Towards a computational cultural policy studies: examining infrastructures of taste and participation

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AI, a wicked problem for cultural policy? Pre-empting controversy and the crisis of cultural participation

“…Since the 2017 Tallinn Declaration of E-Government, public authorities in the European Union (EU) have committed to digitising the delivery of public services as well as embracing new modes of operation to increase transparency and participation by enhancing digital skills and reducing inequalities in access to internet (Mergel et al 2019). The consequences of this change have been addressed in cultural policy research focusing on intellectual property rights, creative industries and the creative economy (Valtysson 2010;Fredriksson 2014;Wright 2019;Casemajor et al 2021). The challenge of this digital transformation seems to have initiated a shift from a liberal mode of governmentality through culture to precautionary governance and preemptive actions (Bennett 1999;O'Malley 2004;Marchant 2020).…”