ZEITSCHRIFTENARTIKEL
Improvisation in Life and Theory
Zeitschrift für Ästhetik und Allgemeine Kunstwissenschaft, Bd. 70 (2025), Iss. 1: S. 72–83
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Backhaus, Eva
Abstract
In this paper I develop a concept of improvisation—both in its everyday and artistic form— that accentuates the importance of disruption, failure, and risk. I thereby differentiate improvisation from habitual action and practical knowledge while acknowledging important similarities. In the second part of the paper I explore to what extent theoretical writing can be improvisational. Drawing on texts by bell hooks, Virginia Woolf, and Ludwig Wittgenstein, I propose an emphasis on the situatedness of the writer and point out, here, too, the relevance of disruption and risk.
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