IN ME, “THEIR PAINS”: PEDAGOGIC ELEMENTS OF THE WORKSHOP “RITUAL BODY” OF THE TOTEM GROUP
Pedagogy of Performance; Totem Group; Obstetric Violence.
This Master's research aims to investigate pedagogical elements of the “Ritual Body” workshop of Grupo Totem, understood as conditions of possibility for the emergence of the performance “Their Pains”, related to situations of obstetric violence. Having the pedagogy of Grupo Totem as the main pillar of the research, this work describes and analyzes how the “Ritual Body” workshop allowed the creation process of the referred performance, which scenically composes questions such as: the need for humanization in childbirth care, the mortality motherhood, the role of the doula, the woman's right to choose normal or cesarean delivery, and institutional racism against black pregnant women. The analysis of the performance is based on a dialogue with theoretical references on this theme, emphasizing the importance of scenic works of a political-social nature (artivism) engaged with female empowerment.