Performance, Ritual and Feminism: Embodied Knowledge in the University Context

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22355/e00858

Abstract

This text aims to explore the potential of ritual artistic performance through performative research and as a pedagogical tool to discuss hierarchies in education, grounded in a feminist approach. To this end, a collective ritual performance was designed, carried out, and analyzed with students and teachers from Education degree programs. By resignifying everyday gestures and symbols linked to care and femininity, an epistemological and political practice was configured that enabled the construction of embodied, situated, and relational knowledge. A space was created to build community, reinscribe identities, foster listening and affect, and challenge productivist approaches to education.

Author Biographies

  • Ana Maeso-Broncano, University of Granada, University of Granada

    Lecturer and researcher in Art Education, and PhD in Visual Arts and Education from the University of Seville. She is a Permanent Lecturer (Profesora Permanente Laboral) at the University of Granada. Her research focuses on art education, performance, and critical pedagogies from a gender perspective, with the aim of social transformation. She is a member of the research group Educación y Cultura Audiovisual and the Communiars collective, and co-editor of the journal Communiars.

  • Alba Soto, University of Cádiz

    PhD in Fine Arts, lecturer, researcher, and interdisciplinary artist. Her work combines visual arts and performing arts in both creative practice and teaching. She is a member of the research groups Teorías Estéticas Contemporáneas e Estudios Transversales en Creación Contemporánea. She has recently published the book Percibir y transformar lo cotidiano, herramientas artístico-performativas para trabajar con la infancia (Perceiving and Transforming the Everyday: Artistic-Performative Tools for Working with Childhood).

  • Isabel León, University of Granada

    Visual artist, performer, independent cultural facilitator, and lecturer. She holds a BA in Fine Arts and an official Master’s degree in Producción e Investigación Artística. She conceives artistic creation as an act closely linked to life. She has participated in numerous national and international performance festivals and artist residencies, coordinates the research and creation project EXCHANGE Live Art, and conducts workshops at various artistic and academic institutions.

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Published

2026-06-09

Issue

No. 53 (2026): Revista ex ӕquo n.º 53

Section

Dossier - Pedagogías artísticas en perspectivas de género: narrativas visuales, disidencias y coeducación

How to Cite

Maeso-Broncano, Ana, Alba Soto, and Isabel León. 2026. “Performance, Ritual and Feminism: Embodied Knowledge in the University Context”. Ex æquo - Revista Da Associação Portuguesa De Estudos Sobre As Mulheres, no. 53 (June). https://doi.org/10.22355/e00858.