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Aesthetic resistance: publicness, potentiality, and plexus
1HDK-Valand - Academy of Art and Design, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Journal of Political Power
|November 28, 2023
Summary
This study defines aesthetic resistance (AR) and its role in sociopolitical change. It identifies key issues like publicness, potentiality, and plexus that help categorize and trace resistance for societal transformation.
Area of Science:
- Social Sciences
- Humanities
- Resistance Studies
Background:
- Aesthetic resistance (AR) is an underexplored concept.
- Existing frameworks for resistance studies lack aesthetic dimensions.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explicate the concept of aesthetic resistance (AR).
- To connect AR to sociopolitical change.
- To identify patterns in AR's definitions, modes, domains, attributes, and transformative variables.
Main Methods:
- The study employed a combination of semi-structured and integrative literature reviews.
- Thematic analysis was used to identify patterns in AR.
- Literature was drawn from the humanities and social sciences.
Main Results:
- Three interlocking issues of AR were identified: publicness, potentiality, and plexus.
- These issues contribute to categorizing and identifying resistance.
- The study synthesized findings within evolving resistance studies frameworks.
Conclusions:
- Aesthetic resistance (AR) is a significant factor in sociopolitical change.
- Understanding AR requires considering aesthetics as relating to the sensorium.
- The identified issues provide a network for tracing resistance towards change.
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