Expresión y género testimonial: propuesta didáctica de un taller de escritura para mujeres privadas de libertad

Abstract

The research project “Expression and Testimonial Genre: A Didactic Proposal for Writing Workshop for Incarcerated Women” considers that incarcerated women face emotional, psychological, and social conditions that affect their rehabilitation process. We believe that one way to stimulate this process could be through the creation of spaces that allow them to express their feelings and thoughts. Originally, our project proposed implementing a writing workshop, but due to the prison crisis in Ecuador over the past two years, marked by the state of emergency in the entire national territory, it was not possible to carry out the practical implementation of the project. Our reorientation consists of analyzing writing proposals from women in other penitentiaries in Ecuador to design our writing workshop for incarcerated women, focused on the testimonial genre. Our theoretical framework will help define the concepts of expression, testimonial genre, and incarcerated women through authors such as Barnet (1969), Beverley (1987), Dewey (1934), Coba (2015), and Méndez (2021). Methodologically, we will adopt a qualitative approach based on the phases of the intervention method that seeks to apply actions to address a problem and seek improvement, in our case, of a didactic and literary nature (Barraza, 2010). With our proposal, we hope to achieve a positive impact on the development of projects focused on incarcerated women.