Digital environments have expanded the forms of cultural participation. This paper has two aims: first, to elucidate the changing definitions of cultural participation in relation to digital environments; second, to examine the ways in which cultural policies respond to the new digital conditions of cultural participation. Focusing on Quebec (Canada), this paper is based on a critical review of grey literature in the public policy. We identified three main goals pursued by Quebec cultural policies regarding digital participation: 1) to produce and promote national cultural content; 2) to promote cultural equity; 3) to foster digital equity. The analysis shows that these goals partially exceed the scope of cultural policies to intersect with economic, educational, and youth policies. We also argue that policy frameworks and funding programs in support of cultural policies tend to legitimize an overlap of the social, economic, and political dimensions of cultural participation.
Cet article étudie le caractère hybride d’organisations émergentes dans le monde de l’art. Basé sur cinq études de cas, l’article confronte les propos des responsables de ces organisations aux justifications courantes de la valeur de l’art. Il décrit trois logiques – créative, entrepreneuriale et sociale – qui structurent le développement des organisations étudiées. Ces logiques impliquent des objectifs stratégiques, des formes d’engagement et des marqueurs de succès différenciés qui peuvent mener à des conflits entre systèmes de valeur. L’article offre une analyse des tensions qui peuvent naître de la combinaison des logiques au sein de l’organisation artistique. Si la vision unificatrice portée par les dirigeants permet souvent de sublimer les tensions internes potentielles, celle-ci peut en revanche rendre plus difficile la reconnaissance de l’organisation par les institutions culturelles.
Digital environments have expanded the forms of cultural participation. This paper has two aims: first, to elucidate the changing definitions of cultural participation in relation to digital environments; second, to examine the ways in which cultural policies respond to the new digital conditions of cultural participation. Focusing on Quebec (Canada), this paper is based on a critical review of grey literature in the public policy. We identified three main goals pursued by Quebec cultural policies regarding digital participation: 1) to produce and promote national cultural content; 2) to promote cultural equity; 3) to foster digital equity. The analysis shows that these goals partially exceed the scope of cultural policies to intersect with economic, educational, and youth policies. We also argue that policy frameworks and funding programs in support of cultural policies tend to legitimize an overlap of the social, economic, and political dimensions of cultural participation.
Cet article propose une étude de la plateforme ArtFacts.Net -un système de classement et de hiérarchisation des artistes de la scène mondiale de l'art contemporain -en relation aux enjeux de visibilité en ligne et de gestion des données massives dans ce monde de l'art. L'étude s'appuie sur une analyse du dispositif et du discours programmatique de ce site, ainsi que sur des entretiens auprès d'informateurs-clés du monde de l'art contemporain montréalais.
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