Dark Academia: The Aestheticization of Knowledge

A Trend as A Symptom of Hypermodernity, Eurocentrism and Nostalgia

Authors

  • Tadeo Masís-González Universidad de Costa Rica

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24215/24691488e102

Keywords:

Sociology of Trends, Contemporary Culture, Aesthetic, Knowledge, Dark Academia

Abstract

Aesthetics have recently become popular on social media such as TikTok and Instagram, and more specifically those that evoke lifestyles of the past. This article addresses the Dark Academy aesthetic as a relevant case of this phenomenon, whose particularity is that it is a trend that offers an aesthetic representation of knowledge. The focus of this research is the relationship between this trend and other phenomena of contemporary society. Thus, a link is established between the Dark Academy and retrospective culture, hypermodernity and the persistence of Eurocentrism in Western thought, so that it is possible to carry out a detailed understanding of the way in which knowledge is aestheticized.

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Published

2023-12-21

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Masís-González, T. . (2023). Dark Academia: The Aestheticization of Knowledge: A Trend as A Symptom of Hypermodernity, Eurocentrism and Nostalgia. Arte E Investigación, (24), e102. https://doi.org/10.24215/24691488e102

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No. 24 (2023): Arte e Investigación 24

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