Thanks for your comment. I’m very pleased to have Carolyn’s contribution, and I’m glad the series has found readers.

As for the “aesthetic turn,” I borrowed the phrase from Shawn VanCour’s post, “New Directions in Media Studies: The Aesthetic Turn”. I understand it as a line of questioning that has become prominent among cultural studies-oriented scholars (although the questions we’re posing aren’t necessarily new, I’m discovering, just new to us). But “line of questioning” is rather broad, and the “turn,” such as it is, encompasses a wide range of interests, from the “production-oriented approach” Shawn advocates to questions about the philosophy of art.

Part of the reason I proposed this series to the Antenna editors was to draw together a wide range of people to see what common themes emerged.

I have to go teach, but I have more to add — I’ll try to come back this evening!