Coreografando uma virada pós-moderna: o processo criativo e a somática

Abstract

This article explores a reconceptualization of creativity from a postmodern perspective. The author addresses sociopolitical aspects of somatics and creativity through an account of a postmodern paradigmatic shift that emerged as a reflective tool during a qualitative research study. Through this ‘postmodem turn’, new theoretical questions were raised such as, How is somatic and creative experience inscribed by culture? Do personal somatic power, creative expression, and social change work against each other, or is it possible to move toward social change through somatic practice and creative experience? The reformed questions, postpositivist analysis, and discussion of research findings provide a starting point for the alternative framework offered in the paper. The author proposes a reconceptualization of creativity through a posthumanistic lens; from this position, somatic and creative work may be tools for personal change, but are also inseparable from sociopolitical change.