Technology

Sunday, November 20, 2011 — 10:09 pm
/*-->*/ Tasha, “Software” seems like a great metaphor, whether we think of TV formats as intellectual property or as cultural objects. What I like in particular is the fact that it draws attention to how formats are used-- what they allow us to do (t ...
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Re: Beyond the Script: What Format Adaptations Tell Us about the Global Circulation of Culture

Thanks, Lauhona and Maria. I

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Vinicius Navarro Georgia Institute of Technology

Thursday, November 17, 2011 — 5:26 am
/*-->*/ Thanks, Lauhona and Maria. I have always been somewhat uncomfortable with the idea that format adaptations simply add local color to an existing formula, partly because the adaptation may not leave the formula unchanged and partly because the l ...