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Arts, Politics and Social Movements
As reflected in the title of the book, the contributions here describe a series of artistic and activist actions in different places sing different forms of aesthetic styles to challenge the existing order of things. Nine chapters present specific situations in Europe and the US in a multilocal dialogue. This multifaceted collection questions contemporary ideas and actions in the face of the Great Transition. It offers a suite of case studies that are linked by elective affinities, an immediate and intuitive accordance between both the activists and the authors despite their differences. All actors tend to reflect a similar concern for their direct environment in proposing and documenting utopian forms which are also dealing with the past and present with a form of tenderness for the “here and there”. This shared sympathetic interest explains why the book also corresponds to a form of engaged scholarship. The chapters contribute to the long roll of historical debates and conflicts on “what is to be done” at present and in the near and distant future.
How To Do Social Research With
A guide to the doing of critical and creative research with a range of unusual means to apprise places and build ethical relationships. This catalogue of methods draws on the wealth of cutting-edge critical and creative social research from the Goldsmiths Sociology Department to offer an engaged guide to doing research with a range of unexpected relations. The collection focuses on multiple assemblages of objects, media, materials, practices, relations, devices, and atmospheres, spanning methods and topics involving food to activism, knitting to ghosts, theater to documents, collaging to corridors. Through hands-on discussions of the practicalities, ethics, and politics of doing social resea...
Innovationsphänomene
Dieser Sammelband befasst sich mit der rapiden Verbreitung von Innovationen, die zu einem ubiquitären Phänomen geworden sind, welches alle gesellschaftlichen Teilbereiche erfasst. In den Beiträgen werden Innovationsphänomene interdisziplinär in Bezug auf verschiedene gesellschaftliche Teilbereiche in ihren heterogenen Facetten analysiert, um so einen empiriegeleiteten Beitrag zur Weiterentwicklung der Diagnose „Innovationsgesellschaft“ zu leisten. Die untersuchten Phänomene reichen von der Planung, Implementierung und Durchsetzung konkreter Innovationen über Praktiken des Innovierens bis zu veränderten Wahrnehmungs- und Deutungsmustern sowie damit einhergehenden neuen Machtbeziehungen.
Sensing Collectives
Are aesthetics and politics really two different things? The book takes a new look at how they intertwine, by turning from theory to practice. Case studies trace how sensory experiences are created and how collective interests are shaped. They investigate how aesthetics and politics are entangled, both in building and disrupting collective orders, in governance and innovation. This ranges from populist rallies and artistic activism over alternative lifestyles and consumer culture to corporate PR and governmental policies. Authors are academics and artists. The result is a new mapping of the intermingling and co-constitution of aesthetics and politics in engagements with collective orders.
Guido Reni
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Inventive/Interventive Demokratie?
Wie können gesellschaftliche Veränderungen und Streitfragen sinnlich erfahrbar und öffentlich verständlich kommuniziert werden? Nora Rigamonti nimmt experimentelle Zukunftsszenarien der umstrittenen europäischen »Flüchtlingsfrage« in den Blick, die mithilfe einer expliziten Gestaltung und Verbindung von politischen und ästhetischen Praktiken konstituiert werden. Am Beispiel der Szenarien analysiert sie, ob und inwiefern diese nicht nur als in(ter)ventive Instrumente zur alternativen Lösungsfindung auf gegenwärtige gesellschaftliche Kontroversen reagieren, sondern ob sie auch der zunehmenden Fragilität liberal-demokratischer Ordnungen begegnen können.
Fellini
Federico Fellini, who died in 1993, produced some of the most opulent films the world has seen. This volume comprises a number of warm tributes to the maestro that recall his remarkable versatility, his artistic genius, and his love of life. Focusing on the extraordinary attention the director paid to costumes and makeup, the book contains scores of both black-and-white and color photographs that reveal Fellini's extraordinary eye for physical detail. Famous images from La Strada, La Dolce Vita, 8 1/2, and City of Women are accompanied by no less impressive stills from Casanova, Roma, and Satyricon, among others. Fellini: Costumes and Fashion will appeal to those interested in a great director's extraordinary vision and to anyone interested in gawking at some of the most astonishing and audacious costumes ever designed for the movies.
