A few months ago, I took an aesthetics class and made a video reviewing Sianne Ngai’s Our Aesthetic Categories. In retrospect, I am relatively convinced that interdisciplinary approaches (such as Ngai’s) may actually be more approachable as an outsider to the field than even introductory focused studies. Ngai’s focus on her aesthetic categories as modernist (or just modern) inventions is the most interesting point, demonstrating how fields evolve with people. Full video below.