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No. 2 (2025)

From reflection to diffraction: The embodiment of reflection in performative-theatrical methodologies

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3280/erpoa2-2025oa20509
Submitted
giugno 30, 2025
Published
2026-10-23

Abstract

The contribution aims to present the insights that the embodiment paradigm and posthuman theories can offer to reflection. It analyzes how reflection can be anchored to the somatic experience of the subject, through the reflection on embodiment and embodied reflection, and how it is “enhanced” through a diffractive approach. The use of these modes of reflection is then presented within performative-theatrical methodologies. The goal is to suggest new possibilities for reflection that can address the challenges of complexity, where human and non-human are no longer separate, but interact, blend, and hybridize.

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