Trauma and Affect: (Mis)Understanding Pain in Art and Affect linguistics Usually constructed out of paper

Usually constructed out of paper and bamboo

Norm is what all those others dreamed of

Originally a celestial peach from the Queen Mother of the West’s Peach Garden

experimental space where product design intersects with art

What started as fun soon became currency

Trauma and Affect: (Mis)Understanding Pain in Art and Affect linguistics Usually constructed out of paperTrauma and Affect: both concepts have become increasingly important in the critique of art, literature, and of culture in general, since the 1990s. In those years, a turn to trauma and a bit later also to affect took place. The concepts were being used in a great variety of ways, and in many disciplines and domains, such as queer studies, feminism, cultural analysis, art critique, literary studies and postcolonial studies, as well as in disciplines