“Theatrical Darwinism” and “Artworlds” – A Fresh Approach via Pierre Bourdieu – by Laura Cirigliano and Ronald Sharps
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How do you think theater should evolve in order to make it more sustainable?
What needs does theater fill in the U.K. and the U.S. and how can we cater to these needs so that this art form continues to thrive in an economic downturn?
By the time CRC visitors to a new blog by 精品成人福利在线 University Masters Candidate in Arts Management Laura Cirigliano — — have finished working their聽way through rich with reference resources and citations, they will be ready and willing聽to answer these questions.
More than two years ago, Ms. Cirigliano began聽an intensive course of study with her academic mentor, Dr. Ronald Sharps, Associate Dean of the MSU College of the Arts.聽聽 Dr. Sharps’ innovative聽syllabus in The Business of Art, in turn,聽had been honed through his聽dedicated immersion in the sociological/cosmopolitan philosophy and methodology of Pierre Bourdieu, (1930-2002) especially as manifested in ‘s classic concept of “.”
As readers will聽see vividly, Dr. Sharps’ scholarship聽took on very dynamic visualization with聽his graphic Cultural Field Maps, now published for the first time by the CRC — with art direction by Brian Carter, Technology Coordinator for the MSU College of the Arts —聽and astute聽contextualization and commentary by Ms. Cirigliano.
In her newly-edited volume (with Sarah Kenderdine)聽Theorizing Digital Cultural Heritage, Fiona Cameron, Senior Research Fellow聽in聽Museum and Cultural Heritage Studies at the Centre for Cultural Research at the University of Western Sydney,聽cautions against falling into聽“the illusion of the immaterial;”聽we would do well to heed her.
As you delve聽deeply into the born-digital聽, notice how聽the blog聽inspires thoughts of “digital cultural objects,”聽their exponential multiplicity, and the commensurate responsibility of a site such as the to act as a living archive.
“I have always believed that it is聽the artist who creates a work, but a society that turns it into a work of art,” the late , Commissioner of the German Pavilion at the from 1982-1984, toldin an interview a decade ago.
Similarly, explores the ways in which the art and business of theatre have been made ever-more complex by the pressurized and competitive US and UK institutional marketplaces within which today’s arts enterprises聽must be situated.
And so, we encourage all聽our faithful CRC devotees聽to follow the fascinating intellectual, theoretical — and applied — journey聽put forth by Laura Cirigliano and Ronald Sharps, and then to take the time to join the international conversation, and聽.
We look forward to hearing from you.
— N.B.