Sensing theories: notes on affective literacy

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5965/1414573102512024e0109

Keywords:

affect, performance, potency, discernment

Abstract

This article considers the performing arts, particularly theatre, as practices of feeling that do not limit themselves to offering an affective experience produced by scenic/theatrical effects but instead have the function of potentiating the insight of how and why one feels what one feels. Approaching two recent productions (“Quis saber quem sou”, by Portuguese director Pedro Penim and “Feijoada”, by Brazilian choreographer Calixto Neto), the text sketches out the concept of affective literacy as a way of recognizing and understanding that what one feels results from a social and cultural configuration of affects, which is historically situated. Affective literacy aims at an ethical empowerment of our choices and actions.

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Author Biography

Ana Pais, Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Investigadora Auxiliar CEEC no ICNOVA, FCSH, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa. Doutorada em Estudos Artísticos (de Teatro) na Universidade de Lisboa – Portugal. Mestrado em Estudos de Teatro – Universidade de Lisboa. Licenciatura em Línguas e Literaturas Modernas na Universidade de Lisboa.

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CRARY, Jonathan. Suspensions of Perception, Cambridge: MIT Press, 1999.

FRANCK, Georg. «Ökonomie der Aufmerksamkeit», Merkur 534/535 (Setembro/Outubro), p. 748–761, 1993.

SERRA, José Pedro. Pensar o Trágico. Categorias da Tragédia Grega, Lisboa: FCG-FCT, 2006.

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Published

2024-07-24

How to Cite

PAIS, Ana. Sensing theories: notes on affective literacy. Urdimento: Revista de Estudos em Artes Cênicas, Florianópolis, v. 2, n. 51, p. 1–13, 2024. DOI: 10.5965/1414573102512024e0109. Disponível em: https://revistas.udesc.br/index.php/urdimento/article/view/25547. Acesso em: 23 nov. 2024.

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 51 (2024): O que fazer com a teoria teatral

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Dossiê Temático: O que fazer com a teoria teatral?

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