Uncertain Curiosity in Artistic Research, Philosophy, Media and Cultural Studies: Transforming Understanding—Understanding Transformation (Arts, Research, Innovation and Society)

Synopsis

This open access edited volume is based on the premise that entanglements between current societal, political, technological, ecological, and cultural transformations cannot be sufficiently understood without transforming the modes, forms, and notions of understanding. Conceptually, &“uncertain curiosity&” is inspired by Helga Nowotny&’s Insatiable Curiosity, as it maps trends in the history of knowledge on creative curiosity and its shifting relation to innovation-promoting institutions and societal notions of un/certain and un/predictable futures. This volume explores epistemic, infrastructural, and cosmological conditions under which the curiosity drive can flourish. Adopting an encyclopedic structure, the contributions engage with terminologies that echo transformation processes and conditions of change by foregrounding the ephemeral, the processual, and the desynchronous and address issues of insurability, vagueness, and ambiguity. This is achieved through a blend of case study research, critical terminological work, poetic engagement with language, and visual culture and discourse analysis through the lenses of artistic research, philosophy, media and cultural studies.

Copyright:

2025

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Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9783031919954

Related ISBNs:

9783031919947

Publisher:

Springer Nature Switzerland

Date of Addition:

09/02/25

Copyrighted By:

The Editor

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

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No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Business and Finance, Social Studies, Philosophy

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Bookshare Staff

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This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Lisa Stuckey

Edited by:

Alexander Damianisch