Maximiliano de la Puente

Maximiliano de la Puente is a researcher at the Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), based at the Instituto de Investigaciones Gino Germani (IIGG-UBA). He holds a PhD in Social Sciences from the Universidad de Buenos Aires, a Bachelor's degree in Communication Sciences, and a Master's degree in Communication and Culture. He is a Full Professor at the Universidad Nacional de las Artes.

He specializes in theatre studies and in the scenic memories of Argentina's recent past, as well as in studies on non-fiction transmedia, interactive, and immersive narratives. His research addresses topics related to expanded art, encompassing performance studies, literature, artistic activism, technologies, intermediality, and film and audiovisual studies. His career is characterized by the articulation of theoretical reflection, artistic practice, and public communication.

The project

Title: Le théâtre français et le théâtre argentin au XXI^e siècle : relations d'échange, de circulation et de réciprocité

"Cooperative and exchange relationships between the French and Argentine theatrical scenes have continued to develop from the late twentieth century to the early twenty-first century. France is one of the main European countries where Argentine theatre has found significant reception.

This project is based on a central question, which may be considered its research problem: what are the characteristics, challenges, and contributions of exchange relations between French and Argentine theatre during the first quarter of the twenty-first century?

The project aims at exploring and analyzing theatrical works and experiences of reciprocal exchange between France and Argentina within the sociocultural and political context of the twenty-first century. It also seeks to identify and compare the similarities and differences between the theatrical scenes of the two countries, as well as to highlight the thematic features and the aesthetic, political, and discursive strategies that theatre practitioners in both countries use to address various aspects of contemporary societies."

Hosting institution: Centre de recherche interuniversitaire sur les champs culturels en Amérique latine (CRICCAL)

Selective Bibliography

• De la Puente Maximiliano (2025), « Lo kafkiano en el teatro argentino contemporáneo: análisis de dos obras », en Elios Mendieta (coord.), Un dialogo inconcluso con Frank Kafka. La influencia del autor en la literatura, el arte y el pensamiento contemporáneo, Madrid, Fragua, pp. 283-295.
• De la Puente Maximiliano (2025), « Pinch to Awaken : images haptiques dans les installations de réalité virtuelle immersive », VISIBLE N°13 : Tactilité du visuel et mondes numériques
• De la Puente Maximiliano (2024), « Museo Ezeiza, Edipo en Ezeiza y Un domingo en familia. Teatro argentino, pasado reciente y comunidades representadas », Cahiers d’études romanes, numéro 49, Construction et dissolution de la communauté : Pratiques, représentations, théories, Presses Universitaires de Provence, Aix-Marseille Université
• De la Puente Maximiliano (2023), « Relatos Situados », une cartographie critique de la ville de Buenos Aires », América. Cahiers du CRICCAL, numéro 56, Paris, France, L’usage des cartes (vol.1) : Cartographier en Amérique latine (XIX^e –XXI^e siècles)
• De la Puente Maximiliano (2023), « Narrar la Guerra de Malvinas desde el teatro: la dramaturgia lírica de Soledad González », IdeAs – Idées d’Amériques, número 21, Le théâtre du XXI^e siècle dans les Amériques : de l’intime au politique