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Popular Inquiry: The Journal of the Aesthetics of Kitsch, Camp and Mass Culture is a peer- and double blind-reviewed open-access online journal dedicated to the study of the philosophical aesthetics of popular culture.

POPULAR INQUIRY
The Journal of the Aesthetics of Kitsch, Camp and Mass Culture
Dana Svorova, "Drugsworld: Altered Perception of Aesthetic Dimension in Everyday Life
Dec 29

Dec 29 Dana Svorova, "Drugsworld: Altered Perception of Aesthetic Dimension in Everyday Life

Max Ryynänen
Petteri Enroth, "Challenging Everydays: On Precarity in Everyday Aesthetics"
Dec 29

Dec 29 Petteri Enroth, "Challenging Everydays: On Precarity in Everyday Aesthetics"

Max Ryynänen
Enea Bianchi, "Philosophies of Archery"
Dec 29

Dec 29 Enea Bianchi, "Philosophies of Archery"

Max Ryynänen
Lisa Giombini and Marta Benenti, "Cultural Tourism: Authenticity, Engagement, and the Everyday
Dec 29

Dec 29 Lisa Giombini and Marta Benenti, "Cultural Tourism: Authenticity, Engagement, and the Everyday

Max Ryynänen
Elisabetta Di Stefano, Carsten Friberg and Max Ryynänen, "Editorial: Forgotten Everydays"
Dec 29

Dec 29 Elisabetta Di Stefano, Carsten Friberg and Max Ryynänen, "Editorial: Forgotten Everydays"

Max Ryynänen
REVIEW: Maja Bak Herrie on Jacob Lund and Ulrik Schmidt (eds) (2020): Medieæstetik - en introduktion, “Studying Media From the Middle of Things”
Oct 21

Oct 21 REVIEW: Maja Bak Herrie on Jacob Lund and Ulrik Schmidt (eds) (2020): Medieæstetik - en introduktion, “Studying Media From the Middle of Things”

Max Ryynänen
Yalili Mora, “New World Order: Visual Essay”
Oct 21

Oct 21 Yalili Mora, “New World Order: Visual Essay”

Max Ryynänen
Manuel González de Ávila, “On Narrative Hypersign and Feminine Imaginary: Audrey Flack’s Photorealism”
Oct 21

Oct 21 Manuel González de Ávila, “On Narrative Hypersign and Feminine Imaginary: Audrey Flack’s Photorealism”

Max Ryynänen
Maribel Castro Díaz, “Behind Closed Doors: From Facts to Narratives in the Photographic Works of Taryn Simon and Thomas Demand”
Oct 21

Oct 21 Maribel Castro Díaz, “Behind Closed Doors: From Facts to Narratives in the Photographic Works of Taryn Simon and Thomas Demand”

Max Ryynänen
Paola Jalili, “Office Aesthetics: Narratives Around Contemporary Labor Through Representations of Office Spaces”
Oct 21

Oct 21 Paola Jalili, “Office Aesthetics: Narratives Around Contemporary Labor Through Representations of Office Spaces”

Max Ryynänen
Saara Mahbouba, “Restructuring Reality: Narratives of Work and Identity”
Oct 21

Oct 21 Saara Mahbouba, “Restructuring Reality: Narratives of Work and Identity”

Max Ryynänen
Maria Teresa Russo, ““I, Myself am the Media.” The Aesthetics of the Self and Its Narrative Modes in the Echo-Sphere”
Oct 21

Oct 21 Maria Teresa Russo, ““I, Myself am the Media.” The Aesthetics of the Self and Its Narrative Modes in the Echo-Sphere”

Max Ryynänen
Siim Sorokin, ““No Theory Holds Together:” Suspicion, Its Plotters, and the Patterns of Imaginative Reason in (Re-)Conceptualizing Digital Conspiracist Discourse”
Oct 21

Oct 21 Siim Sorokin, ““No Theory Holds Together:” Suspicion, Its Plotters, and the Patterns of Imaginative Reason in (Re-)Conceptualizing Digital Conspiracist Discourse”

Max Ryynänen
Roman Horbyk, Isabel Löfgren, Yana Prymachenko & Cheryll Soriano, “Fake News as Meta-Mimesis: Imitative Genres and Storytelling in the Philippines, Brazil, Russia and Ukraine”
Oct 21

Oct 21 Roman Horbyk, Isabel Löfgren, Yana Prymachenko & Cheryll Soriano, “Fake News as Meta-Mimesis: Imitative Genres and Storytelling in the Philippines, Brazil, Russia and Ukraine”

Max Ryynänen
Paco Barragán, “I Don’t Care About the Truth, Tell Me A Good Story: Narrativity as Discourse, Credibility as Condition”
Oct 21

Oct 21 Paco Barragán, “I Don’t Care About the Truth, Tell Me A Good Story: Narrativity as Discourse, Credibility as Condition”

Max Ryynänen
Andrea Mecacci, “Storytelling Hyperreality”
Oct 21

Oct 21 Andrea Mecacci, “Storytelling Hyperreality”

Max Ryynänen
Paco Barragán, Editorial (2021/1)
Oct 21

Oct 21 Paco Barragán, Editorial (2021/1)

Max Ryynänen
REVIEW: Dorian Batycka on Mike Watson's Can the Left Learn to Meme?, “The Work of Art in the Age of Memetic Reproduction"
Dec 19

Dec 19 REVIEW: Dorian Batycka on Mike Watson's Can the Left Learn to Meme?, “The Work of Art in the Age of Memetic Reproduction"

Max Ryynänen
C.J.W.-L. Wee, “Bland Modernity, Kitsch and Reflections on the Aesthetic Production in Singapore”
Dec 19

Dec 19 C.J.W.-L. Wee, “Bland Modernity, Kitsch and Reflections on the Aesthetic Production in Singapore”

Max Ryynänen
Paolo Euron, “Half-Nakes Bodies in Anime and Western Culture Industry: Intercultural Remarks on the Aesthetics of Transgression”
Dec 19

Dec 19 Paolo Euron, “Half-Nakes Bodies in Anime and Western Culture Industry: Intercultural Remarks on the Aesthetics of Transgression”

Max Ryynänen
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E-mail: popular.inquiry(at)aalto.fi. Snail mail: Popular Inquiry, Max Ryynänen, P.O. Box 31000, 76000 Aalto University, Finland.

We are thankful to Aalto University for making possible the publishing of this journal and to Svenska Kulturfonden for funding the development process. Special thanks to David Lewis and Kevin Tavin. Logo(s): Martina Obertova.