Ana Cristina Nunes Pais
Biographic Data
| ID | 9712876 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ana Cristina Nunes Pais |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ana Cristina Nunes |
| FAMILY NAME | Pais |
| SIGNATURE | PAIS A C N |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Lisbon |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8093-3913 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Affective Economies of Freedom in Paradoxical Times
This article proposes the concepts of “brutal” and “gentle” affects as a critical framework to analyze affective economies of freedom in paradoxical times. Drawing on Sara Ahmed’s work on affect, Sruti Bala’s on participation, and Franco Berardi’s on freedom, it argues that freedom emerges not solely as a historical achievement of an inalienable right, but as an embodied experience enhanced by theatrical dispositifs. I consider forms of celebrati…
Until Chairs Fly: Imagining the impossible in the work of Eleonora Fabião
The political potency of Eleonora Fabião's work lies in the ways social and political imagination builds communities, forms of conviviality and collective actions to which negotiation is key. Fabião imagines impossible collaborations between places, times, matters and forces that outlive the actions of the performance.Commissioned by the 34th São Paulo Bienal (2021), Nós aqui, entre o céu e a terra (we, here, between sky and earth) involved twent…
The felt sense of performance: Affective meaning at the edge of words
Created by Eugene Gendlin and Mary Hendricks, Thinking at the Edge (TAE) enables the articulation of meaning implicit in embodied experience, which in turn discloses the affective meaning of words (or topics), thus, empowering one to speak and think creatively from one’s felt knowledge. In this article, I present and analyse three TAE processes undertaken by Portuguese native speaker performers – Sónia Baptista, Maria Duarte, and Andrea Maciel – …
Thinking at the Edge with Luso-Brazilian Performers: Introducing Affective Methodologies for Artists and Researchers
This article aims at introducing Thinking at the Edge (TAE) as a methodology to research affect, both in artistic processes and in academic research. Developed by the philosopher and psychotherapist Eugene Gendlin, TAE is a method that explores implicit meaning at the edges of words from a singular bodily felt sense, which is nonetheless culturally informed. Enabling the articulation of tacit meaning, TAE can be a stimulating tool to expand commo…
To Kill or Die For: The imperceptible tactility of public feelings in Catarina and the Beauty of Killing Fascists by Tiago Rodrigues
Over the last 20 years, the rising of non-democratic populist forces in Western societies has been polarizing public spheres, in which affective atmospheres of anger, resentment and rancor fuel racist, authoritarian and conservative ideas while building dramatic scenes of vulnerability for democracies. Controversial in more than one way, Catarina e a Beleza de Matar Fascistas (Catarina and the Beauty of Killing Fascists), by Portuguese director a…
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Pedro Gil: O tempo das coisas
Pedro Gil: o tempo das coisas
Re-Affecting the Stage: Affective Resonance as the Function of the Audience
This article uses an affect theory framework to show how the audience has the power to intensify the circulation of affect in the theatrical encounter, and to impact on the unique felt quality of the performance. Assessment is made of the vital function of affect to performance through the images, sensations and expressions that performers use to describe audience engagement. Intermittently, from 2010 to 2012, the author embarked on practice-led …
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Re-Affecting the Stage: Affective Resonance as the Function of the Audience
This article uses an affect theory framework to show how the audience has the power to intensify the circulation of affect in the theatrical encounter, and to impact on the unique felt quality of the performance. Assessment is made of the vital function of affect to performance through the images, sensations and expressions that performers use to describe audience engagement. Intermittently, from 2010 to 2012, the author embarked on practice-led …
Pedro Gil: O tempo das coisas
Pedro Gil: o tempo das coisas
Apresentação Dossiê
To Kill or Die For: The imperceptible tactility of public feelings in Catarina and the Beauty of Killing Fascists by Tiago Rodrigues
Over the last 20 years, the rising of non-democratic populist forces in Western societies has been polarizing public spheres, in which affective atmospheres of anger, resentment and rancor fuel racist, authoritarian and conservative ideas while building dramatic scenes of vulnerability for democracies. Controversial in more than one way, Catarina e a Beleza de Matar Fascistas (Catarina and the Beauty of Killing Fascists), by Portuguese director a…
The felt sense of performance: Affective meaning at the edge of words
Created by Eugene Gendlin and Mary Hendricks, Thinking at the Edge (TAE) enables the articulation of meaning implicit in embodied experience, which in turn discloses the affective meaning of words (or topics), thus, empowering one to speak and think creatively from one’s felt knowledge. In this article, I present and analyse three TAE processes undertaken by Portuguese native speaker performers – Sónia Baptista, Maria Duarte, and Andrea Maciel – …
Thinking at the Edge with Luso-Brazilian Performers: Introducing Affective Methodologies for Artists and Researchers
This article aims at introducing Thinking at the Edge (TAE) as a methodology to research affect, both in artistic processes and in academic research. Developed by the philosopher and psychotherapist Eugene Gendlin, TAE is a method that explores implicit meaning at the edges of words from a singular bodily felt sense, which is nonetheless culturally informed. Enabling the articulation of tacit meaning, TAE can be a stimulating tool to expand commo…
Until Chairs Fly: Imagining the impossible in the work of Eleonora Fabião
The political potency of Eleonora Fabião's work lies in the ways social and political imagination builds communities, forms of conviviality and collective actions to which negotiation is key. Fabião imagines impossible collaborations between places, times, matters and forces that outlive the actions of the performance.Commissioned by the 34th São Paulo Bienal (2021), Nós aqui, entre o céu e a terra (we, here, between sky and earth) involved twent…
Affective Economies of Freedom in Paradoxical Times
This article proposes the concepts of “brutal” and “gentle” affects as a critical framework to analyze affective economies of freedom in paradoxical times. Drawing on Sara Ahmed’s work on affect, Sruti Bala’s on participation, and Franco Berardi’s on freedom, it argues that freedom emerges not solely as a historical achievement of an inalienable right, but as an embodied experience enhanced by theatrical dispositifs. I consider forms of celebrati…
Art (6 works) · Aesthetics (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Artistic and Creative Research (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Communication (2 works) · Embodied cognition (2 works)