de la Fuente, Eduardo (2010) In defence of theoretical and methodological pluralism in the sociology of art: a critique of Georgina Born's programmatic essay. Cultural Sociology, 4 (2). pp. 217-230.

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Abstract

This article welcomes Born's proposal that the sociology of art learn from 'adjacent fields' that can 'augment the sociological repertoire'. It agrees especially that sociologists can learn much from the anthropology of art and material culture studies. However, it challenges Born's claim that the sociology of art has 'seen little progress in recent years' and thus questions certain aspects of her proposal for a 'post-Bourdieuian theory of cultural production'. The central argument is: rather than an 'analytics of mediation' — which Born recommends — the sociology of art can benefit from studying material 'mediators' at work in concrete artistic networks, and the role of aesthetic agency and art in the constitution of social life more generally. The article concludes that the path forward for a sociology of art may lie precisely in not trying to force a reconciliation between macro and micro approaches, or between humanities and social science perspectives.

Item ID:	40388
Item Type:	Article (Research - C1)
ISSN:	1749-9763
Keywords:	Alfred Gell, art and agency, cultural production, mediators, new sociology of art, sociology of art
Date Deposited:	08 Sep 2015 04:00
FoR Codes:	16 STUDIES IN HUMAN SOCIETY > 1608 Sociology > 160899 Sociology not elsewhere classified @ 50% 19 STUDIES IN CREATIVE ARTS AND WRITING > 1901 Art Theory and Criticism > 190103 Art Theory @ 50%
SEO Codes:	97 EXPANDING KNOWLEDGE > 970116 Expanding Knowledge through Studies of Human Society @ 100%
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