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Presentation by Pau Cata - Theory as Practice: A Creative Practitioner-based Research on CASAMARLES’ Local Context
The focus of this presentation, which more precisely could be qualified as an experiment, is to
undertake a researcher-based exercise using a self-analytical methodology to investigate one’s own
experience of lived place and space. Its aim is to break down acquired theoretical knowledge while
testing its usability. This self-analysis is conducted by creatively documenting and critically commenting
on a series of ordinary activities and local rituals in the context of Llorenc del Penedes: the village where
I grow up and where I have been living for the last three months. These activities and rituals have
marked the researcher’s ‘everydayness’ when living in CASAMARLES, an interdisciplinary living and
working space for creativity and cultural research developed since January 2008. Paying special
attention to non-artists, the documentary and presentation will attempt to describe every day, unimportant
and subtle activities and tricks used by individuals and collectives of my village in order to
underline the relevance of the different strategies used in the creation of a sense of belonging, in short a
sense of ‘locality’.
Presentation by Pau Cata - Theory as Practice: A Creative Practitioner-based Research on CASAMARLES’ Local Context
The focus of this presentation, which more precisely could be qualified as an experiment, is to
undertake a researcher-based exercise using a self-analytical methodology to investigate one’s own
experience of lived place and space. Its aim is to break down acquired theoretical knowledge while
testing its usability. This self-analysis is conducted by creatively documenting and critically commenting
on a series of ordinary activities and local rituals in the context of Llorenc del Penedes: the village where
I grow up and where I have been living for the last three months. These activities and rituals have
marked the researcher’s ‘everydayness’ when living in CASAMARLES, an interdisciplinary living and
working space for creativity and cultural research developed since January 2008. Paying special
attention to non-artists, the documentary and presentation will attempt to describe every day, unimportant
and subtle activities and tricks used by individuals and collectives of my village in order to
underline the relevance of the different strategies used in the creation of a sense of belonging, in short a
sense of ‘locality’.