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Five Political Provocations for Soma Design: A Relational Perspective on Emotion and Politics

Year: 2024

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: Soma design is intimately entangled with the politics, not only of design itself, but of bodies. We combine perspectives from soma design, political theory, and Sara Ahmed’s work The Cultural Politics of Emotions, to develop five political provocations that reflect on the politics of soma design and the possibilities and frictions therein. Inspired by soma design’s roots in somaesthetic philosophy, our five provocations are (i) Knowledge and Ways of Knowing; (ii) The Self and Self-Knowledge; (iii) Felt Ethics and Right Action; (iv) The Pursuit of Happiness; and (v) Justice and the Emotional Labour of Transformation. Our contribution intends to foster reflection on the politics implicit within soma design practice.

DOI: 10.1145/3686169.3686213

Authors: Rachael Garrett, Pasko Kisić-Merino, Claudia Núñez-Pacheco, Pedro Sanches, Kristina Höök

Institutions: KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Karlstad University, Umeå University

Language: English

Topic: Posthumanist Ethics and Activism

Subfield: Cultural Studies

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: gold

OpenAlex ID: W4403522657

FWCI: 22.69

Cites: 62

Cited by: 6

Related to: 10