Here, Katerina Paramana introduces the articles in the “Political Economy and the Arts” special section of this issue. In the current climate of geopolitical upheaval (from Ukraine, to Gaza, Iran, Venezuela, and Greenland), the articles illuminate what arts do to produce resistance at a micro level by re-writing problematic narratives, visibilizing marginalized communities, imagining alternative models and futures, and working towards equitable space-making.
Keyword: arts
Review of Heavy Processing by T.L. Cowan & Jas Rault (punctum books)
In Heavy Processing, T.L. Cowan and Jas Rault offer “heavy processing” as a guiding concept that occupies the space between research method and information technology. Adopting a Trans-Feminist and Queer (TFQ) framework, they critique dominant institutional and informational systems while proposing alternative infrastructures for fostering intimate and accountable TFQ artistic, activist, and scholarly publics.