Feral. Research-creation practices

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https://doi.org/10.54104/nodo.v20n40.2462

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apparatus, autoethnography, feral, research-creation, S-BTAR

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This essay introduces an operational lexicon and a methodological procedure for approaching research-creation as situated knowledge production. Grounded in an autoethnographic point of departure shaped by violence in Mexico, it defines apparatus (perception/archive/activation), the feral, and feral epistemologies, alongside two positional axes: locus of enunciation and epistemic displacement. It frames the apparatus as a relational structuring principle and the feral as an orientation beyond domesticated frameworks of intelligibility, and proposes Sensing-Based Transdisciplinary Artistic Research (S-BTAR) as a procedure that links conceptual tools to creative decisions. The argument is evidenced through case studies including 2487, detritus, power · room, and Vis.[un]necessary force_ 1.01.

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Sánchez Cardona, L. M. (2026). Feral. Research-creation practices. REVISTA NODO, 20(40), 12–31. https://doi.org/10.54104/nodo.v20n40.2462

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Vol. 20 No. 40 (2026): Diversity, activism, and transformations: Women in artistic research and creation

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