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Aesthetic Distance and Political Commitment: Rethinking the Philosophy of Engaged Art

16 Mar 2026

The relationship between aesthetic autonomy and political engagement remains one of the central unresolved questions in the philosophy of art. This paper revisits the debate through the lens of contemporary East Asian artistic practice.

North Korea Studies

Divided Memories: Heritage Preservation as Political Practice in the Korean Context

16 Mar 2026

How states remember and preserve their cultural heritage is never politically innocent. In divided Korea, the politics of heritage takes on particular intensity: both states claim a shared civilisational legacy while constructing radically different accounts of its meaning and its proper custodians.