On March 18th the publication “Conversas Desalinhadas” will be launched, edited by Gabriela Carvalho, Carla Cruz and Danielle Fernandes and designed by Joana and Mariana. The publication was carried out by i2ADS/Lab2PT and will be presented at the i2ADS bookstore.

Conversas Desalinhadas is a publication that reflects on the 5 years of activity of the Leituras Feministas Study Group and is composed of: written and/or visual essays by study group participants in conversation with texts, activities and people who gave life to the group’s sessions; a diagram of the first Caminhada das Corpas; a notebook of photographic documentation of the group; and interviews with those responsible for the alternative spaces that hosted the various activities.

The publication revisits the texts discussed and the activities carried out based on the idea of ​​conversation. Therefore, we invited our network to engage in dialogue with one of these texts and/or moments experienced in Leituras Feministas, in a format of their choice (article, poetry, visual essay, letter, etc.). Conversas Desalinhadas is the result of these conversations and we hope that it will simultaneously be a summary of the spirit experienced by the group over these 5 years, but also a call to action and reflection around intersectional feminist and decolonial epistemologies and methodologies. With contributions from Simone Amorim, Joana Baptista Costa, Gabriela Carvalho, Carla Cruz, Hilda de Paulo, Danielle Fernandes, Renata Gaspar, Mariana Leão, Leticia Maia, Alicia Medeiros, Holga Mendez, Amanda Midori, Isabeli Santiago, and Orlando Vieira.

 

The Feminist Readings Study Group emerged in 2019 as a response to the growing interest in feminist, intersectional, queer and decolonial theories and methodologies. During these 5 years, we discussed texts, exhibitions, films, talked to guests, held workshops, went on night walks and explored the body. The meetings took place within FBAUP/i2ADS, online during the confinement due to COVID 19, and with independent spaces such as A Leste, Gralha, Filó, Maus Hábitos and Casa Odará. The debate has been on issues as broad as: the visibility of feminist and minority artistic practices and the impact of the recovery of these practices within the history of art; sexual, racial, and class difference as a driver of the practice and reading of art and culture; feminist and post-colonial readings; practices in the expanded field, art, performance, and life; the personal is political; practices of care, responsibility and accountability; resistance methodologies, among others.