Memórias e ficções coletivas: a autoficção como exercício de reelaboração do lugar no teatro latino-americano

Abstract

This dissertation elaborates on how theater intervenes in the relationship established with places through works that have memory as a guiding axis, with the notion of collective autofiction serving as a link between theater and the relationship with the place. Thus, the research discusses the power of being together in actions mediated by theatrical events. The work presents this reflection through the analysis of practices of theater groups in Latin America, with emphasis on the Estopô Balaio Collective from São Paulo, Brazil. To achieve these objectives, the methodological approaches adopted were cartography, closely linked to the exercise of visual essay proposing an alternative textuality to writing, and narrative research, most of all through the construction of a text that oscillates between personal narratives and collective debates, in a process of constant re-elaboration involving myself, others, and the world. In dialogue with the theoretical and artistic framework, including notable figures such as Leda Maria Martins (2023), bell hooks (2022), Milton Santos (1988), André Carreira (2012), Ecléa Bosi (2004), as well as cultural groups like Yuyachkani Cultural Group, Grupo Carmin, Cia KIMVN, and Coletivo Estopô Balaio, the dissertation demonstrates a trend in contemporary Latin American theater to rewrite the stories of places, envisioning a plural narrative that does not reduce societies to a hegemonic image. In this sense, two impactful forces were noted: the street and the community. Lastly, the research demonstrates that theater, through the practice of collective autofiction, calls upon the community to reinterpret the memories of the place, thereby proposing new images of it. With this movement, places become practiced by their inhabitants and accommodate new narratives about themselves, reinforcing the bond between the community and the place and contributing to a sense of belonging.