Towards a historical hermeneutics of digital interface

Para uma hermenêutica histórica da interface digital

Resumo

Based on the double character of language illustrated by the concept of alétheia, this article seeks to problematize digital interfaces towards a historical hermeneutics. In a context in which cultural production has been increasingly digitized, these interfaces, as mediators of worlds, while revealing and presenting the possibilities of dealing with digital tools, also hide a set of functions that, thus, remain invisible to most users. In this sense, after presenting a reflection on the concept of alétheia, the article demonstrates how contemporary cultural production depends on software and what implications this brings to culture in general. Finally, it is argued that the full understanding of contemporary cultural phenomena depends on an understanding of how these digital tools work, which means overcoming their interfaces.