Misreading Asemic Writing as Kitsch: Scientific Forms and Structural Depth

23/07/2025
Misreading Asemic Writing as Kitsch: Scientific Forms and Structural Depth

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Episode Synopsis

Recent critiques mislabel asemic writing that employs scientific notation or formal structures as kitsch, overlooking how these works foreground structure over content and operate within a poetics of epistemic inquiry rather than decorative display. Rather than mimicking scientific forms for aesthetic effect, such writing exposes and subverts the syntactic frameworks of knowledge systems, transforming illegibility into a dynamic field where meaning emerges as process rather than product.