M.A. David Castillo

Project Collaboration / Doctoral Student

E-Mail
david.castillo@unibe.ch
Office
Büro 193, 1. Stock
Postal Address
Universität Bern
Institut für Theaterwissenschaft
Mittelstrasse 43
3012 Bern

Research Focus

  • Dance in the South Pacific
  • Climate Change
  • Global Studies
  • Decolonial Studies

Profile

David Castillo holds a B.A. and M.A. in Dance Studies from the University of Bern. Since November 2024, he has been working on his dissertation in the SNSF project Social Choreographies, which deals with the bodily experience of climate change in the South Pacific (Aotearoa and Tuvalu). David is enrolled in the Global Studies doctoral program and is part of the research cluster Ecology & Community: Cultural Environmental Perspectives. From September 2025 to August 2026, he is visiting scholar at the Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato / University of Waikato.

Publications

Astray Martínez Wolff, M. A. & Castillo, D.: Undercurrents of Intimacy. Female Love, Sexuality and Desire in Francoist Dictatorship. In: GeoAgenda, 01/2026, p. 15–16. DOI: 10.48620/97546

Castillo, D. & Pamer, S.: Choreographies of Immobility: Life Stories and Labour Migration in a Neoliberal Arts Market. In: Arts, 2026, Vol. 16 (5), 134. DOI: 10.3390/arts15060134

Castillo, D. & Hilari, J.: Locating Decoloniality. A Statement on Decolonial Gestures in Live Arts and Academia. In: Journal of Black Opera and Music Theatre, 2025, Vol. 1 (1), p. 13–17. DOI: 10.36950/J-BOM.2813-7906.2025.1.13

Castillo, D.: Social Dance Media. Die Kollektivierung von Autorschaft und Körperwissen in Re:Rosas! Bern 2025. DOI: 10.48620/87046

Castillo, D.: Reimagining the Ocean in times of Climate Change. Podcast episode with Kai Schulz, Visiting researcher at the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel and Associate Professor with the School of Environment, Southern Cross University Australia. In: Elize Mazadiego (ed.): Rethinking the 'Global'. May 26th 2025.

Castillo, D.; Rothenburger, N.; Thurner, C.; Waterhouse, E. & Wehren, J.: Auto_Bio_Grafie als Performance. Bibliografie zu Autobiografie im Tanz/in der Tanzgeschichte. Bern 2024. DOI: 10.48620/17184

 

Castillo, D.: Digital Atolls. (Re-)Sensing the South Pacific in times of Climate Change. In: Gesellschaft für Theaterwissenschaft (ed.): Open Spaces. Berlin 2026 [i.E.].

Castillo, D.: Social Dance Media and the Global North. Re-defining the ‘World’ that Re:Rosas! invited to dance. In: Hilari, Johanna & Leon, Anna (ed.): Choreography+. The limits of expanded choreography. Bern 2027 [i.E.].

Presentations

Presentations

Castillo, D.: Choreographing Protest Movement. Dancing against Human Right Violations. University of Waikato, November 19th 2025.

Castillo, D.; Liu, Sang Chi & Pamer, Sari: Sustainability in social, urban and ecological systems. Venice International University, July 12th 2025.

Castillo, D.: Unmasking Human Rights Violators. Encroaches in post-dictatorial Argentina. IFTR Panel. June 13th 2025.

Castillo, D.; Hilari, Johanna & Wehren, Julia: Soziale Choreografien als relationale Raumordnungen. Tagung der Gesellschaft für Theaterwissenschaft. Leipzig University, June 12th 2024.

Castillo, D. & Hu, Zhiyue: Bodies of Water. Corporeality and Climate Change in Venice. Venice International University, July 8th 2023.