Poder, patriarcado e (r)existência: notas sobre uma experiência sensível e crítica entre mulheres na academia / Power, patriarchy and (r)existence: notes on a sensitive and critical experience among women in the academy / Poder, patriarcado y (r)existencia: notas sobre una experiencia sensible y crítica entre las mujeres en la academia

Neste artigo são apresentados processos, materialidades e reflexões que envolvem a criação de uma instalação artística, desenvolvida pelas autoras do trabalho provocadas pelos silenciamentos que marcam corpos plurais. As autoras foram mobilizadas pela intencionalidade do exercício de "colocar corpo" para a ação constante de des(colonizar)patriarcalizar a si mesmas e a vida, e pelo desejo de criar na conexão entre mulheres. A obra foi alicerçada com base em suas histórias e narrativas, por meio da materialidade expressa nos elementos visuais incorporados às peças da instalação, com o objetivo de questionar as violências visíveis e invisíveis advindas de processos hegemônicos de poder e de dominação do patriarcado, do colonialismo e do capitalismo neoliberal. O convite é para a experimentação e a fruição de alguns tensionamentos e expressões que refletem formas possíveis de (r)existência.(AU)

In this article, processes, materialities and reflections involving the creation of an artistic installation are presented, developed by the authors of the work caused by the silencing that mark plural bodies. The authors were mobilized by the intentionality to exercise "giving body" to the constant action of de(colonizing) patriarchalize themselves and life itself, and by the desire to create in the connection among women. The manuscript was based on its stories and narratives, through the materiality expressed in the visual elements incorporated into the installation's pieces, with the objective of questioning the visible and invisible violence arising from hegemonic processes of power and domination of patriarchy, colonialism and neoliberal capitalism. The invitation is to experiment and enjoy some tensions and expressions that reflect possible forms of (r)existence.(AU)

En este artículo son presentados procesos, materialidades y reflexiones que involucran la creación de una instalación artística, desarrollada por las autoras, provocadas por los silenciamientos que marcan cuerpos plurales. Las autoras se movilizaron con la intención del ejercicio de "poner cuerpo" para la acción constante de des(colonizar)patriarcalizar a sí mismos y a la vida, y con deseos de crear desde la conexión entre mujeres. La obra se basó en sus historias y narrativas, a través de la materialidad expresada en los elementos visuales incorporados en las piezas de la instalación, con en lo objetivo de cuestionar las violencias visibles e invisibles resultante de los procesos hegemónicos de poder y dominación del patriarcado, del colonialismo y del capitalismo neoliberal. La invitación es a experimentar y disfrutar de algunas tensiones y expresiones que reflejan posibles formas de (r)existencia.(AU)

Demand for Space: Elderly Transgender and Gender Nonconforming People, Healthcare, and Theological Ethics.

Visibility for transgender and gender nonconforming people and the elderly is growing; however, thus far the overlap of the two groups has rarely been considered. Trans persons therefore remain largely invisible in the context of older people's care and medicine. The discrimination faced by this group is at least twofold: they are the targets of aggression incited by transphobia, and also by ageism. Although older trans and gender nonconforming people exist as a greatly marginalized group within another already marginalized group, even the field of theological ethics has neglected to grant them ethical attention. This leads to especially harsh consequences for elderly transgender and gender nonconforming people due to their specific vulnerabilities. There are reports from trans persons who have resolved never to make use of health services again due to regular experiences of transphobia in medical settings. There are religious components within transgender and gender nonconforming issues that should not be overlooked in this context. On the one hand, medical staff, in the name of their Christian beliefs, have refused to provide trans persons with basic medical care. On the other hand, demands for places of visibility, and spaces for the individual, are regularly made in trans-positive studies, and can be linked to discussions within theological ethics about giving space. Some ethical formulas within the Hebrew and Christian traditions focus on the creation of space in which other beings may exist, as found in concepts like brother-sisterhood, friendship, and Sabbath. By casting light on elderly trans and gender nonconforming people, and on their demands for space, via reflections on ethical concepts of space-making, this study develops a specific understanding of space for elderly trans persons. The paper aims to develop an understanding of trans-positive spaces within theological ethics and applied ethics. Spaces that assume a withdrawal or contraction by all those who have previously taken up trans spaces through ignorance, contempt, or violence, should not thereby become spaces of absence: indeed, elderly trans and gender nonconforming people might be in need of both kinds of spaces, those where otherness enables withdrawal, and those where the helping presence of others continues.