This research project examined interventions in artistic practices (literature, graffiti, theatre) in Brazil and Argentina since the 1920s. As the term intervention is also associated with the actions taken by military dictatorships in Latin America, the project aimed to re-situate the term “intervention” in a postcolonial context.

The research project was divided into three project units: Subproject (SP) 2 examined the practices of graffiti in Brazil’s public sphere. SP 3 took an intersectional approach to female writing as modes of artistic intervention in Latin America. SP 1 situated these perspectives within a wider historical context.

Head of Project

Jun.-Prof. Dr. Mariana Maia Simoni (SP 1)

Prof. Dr. Susanne Zepp-Zwirner (SP 1)

Doctoral Researcher

Maëlle Karl (SP 2)

Kaimé Valencia Guerrero  (SP 3)

Student Assistant

Janaina Magalhães Pessoa