El profesorado universitario del teatro: performance en la protesta y el confinamiento

Abstract

This article proposes a dialogue between higher education studies, artistic research, and performance with the aim of understanding the role of university theater professors in Chile during the social uprising and the confinement caused by covid-19. The study addresses the challenges faced by university theater schools within the context of audit culture, using a theoretical framework that explores the intersection of body, space, and time through performance. A digital ethnography was conducted, gathering information from various spaces where academics from different Chilean university theater schools interact. The analysis considers the tensions of state violence during the October 18th protests and the challenges of teaching and research during the pandemic. Despite these difficulties, the study reflects on an ideal academic career that emphasizes artistic creation and practice as distinctive features of the theater academic profession. © 2025 Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico. All rights reserved.