My research focuses on women's collective and intergenerational practices, in which rehearsals, in the performative sense of the term, take place, such as singing, oral transmission of knowledge and collective practices linked to the environment. I propose to explore these collective dynamics as practices of resistance and identity construction. The aim is to explore the artistic, social and even political potential of these practices by appropriating them collectively. 

Although often described as local, these collective dynamics resonate with the multiple networks in which they develop and are transformed: networks of knowledge production (scientific, cultural, historical) but also global socio-economic realities. 

The starting point for this research is the collective practices of Ama underwater fisherwomen in Japan. These small, scattered communities are made up of women of different ages who practice freediving together. Although remote, these practices resonate with contemporary, shared issues. The research will involve collaborations with various knowledge producers such as Ama communities, biologists, pearl producers, linguists, goldsmiths, geographers and historians. 

Although highly localized, the practices of these Japanese fisherwomen are historically linked to broader global dynamics. In the late 19th century, they pioneered the first pearl cultures initiated by Kokichi Mikimoto. The romantic image of fisherwomen is associated with the trade, use and spread of pearls around the world. This association with pearl culture is the starting point for exploring the multiple knowledge and realities of collective women's practices. Inspired by the work of Anna Tsing and Édouard Glissant, the research aims to explore these entanglements, not simply to describe them, but to harness their artistic and social potential by relating these different knowledges in a non-hierarchical way.

In addition to specific knowledge of Japan's coastal ecosystems, the history of Ama women is linked to the economics of pearl farming and its commercial, speculative and cultural practices. This culture was made possible by the practice of Ama women and the use of artificial insemination instruments evoking the treatment of the female body. 

These local practices are also linked to other economic players, such as the jewelers of Torre del Greco in Naples, who created specific links with pearl-growing areas in Japan at the beginning of the 20th century. They also echo women's choral practices in Bahrain linked to natural pearl fishing in the early 20th century.