Aesthetic resistance: publicness, potentiality, and plexus
Tintin Wulia
Abstract:This paper explicates the concept of
aesthetic resistance
(AR) and its connection to sociopolitical change, drawing from resistance studies’ frameworks. Combining semi-structured and integrative reviews of literature on resistance in art and aesthetics across the humanities and social sciences, the paper performs a thematic analysis to identify patterns in AR’s definitions, modes and domains, attributes, and transformative variables. These are synthesized in terms of the evolving resista… Show more
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