Tag: Arts

Editorial policies for inclusion and diversity in the Revista Brasileira de Estudos da Presença

Part of the cover of Revista Brasileira de Estudos da Presença, vol. 7, no. 2, 2017, displaying a painting of the face of a Black person.

The Revista Brasileira de Estudos da Presença has implemented important changes by adopting Open Science practices with a focus on IDEIA principles, being a pioneer in the area of Performing Arts in Brazil. Prior to this, the journal already followed similar principles, as evidenced by the thematic section “Performance and Ethnic-Racial Relations”, published in 2017. Read More →

Metamorphosis, friction or symbiosis between body and animated forms in the work of Ilka Schönbein

Black and white photograph of the show "Métamorphoses" by Ilka Schönbein, in which slightly macabre-looking puppets and marionettes are on a wooden platform, being manipulated by the artist.

The works of puppeteer and dancer Ilka Schönbein challenge perceptions of life and death, provoking reflections on eroticism and finitude. Her creations reveal a poetic singularity that provokes disquieting strangeness in the relationship between the human and the animate. Read More →

Performing Arts research highlighted on the blog “SciELO in Perspective”

Photomontage of four issues of the “Brazilian Journal of Presence Studies”, showing different covers with different themes and people. In the center, there is a vertical column with three stylized “P*” logos; the logos at the ends are black, while the central logo is white.

The Revista Brasileira de Estudos da Presença Special Week, taking place this week, will explore themes such as the notion of presence, methodological diversity, and social issues in Performing Arts research. The program includes analyses, discussions and a detailed overview of the journal’s social impact, highlighting its importance and activities within the scope of Open Science. Read More →

Decolonial research methodologies on scenic arts

What search methodologies for which objects? The central issue of this article is to know, based on the idea that the methodologies we have come from a colonial matrix, how to create decolonial methodologies for non-colonial objects. How performance gets into this equation? Read More →

Dance, performance and gender

Gender is a fundamental category in art research in the contemporary world. In the same way, it is a founding element of decolonial concerns. This research will question the gender category within the performance and its crossings as an element for the deconstruction of a colonial thought. Read More →

Decolonize the curricula in scene arts

The study challenges the dance and performance curriculum in higher education. Is the curriculum a colonizer? What can a decolonial curriculum do? How to deconstruct the curriculum in arts? These are the issues discussed in the study. Read More →

The Decolonial in art research in Brazil

The discussion presented by the Brazilian Journal on Presence Studies (v.8, n.4) represents a considerable advance for the field in Brazil and abroad. The decolonial approach in research is an emerging perspective and the articles presented speak, among other things, about new methodologies, criticisms of colonial obstacles and performance analysis. Read More →

Decoloniality is the topic of the Special Week of the Brazilian Journal on Presence Studies at the SciELO in Perspective Blog | Humanities

From October 22 to 26, 2018, the Brazilian Journal on Presence Studies will participate at the SciELO Blog Special Week. During this period, the reader will be able to better understand the scope of the journal and follow the studies published in number 4, 2018 that addresses the relations between the field of Performance and the Decolonial perspectives in research. Read More →