Discourse and visuality from Foucault

research coordinates in art and design

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/phi.v29i2.79790

Keywords:

Discurso, visualidade, Michel Foucault, arte, design.

Abstract

This study outlines conceptual coordinates for the investigation of discourse and visuality in art and design based on Michel Foucault's tools. It is not a case of proposing a “way of using” this philosopher’s work, but rather a heterodox exegesis on this arsenal with a view to a horizon that exceeds it. After highlighting the dynamic and correlational character of this proposition, the coordinates are ordered into: (1) power relations, (2) regimes of truth, (3) discourse and visuality, and (4) art and design. In the end, it is argued that the analysis of discursive-visual correlations allows us to glimpse how contemporary practices are always entangled in values, conduct and ways of looking. The article also suggests that art and design could benefit from the hermeneutics proposed here, which opens a new interpretative horizon around the continuous (re)elaboration of our experiences and subjectivities.

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Author Biography

Marcos Beccari, Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR), Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil, contato@marcosbeccari.com

PhD in Philosophy of Education from USP. Adjunct Professor of the Dept. of Design at UFPR and collaborating professor in the Postgraduate Program in Education at USP, in the area of ​​Culture, History and Philosophy of Education. Researcher at DEMO - Design-Fiction Laboratory at ESDI/UERJ and at Lab_Arte - Experimental Art-Education and Culture Laboratory at FEUSP. It mainly uses Nietzsche, Foucault, Flusser and Preciado to think about the fields of education, art and design.

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Published

2024-12-11

How to Cite

BECCARI, Marcos. Discourse and visuality from Foucault: research coordinates in art and design. Philósophos a journal of philosophy, Goiânia, v. 29, n. 2, 2024. DOI: 10.5216/phi.v29i2.79790. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/philosophos/article/view/79790. Acesso em: 5 dec. 2025.

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Vol. 29 No. 2 (2024): Philósophos - Edição Temática: Linguagens, discursos e narrativas

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Dossiê de Artigos Originais

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