Anne Scott Sørensen, Ole Martin Høystad, Erling Bjurström og Halvard Vike: Nye kulturstudier, Oslo 2008 (Spartacus Forlag).
In recent years aesthetics and cosmopolitanism have been linked in new ways. On the one hand, contemporary research in the sociology of art indicates an increasing openness and a potential cosmopolitanism in aesthetic taste and consumption. On the other hand, aesthetic concepts and ideals play an important but often implicit role in some of the theories of globalization and cosmopolitanism that inform cultural studies. By examining the interaction between these two tendencies and relating it to sociological and aesthetic theories, I will discuss the characteristics and the possible social implications of the apparent new openness. Does it indicate an increasing tolerance and commonality? Or does it rather point towards a new and more individualized understanding of the social function and legitimacy of art?
”En aften så fortalte jeg om, hvordan man laver akvarelmaling, og en anden aften var der en, der fortalte om høbinding og hvordan – og en tredje aften var det hende der keramikeren.” ”Så satte de bare et kæmpe skilt op, og det fyldte hele væggen i vores rum med vores Robert Jacobsen plakater.” ”Og det er jo det, som jeg synes, jeg har, og det, som jeg kan se, mine naboer har. En tillid til at vi vil det bedste for vores naboer og for byen – og at vi kan gøre det, vi siger. Og hvis vi ikke kan det, så bliver vi klogere undervejs og ændrer det til det bedre.” ”... et alternativt rum for unge mennesker, som er trygt at være i, som bygger på feministiske normer som safe space og idealer om ligeværd og tryghed, som man kan have svært ved at finde i andre konstellationer.” Disse udtalelser fra brugere er indsamlet i danske kultur- huse og andre borgerinddragende kulturinstitutioner. Men hvad betyder kulturhusene? Hvilken rolle spiller deres rum? Hvilke brugere har de? Og hvilke deltagelsesformer praktiseres? De spørgsmål behandles i denne rapport, som er et resultat af et omfangsrigt kvalitativt studie i 28 kulturhuse. Studiet er sket i samarbejde med medforskere i alle kulturhusene og er anden delundersøgelse i forsknings- og udviklings- projektet DELTAG.
In 2012 the Danish city of Aarhus was appointed European Capital of Culture for 2017. The appointment was based on an ambitious programme that – under the headline Rethink – tried to set an agenda of societal transformation, mainly by seeking to increase the impact of art and culture, and to enhance civic participation at all levels of society. In this article we examine one of the first attempts of Aarhus 2017 to realize these grand ambitions: ‘The Playful Society’, a series of micro grants aimed at enabling young people to make their own art/culture projects and participate in the overall Rethink project. Informed by theoretical distinctions between different forms of participation, and the diverse interests invested in participatory processes, we investigate how the young cultural entrepreneurs and the artistic administrators of Aarhus 2017 separately, in conjunction, and sometimes even in opposition to each other, translated these overall ambitions into practice. We argue that they illuminate some of the dilemmas of contemporary cultural participation, including the importance of question- ing who participates in what, how they do it, and in what context.
No abstract
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.
hi@scite.ai
10624 S. Eastern Ave., Ste. A-614
Henderson, NV 89052, USA
Copyright © 2024 scite LLC. All rights reserved.
Made with 💙 for researchers
Part of the Research Solutions Family.