The webzine Notes on Metamodernism ran from 2009 to 2016. It was part of a long term interdisciplinary transnational research project documenting developments in twenty-first century culture that could no longer be explained in terms of the postmodern, but needed to be conceived of by another critical discourse – metamodernism. Notes on Metamodernism was founded in May 2009 by Timotheus Vermeulen and Robin van den Akker and edited together with Nadine Fessler, Hila Shachar, Luke Turner and Alison Gibbons. In its seven year run, the webzine featured around fifty critics and theorists from a range of backgrounds, writing about trends and tendencies in current affairs, network culture, contemporary architecture, design, fashion, art, music, literature, theatre, performance, photography, film and television, and theory. The webzine has been featured in popular media globally, is indexed by most national and research libraries, and is included in various citation metrics including google scholar. This is Notes on Metamodernism‘s archive.

Metamodernism: a brief introduction

Metamodernism is a term that has gained traction in recent years as a means of articulating developments in contemporary culture, which, it is argued (and our generation appears to intuitively recognise) has seen a move beyond the postmodern mode of the late 20th century. In the wake of the myriad crises of the past two decades—of climate change, financial meltdown, and the escalation of global conflicts—we have witnessed the emergence of a palpable collective desire for change, for something beyond the prematurely proclaimed “End of History”…

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Oscillating Towards the Sublime
by Sara Helen Binney | Literature | April 2, 2015

Last Exit Underclass
by Karen van den Berg | Music | May 1, 2013

Thirteen theses on (the end of) liberal democracy
by Timotheus Vermeulen | Politics | February 25, 2013

The New Aesthetic’s Speculative Promise
by Luke Turner | Theory | July 2, 2012

Metamodernism, quirky and feminism
by Gry Cecilie Rustad | Film and TV | February 29, 2012

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