The following text provides a conceptual and theoretical introduction to a collection
of essays written by members of the multidisciplinary network of scholars, artists and cultural
producers named ‘Poetics of Resistance’, which seeks to analyse and encourage discussion of
the relationships between creativity, culture and political resistance, in the context of neoliberal
globalization. The introduction also provides a critical glossary of a set of loosely interlinking
keywords, following Raymond Williams, that mark points of encounter and departure between
the approaches of the various authors (not to be confused with the list of keywords used to index
each article). Rather than presenting a completed research project, this issue serves as a basis
for continuing collaborative research and dialogue in the field, and invites readers to join in the
ongoing debate. The contributors to this issue are Paulina Aroch Fugellie, Burghard Baltrusch,
Arturo Casas, María do Cebreiro Rábade Villar, Roberto Echavarren, Marcos Giadas Conde,
Cornelia Gräbner, Nathalia Jabur, Thomas Muhr and David Wood.