Activity Type:
Lecture
Presenter:
Dr. Ai Hisano, University of Tokyo
Date:
Monday, March 20, 2023 - 16:00 to 17:30
Event Status:
As Scheduled
Location:
WW Posvar Hall 3703
Aesthetic Capitalism: a mode of capitalism that rested on, and was fueled by, creating and appealing to sensory and emotional experience. In analyzing aesthetics as a social process, rather than a design feature of commodities, this talk explores how aesthetic capitalism emerged and ow it altered people's aesthetic experience in the United States and Japan from the 1870s to 1940s.
UCIS Unit:
Asian Studies Center
Other Pitt Sponsors:
Department of History
Japan Iron and Steel Federation and Mitsubishi endowments at the University of Pittsburgh
Is Event Already in University Calendar?:
No