“Material knowledges”. Intra-acting van der Tuin’s new materialism with Barad’s agential realism

Beatriz Revelles-Benavente

doi:10.5565/rev/enrahonar.1190

«Sabers materials». Intraaccionar el nou materialisme de Van der Tuin amb el realisme agencial de Karen Barad

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Beatriz Revelles-Benavente Universitat de Barcelona. Departament d’Arts Visuals i Disseny http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9185-5861

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Aquest article proposa una discussió sobre la teoria del nou materialisme entès per Iris van der Tuin conjuntament amb la teoria del realisme agencial de Karen Barad. L’objectiu principal d’aquest enfocament és trobar pràctiques diferencials que ajudin a construir un gir cap al que s’anomena ontologia relacional, en la qual ètica, epistemologia, ontologia i metodologia s’entenen com a inseparables. Aquest nou paradigma transversal genera genealogies de filosofies minoritàries i teories feministes per entendre la matèria com un entrellaçament dinàmic, agencial i relacional on pràctiques humanes i no humanes intraaccionen d’una manera igualitària. Així doncs, el nou materialisme i el realisme agencial produeixen un punt de partida diferent per generar coneixement que, en lloc de pensar a través d’entitats clarament diferenciades, parteixen d’aquestes relacions com a processos dinàmics inseparables. A més d’oferir un acostament a la matèria com a agent actiu, aquestes teories s’emparen en un enfocament afirmatiu del procés de construcció teòrica, alteren la noció clàssica de linealitat i s’allunyen de binaris dicotòmics.

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nou materialisme, feminisme contemporani, realisme agencial, lectures difractives, crítica afirmativa, linealitat queer

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Biografia de l'autor/a

Beatriz Revelles-Benavente, Universitat de Barcelona. Departament d’Arts Visuals i Disseny

Beatriz Revelles-Benavente és investigadora postdoctoral Juan de la Cierva a la Universitat de Barcelona. La seva línia de recerca està basada en el nou materialisme, literatura, pedagogia i teoria feminista contemporània. Actualment és membre del comitè de l’Acción COST IS1307: Networking European New Materialisms: How matter comes to matter. Ha coeditat el llibre Teaching Gender: Feminist Responsibility and Pedagogies in Times of Political Crisis (Routledge) i ha organitzat la V Conferència sobre Nou Materialisme (2014) i la IV Escola sobre Política del Nou Materialisme. Les seves publicacions es troben en revistes com ara Cadernos de Pesquisa, European Journal of Women Studies, International Journal of Feminist Politics, CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture i Artnodes, entre d’altres. Ha estat investigadora visitant a les universitats de Santa Cruz (Califòrnia), Rutgers (Nova Jersey), Manchester (Regne Unit) i Utrecht (Països Baixos).