Capturing the vanishing point: Subjective experiences and cultural value
Autor: | Patrycja Kaszynska |
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Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Zdroj: | Cultural Trends. 24:256-266 |
ISSN: | 1469-3690 0954-8963 |
DOI: | 10.1080/09548963.2015.1066077 |
Popis: | This article is prompted by the observation that many accounts of the value of the arts and culture have failed to engage first-order, empirical data and to take full account of the experiences of those directly involved in cultural activities and practices. This neglect is the result of a complex path dependency. The more obvious explanation is that the current situation is caused by too much humanism in the field of cultural studies, that is, the tendency to think of cultural value as an “‘ineffable’ human moment which somehow lies outside this purview of representational method” (Law, J., Rupert, E., & Savage, M. [2011]. The double social life of methods. Milton Keynes: CRESC). This may well be true in some cases but it is not the main reason why empirical and experiential data have been lacking. The absence of the phenomenological dimension is, to the contrary, best explained by not enough humanism in cultural studies. The reluctance to embrace the first-person perspective was motivated by an anxiety ... |
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