The Shapie as Miniature Ego. Anthropological Approaches to a New Phenomenon

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  • Juliane Noack Napoles University of Cologne
  • Jörg Zirfas University of Cologne

Keywords:

Shapie, Miniature Model of the Own Ego, ‘Doubles’

Abstract

Shapies are miniature statues of oneself, other humans or (domestic) animals from a 3D printer, based on a high-resolution body scan. In contrast to selfies, shapies have not yet experienced mass media distribution, so that the (scientific) literature on this phenomenon is very sparse. Therefore, we would like to make a first proposal for the interpretation of the shapies with our essay. This interpretation is furthermore guided by the following statement of a Shapie buyer: ‘To hold one's own ego in the hands as a lifelike miniature model - is fascinating’. In this article we focus three perspectives expressed in the cited statement: (1) Shapies as lifelike miniature models of the own Ego; (2) holding in our hands the own Ego and (3) the fascination of shapies.

Author Biographies

Juliane Noack Napoles, University of Cologne

Dr. phil.; research associate at the professorship of General Educational with a focus on pedagogical anthropology at the Depart-Department of Education and Social Sciences at the University of Cologne; Research interests: Identity research, aesthetic education, vulnerability research, qualitative research, qualitative research methods; currently working on the projects: History of Aesthetic Education and Vulnerability and Pedagogy.

Jörg Zirfas, University of Cologne

Dr. phil., Professor of General Educational Science with a focus on Pedagogical Anthropology at the Department of Education and Social Sciences at the University of Cologne. Chairman of the General Educational of the DGfE, the Commission for Pedagogical Anthropology of the DGfE and the Society for Historical Anthropology at the Free University of Berlin. Main areas of work: Pedagogical and historical anthropology, philosophy of education and psychoanalysis, cultural education and Aesthetic Education, Qualitative Educational and Social Research.

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2020-09-02

How to Cite

NAPOLES, Juliane Noack; ZIRFAS, Jörg. The Shapie as Miniature Ego. Anthropological Approaches to a New Phenomenon. just a bit of doll - a multidisciplinary journal for human-doll discourses, [S. l.], v. 2, n. 1, p. 64–71, 2020. Disponível em: https://dedo.ub.uni-siegen.de/index.php/de_do/article/view/45. Acesso em: 24 nov. 2024.

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Vol. 2 No. 1 (2019): dolls/puppets as miniatures – more than small

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