261 KB63 KB201120252024Dos Santos, VictoriaRodrigues da Cruz, Eduardoštevilka:113/114letnik:29str. 7-31DOI:10.35469/poligrafi.2024.483ISSN:1318-8828COBISSID_HOST:225803523URN:URN:NBN:SI:doc-DZJSC7QKenDruštvo za primerjalno religiologijoZnanstveno-raziskovalno središče KoperPoligrafidigital embodimentdigital materialitydigital religiondigitalna materialnostdigitalna religijadigitalna utelešenostmaterial religionmaterialna religijanavidezna resničnostvirtual realityMateriality, religion and the digital| a theoretical exploration of material religion in immersive platforms|This article proposes that the material dimension of religion can be articulated and experienced online. Considering that religion is an embodied phenomenon which relies on material elements, this paper will particularly focus on religious practices taking place in immersive virtual platforms in order to comprehend how the material dimension is manifested by users in their everyday life. Through a the-oretical analysis, we propose that 3D social virtual worlds efficiently enable users to experience key material aspects such as embodiment and space, due to their high levels of immersivity, interactivity, and agency, by embodying avatars in customi-zable spaces. Meyer’s theory of mediation, Hoover and Echchaibi’s Third Spaces of Digital Religion, and Campbell’s theory of Religious–Social Shaping of Digital Technology (RSST) allows us to center the discussion on how religions are practi-ced and experienced by individuals and communities through various mediation practices, and how digital media acquires more affective meanings when they are involved in religious pursuitsV članku zagovarjamo, da je materialnost religije moč izraziti in izkusiti na spletu. Ker je religija utelešen pojav, ki se naslanja na snovne elemente, bomo s preučevanjem verskih praks, ki se odvijajo na potopitvenih virtualnih platformah, ugotavljali, kako se ta materialnost kaže pri uporabnikih v njihovem vsakdanjem življenju. V okviru teoretične analize predpostavljamo, da lahko tridimenzionalni navidezni družbeni svetovi učinkovito omogočajo uporabnikom doživljanje ključ-nih materialnih vidikov, kot sta telesnost in prostor, saj zagotavljajo visoko raven potopitve, interaktivnosti in dejavnosti z utelešenjem v avatarjih v prilagojenih prostorih. preko teorije mediatizacije Birgit Meyer, teorijo tretjih prostorov digi-talne religije Hooverja in Echchaibija ter teorij religiozno-družbenega oblikovanja digitalnih tehnologij (RSST) Heidi Campbell bomo razpravo osredinili na vpra-šanje, kako posamezniki in skupnosti izražajo in doživljajo religijo skozi različne prakse mediatizacije, in prikaz, kako digitalni mediji pridobivajo bolj emotivne pomene, kadar so vključeni v religiozne dejavnostiTEXTznanstveno časopisjejournalsSlovenian National E-content AggregatorNational and University Library of SloveniaZnanstveno-raziskovalno središče Koper