Images, imaginaires et insurrections

le féminisme abolitionniste et la recherche-création

Auteurs-es

Mots-clés :

abolition des prisons, justice transformatrice, féminisme abolitionniste, nouvelles méthodes et méthodologies, méthodologies féministes, art socialement engagé, recherche-création, méthodes axées sur les arts

Résumé

Cet article explore la relation entre la recherche-création, le féminisme abolitionniste, l’activisme académique et la pédagogie émancipatrice. La recherche-création, étant une pratique universitaire qui transgresse les frontières disciplinaires et les classifications institutionnelles, réprouve la dépossession et l’aliénation. La notion féministe abolitionniste d’une « évasion de l’imagination » (Kaba, 2021) est illustrée dans les fondements ontologiques et épistémologiques de la recherche-création. Dans le cadre d’une réflexion sur mes expériences de production et de publication de projets de recherche-création féministe abolitionniste, j’utilise cet article pour démontrer les synergies potentielles entre ces deux instances de recherche. Au fil de ma narration de la façon dont la recherche féministe abolitionniste prend forme dans le cadre de la recherche-création, je m’efforce d’énoncer les possibilités et les limites qui accompagnent la création d’une méthode féministe abolitionniste.

Biographie de l'auteur-e

  • Helen Yao, Mount Saint Vincent University

    Helen Yao writes and researches about abolition feminism, transformative justice, and social movements. A recent graduate from Mount Saint Vincent University's Women and Gender Studies program, her master's thesis explores gender violence interventions and the institutionalization of restorative justice. She is the recipient of the MSVU Senate Award of Distinction and the Governor General's Medal.

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2025-12-03

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Liveable Futures: Radical Imagination as Method // Radical Imagination as Survival