Encenações-raízes: poéticas de mulheres encenadoras em Abya Yala

Abstract

This thesis investigates the directing poetics of three women in Abya Yala — Paula González (Chile), María Alicia Martínez Medrano (Mexico), and Jerá Guarani (Brazil) — whose work is connected to the Indigenous matrices of the Mapuche, Maya, and Guarani Mbya groups, respectively. Based on narrative interviews, bibliographic research, and the analysis of documentary materials, the study focuses on the methodological, ethical, aesthetic, cultural, social, and pedagogical aspects that shape the creative processes of these directors. The author also incorporates personal reflections that engage with the thematic axes of the research, building a form of writing that is sensitive to practice and to the lived experience of the investigative process. Grounded in feminist and counter-colonial perspectives, the work critically reflects on the historical configuration of directing as a field predominantly shaped by a masculine, white, and European point of view, as well as on the effects of colonialist influence on theatrical practices in Abya Yala. In this sense, by recognizing the poetics of the studied directors as rooted stagings, the research outlines intersections among them, highlighting shared foundations that permeate their knowledge and practices, and proposing practical and conceptual strategies that may contribute to the displacement of hegemonic models of theatrical direction.