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The Politics of Sensation. Part II. Aesthetics
The Politics of Sensation. Part II. Aesthetics
Tuesday, 17 July 2018: 15:30-17:20
Location: 201E (MTCC NORTH BUILDING)
TG07 Senses and Society (host committee) Language: English
The now ubiquitous role of the digital in everyday life has for some, meant a move away from an embodied, sensual ontology towards a more abstracted and distracted, connected yet less connected subjectivity. This panel invites speculations on the digitally distracted/immersed subject and asks what role the virtual world, that many of us inhabit for long periods of time, might play in shaping a different type of subjectivity? While the visual retains its hegemonic hold in screen culture, are other sensory experiences sacrificed in the virtual domain? If they are, what might this mean for our capacity to be human, and importantly to respond to concerns of injustice and violence which are occurring increasingly around the world? If indeed a diminishment of multi-sensory experience exists, does this also reduce the likelihood of empathic and ethical response? The panel welcomes both supportive and counter arguments to this proposition. Contributions may be theoretical, speculative or case studies.
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