Changing Modes of Production and the Arts
Changing Modes of Production and the Arts
Abstract Submissions Closed
RC37 Sociology of Arts (host committee)
Language: English
This session will explore global perspectives on drastic changes in the modes of production and how said changes effect the arts. As can be argued, arts and culture are not mere reflections of a society’s political economy; rather, the arts and culture produced in a given context will dialectically provide insights into the nuances of a societal mode of production.
Possible topics that can be presented may include the transitions post-socialist nations have experienced since the early 1990s and their respective influences on the arts; the concept of consecration in the realm of art when comparing Apartheid and post-Apartheid South Africa; the incorporation of previously marginalized cultural groups into mainstream art movements (cf. Mexican-Americans in the American Southwest or First Nations and Aboriginal peoples in Canada and Australia, respectively); the crisis of artistic representation in late capitalism; and others.
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