In Esther Gabara's article titled "Gestures, Practices, and Projects she addresses research involving Latin American performance and visual studies. It seems that there is much concern regarding the scholarly interpretation of visual and performing studies. Gabara gives several examples of how early performances paved the way for much discussion about the use of aesthetics and politics in visual studies as well as performance. Gabara further discuses the formation of what we call visual studies and performance studies and how they relate political work and humanities. Gabara states, "Indeed, significant debates continue to take place among scholars and artists in Latin America about how to address the lack of archives of avant-garde art and popular visual culture, as much as archives of performance" (Gabara, 14). For me, Gabara's article reiterates the lack of documentation of these subjects. In addition to the concern with the validity of the information that does exist.
In Esther Gabara's article titled "Gestures, Practices, and Projects she addresses research involving Latin American performance and visual studies. It seems that there is much concern regarding the scholarly interpretation of visual and performing studies. Gabara gives several examples of how early performances paved the way for much discussion about the use of aesthetics and politics in visual studies as well as performance. Gabara further discuses the formation of what we call visual studies and performance studies and how they relate political work and humanities. Gabara states, "Indeed, significant debates continue to take place among scholars and artists in Latin America about how to address the lack of archives of avant-garde art and popular visual culture, as much as archives of performance" (Gabara, 14). For me, Gabara's article reiterates the lack of documentation of these subjects. In addition to the concern with the validity of the information that does exist.
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