The curator’s cure: Curing visual stupidity in the age of symbolic misery

Abstract: Bernard Stiegler diagnoses that we live in societies of control under an aesthetic conditioning. Marketing emerges as the foundational force in societies of control, adept at shaping individual desires and cultivating them into consumerism. Capturing our attention, particularly thro...

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Autor principal: Belgrano, Mateo
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Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2024
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Stiegler, Bernard, 1952-2020
CURADURIA
ATENCION
MISERIA SIMBOLICA
MEDIOS AUDIOVISUALES
MARKETING
Acceso en línea:https://repositorio.uca.edu.ar/handle/123456789/18300
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spelling I33-R139-123456789-183002024-06-19T05:01:34Z The curator’s cure: Curing visual stupidity in the age of symbolic misery Belgrano, Mateo Stiegler, Bernard, 1952-2020 CURADURIA ATENCION MISERIA SIMBOLICA MEDIOS AUDIOVISUALES MARKETING Abstract: Bernard Stiegler diagnoses that we live in societies of control under an aesthetic conditioning. Marketing emerges as the foundational force in societies of control, adept at shaping individual desires and cultivating them into consumerism. Capturing our attention, particularly through audiovisual mediums, dictates our behaviour. In essence, the industrial exploitation of consciousness diminishes our noetic abilities, turning us into stupid and docile individuals. Stiegler rehearses different ways to recover the capacity of attention and thus overcome the ‘visual stupidity’ in which we find ourselves, what he calls ‘therapeutic practices’. These practices range from more traditional institutions like schools and uni versities to the practice of meditation. Drawing from some of Stiegler’s insights, this paper suggests contemplating visual curatorship as another possible therapeutic practice. I strongly believe that we require an edu cation of our gaze to truly comprehend what we observe and surpass aesthetic conditioning. The role of the art curator is crucial, as they can help deconstruct our habitual ways of seeing, enabling us to recognize how media and images operate as mechanisms of control over individuals. 2024-06-18T10:38:54Z 2024-06-18T10:38:54Z 2024 Artículo Belgrano, M. The curator’s cure: Curing visual stupidity in the age of symbolic misery [en línea]. Educational Philosophy and Theory. 2024. doi: 10.1080/00131857.2024.2323587. Disponible en: https://repositorio.uca.edu.ar/handle/123456789/18300 0013-1857 (impreso) 1469-5812 (online) https://repositorio.uca.edu.ar/handle/123456789/18300 10.1080/00131857.2024.2323587 eng Acceso restringido http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ application/pdf Taylor & Francis Educational Philosophy and Theory. 2024.
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topic Stiegler, Bernard, 1952-2020
CURADURIA
ATENCION
MISERIA SIMBOLICA
MEDIOS AUDIOVISUALES
MARKETING
spellingShingle Stiegler, Bernard, 1952-2020
CURADURIA
ATENCION
MISERIA SIMBOLICA
MEDIOS AUDIOVISUALES
MARKETING
Belgrano, Mateo
The curator’s cure: Curing visual stupidity in the age of symbolic misery
topic_facet Stiegler, Bernard, 1952-2020
CURADURIA
ATENCION
MISERIA SIMBOLICA
MEDIOS AUDIOVISUALES
MARKETING
description Abstract: Bernard Stiegler diagnoses that we live in societies of control under an aesthetic conditioning. Marketing emerges as the foundational force in societies of control, adept at shaping individual desires and cultivating them into consumerism. Capturing our attention, particularly through audiovisual mediums, dictates our behaviour. In essence, the industrial exploitation of consciousness diminishes our noetic abilities, turning us into stupid and docile individuals. Stiegler rehearses different ways to recover the capacity of attention and thus overcome the ‘visual stupidity’ in which we find ourselves, what he calls ‘therapeutic practices’. These practices range from more traditional institutions like schools and uni versities to the practice of meditation. Drawing from some of Stiegler’s insights, this paper suggests contemplating visual curatorship as another possible therapeutic practice. I strongly believe that we require an edu cation of our gaze to truly comprehend what we observe and surpass aesthetic conditioning. The role of the art curator is crucial, as they can help deconstruct our habitual ways of seeing, enabling us to recognize how media and images operate as mechanisms of control over individuals.
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