Dr Cristina Fern谩ndez Recasens
Pronouns: they/them
About
Biography
The focus on the body is a central principle of my research, identified by feminist theorists as being at the centre of the path towards social and individual change. I am particularly interested in the body and its significance in academic settings, its potentiality as a source of knowledge and its capacity to be a recipient of individual and collective memory.
In my PhD, I proposed the incorporation of body movement and related methodologies for the teaching of literature. My practice-based research analysed the results of a series of interdisciplinary poetry workshops that took place mainly in Catalan public academic institutions. Based on the conclusions of the analysis of these workshops, my PhD demonstrates the need for a renewal in the field of humanities education.
I also have an interest in Catalan history and I have coordinated several research projects related with oral history, funded by the Catalan government. The first project (2006-2009) consisted in a series of interviews to survivors of the repression of the Franco dictatorship. The second (2010-2020), collected memories from workers and unionists from the textile factory SAFA in Blanes (Catalonia) specially dedicated to cover the 1970s strike that was organized clandestinely under the Francoist regime. Both projects culminated in the presentation of documentaries: Davant del mar (2009) and Benvingut, camarada (2020) and interviews to the testimonies can be consulted online in the public Catalan 鈥淏anc Audiovisual de testimonis鈥 the biggest archive of oral history in Europe. In 2022, I was awarded a new scholarship dedicated to the collection of local women鈥檚 knowledge about fishing and fish gastronomy. YMore recently, I have been part of the collective of activists authoring , a guide of Catalan non binary language.
I have undertaken further research in the field of Cultural and Gender Studies and I have disseminated my work at a number of conferences and symposia including the Colloquium of the North-American Catalan Society, the Anglo-Catalan Society Annual Conference and the BIBAC Education Conference in the University of Cambridge. Further, I contribute to GREPAI Research Group in the University of Girona and to LiCETC Research Group at the University of the Balearic Islands (UIB) and I am also a collaborator on a University of Birmingham funded project titled 鈥楥onsent on Campus鈥 which explores the issue of consent from an intersectional, student-led perspective.
Publications
Highlights
Articles
Fern谩ndez Recasens, C. (2023). Gastronomica, Journal for Food Studies, University of California Press, 23.2, 45-49.
Tudela Isanta, A. Manuel Oronich, R. and Fern谩ndez Recasens, C. (2023). Treballs de Socioling眉铆stica catalana. Vol. 33, 193-208.
Fern谩ndez Recasens, C. (2023) Did谩ctica de la poes铆a: propuestas para una renovaci贸n.Textos, did谩ctica de la lengua y de la literatura, Vol. 100, 56-69.
Fern谩ndez Recasens, C. (2023) Did脿ctica de la poesia: propostes per a una renovaci贸. Articles Journal, Revista de did脿ctica de la llengua i de la literatura. Vol. 100, 52-58.
Fern谩ndez Recasens, C. (2023). A la poes铆a no hay quien la pare. Compilaci贸n de aportaciones para el aula de poes铆a. Textos, did谩ctica de la lengua y de la literatura, Vol. 99, 63-69.
Fern谩ndez Recasens, C. (2023). A la poesia no hi ha qui l鈥檃turi. Recull de propostes de poesia per a l鈥檃ula. Articles Journal, Revista de did脿ctica de la llengua i de la literatura, Vol. 99, 67-72.
Pujadas Codony, J. and Fern谩ndez Recasens, C. (2023). Monografies del Montseny. Vol. 38. 195-199.
Benaiges Pallar茅s, F. M. and Fern谩ndez Recasens, C. (2022). . Culture, Language and Representation Journal (CLR). Vol. XXIX, 99鈥114.
Fern谩ndez Recasens, C. and Terr贸n Barroso, A. (2022). Cowboys, tough guys. An interview with Cesc Gay about masculinities and Catalan cinema. Gynocine Project, University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Fern谩ndez Recasens, C. (2021). Poemes amb bigoti o una proposta did脿ctica per dessacralitzar la poesia. Articles Journal, Revista de did脿ctica de la llengua i de la literatura. Vol. 92, 82-90.
Fern谩ndez Recasens, C. (2020). Resercle Journal, Revista de la Societat d鈥橢nsenyament i Recerca del Catal脿 com a Llengua Estrangera. Vol 1, 102-107.
Fern谩ndez Recasens, C. (2016). Dancing words. A didactic experience. Co-author: M. Masgrau. In: Burnard, P. (ed.). Building Interdisciplinary and Intercultural Bridges: where practice meets research and theory (p. 95-103). Cambridge: BIBACC Publishing, Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge. Vol.1, 95-103.
Books
Moyano Angl猫s, J., Holgado, A., Vila i Oll茅, A., Fern谩ndez Recasens, C. et al. (2023). Guia gramatical de llenguatge no-binari. Barcelona: Raig verd.
Fern谩ndez Recasens, C, Reyes, T. and Roger, A. (ed.) (2023). La cuina del peix a Blanes. Study about women鈥檚 knowledge and fish consumption in the city of Blanes. Blanes: Publicacions de l鈥橝rxiu Municipal.
Book chapters
Fern谩ndez Recasens, C. and Evans, E. (2023). Una llar per a totis. The use of non binary language in the academy. In: Moyano Angl猫s, J., Holgado, A., Vila i Oll茅, A., Fern谩ndez Recasens, C. et al. Guia gramatical de llenguatge no-binari. Barcelona: Raig Verd.
Fern谩ndez Recasens, C. (2021) Just铆cia Po猫tica. El cos per intervenir en l鈥檈spai p煤blic. In: Masgrau, M. (coord.) Di脿legs sobre art, educaci贸 i comprom铆s. Barcelona: Gra贸. ISBN: 8418627077
Fern谩ndez Recasens, C. (2020). Bailar Raspall. Un taller de poes铆a y movimiento. In: Ca帽abate, D. and Colomer, J. (Coord.). Movimiento y lenguajes transversales para aprendizajes saludables (p. 161-167). Barcelona: Gra贸, 2020. ISBN 9788418058899
Fern谩ndez Recasens, C. (2017). Hablar por los codos. Aprender y aprehender poes铆a con todo el cuerpo. Co-authors: M. Masgrau and M. Falg脿s. In: Ca帽abate, D. (coord.) Movimiento y lenguages. De la experiencia sensoperceptiva a la conciencia y el pensamiento (p. 111-117). Barcelona: Gra贸. ISBN 978-84-9980-757-7
In preparation
Fern谩ndez Recasens, C. 鈥淗e is never going to speak seriously, Laura, it is impossible.鈥 Feminine care work and masculinities in crisis in Cesc Gay鈥檚 A Gun in each hand (2012), Truman (2015) and The people upstairs.
Fern谩ndez Recasens, C. (2024) Valors pegag貌gics del g猫nere po猫tic. (Articles, accepted)