Art's Speculative Perturbations

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  • Dr. Melissa Freeman The University of Georgia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11575/jah.v2021i2021.73781

Abstract

In this paper, I consider the speculative movement of understanding performed by art. I show how the repeated coming-into-being of a work’s structure not only participates in life’s living discourse, but offers a model for how to transverse its complex, often contradictory, landscapes. Art reconfigures the edges of (un)intelligibility creating a speculative ethics that perturbs established modes of perceiving and interpreting. I conclude with a call for the necessity of art in a transient world.

Author Biography

Dr. Melissa Freeman, The University of Georgia

Dr. Freeman is a professor of qualitative research and evaluation methodologies, Department of Lifelong Education, Administration and Policy.

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Published

2021-11-24

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