Kintsugi: la performatividad y la investigación crítica en el cuestionamiento de la normatividad

Abstract

This article explores the expressive and reflective possibilities of the conjunction between performativity and critical studies of disability. Through the work “Kintsugi”, developed within the framework of the Aula Cero exhibition and the Edin (Education, disability and inclusion) research project of the University of Cuenca, we want to understand better the experience of people with disabilities in the field of college education, and make their daily struggle visible in excluding contexts. The Japanese technique of restoration of fractured ceramics with precious metals called kintsugi is used as a metaphor to assemble a video narrative with fragments of faces, reflections, bodies, and testimonials about the experience of disability. With this collaborative and multimodal work, a review of the idea of normality and its restrictive approach is proposed, and a consideration is made on the power of disability and art to challenge certain hegemonic notions, and to create new narratives