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.

Jan-Peter Voß (Prof. Dr.), born 1973, heads the chair of Sociology of Politics and Governance at Technische Universität Berlin. He did his doctorate at the department of science, technology and policy studies of the University of Twente. His research is located at the intersection of sociology, political science, and science and technology studies (STS), focusing on the intertwining of epistemic, political, and aesthetic practices in late modern process of innovation and governance.

Nora Rigamonti promovierte an der Technischen Universität Berlin zu verschiedenen Verbindungsformen von politischen und ästhetischen Praktiken sowie zu damit einhergehenden in(ter)ventiven demokratischen Praktiken. Seit 2019 forscht sie als wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin zunächst am Lehrstuhl für Politik-und Governancesoziologie der Technischen Universität Berlin und anschließend am Lehrstuhl für Wirtschafts-und Arbeitssoziologie der Brandenburgischen Technischen Universität Cottbus-Senftenberg in transdisziplinären Citizen-Science-Projekten.

Marcela Suárez (Dr.) received her PhD in political science from Freie Universität Berlin (FU) and is an associate researcher and lecturer at the Lateinamerika-Institut at FU. She investigates the socio-political dynamics of governance, asymmetries of knowledge, techno-scientific feminisms and digital culture. Since 2018 she has been part of the research group DiGiTal Transformation where she is working on the project »Feminist politics and the fight against violence in the era of digitalization«.

Jacob Watson is a freelance translator and editor for sociology, philosophy, law and history. He co-runs the agency/network »Translabor« for text related tasks.