Abstract
The primary focus of this article was to elucidate the theoretical and methodological underpinnings of a unique and innovative pedagogical endeavor undertaken at the Faculdade de Medicina of Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brazil, within the realm of ‘medical humanities.’ This is the domain of ‘Art and Health,’ introduced in 2016, where our aim was to devise a teaching approach that delves into and deliberates, in the context of medical practice, on issues pertaining to corporeality, gender, and health care. From this standpoint, we endeavored to harness the transformative power of art as a means of questioning a set of assumptions, principles, and values that underlie social interactions typically observed in therapeutic encounters. This article specifically delves into one module of this course: a module that employs instances of artistic performances to contemplate the physical aspect of human existence (corporeality) and the realm of everyday life.
Keywords:
medical humanities; body; art