The aim of this sociological research is twofold: a. to study the modes of operation of the fields of theatre and dance as well as the functions they fulfill in Greek society nowadays. b. to examine the quantitative and qualitative elements of the audience of the above artistic works and its future evolution. The main objective is to form the necessary conditions of the relative autonomy of the production and reproduction of the field of theatre and dance and the b. the social production of the value of the corresponding artistic pieces of art.
The initiative of this project was taken by the National Centre for Theatre and Dance and is being conducted by the National Centre for Social Research under the scientific direction of N. Panayotopoulos (Professor of Sociology, University of Crete)
18 months (October 2008- March 2010)
09/23/09
Transformation of the World of Work
The research project „Transformation of the World of Work“ aims to analyse characteristics problems and tendencies in the socio-economic changes of the last 20 to 25 years. It brings together about 40 social scientists from Germany, Switzerland and Austria and is coordinated by Franz Schultheis (University of St.Gallen), Berthold Vogel (Hamburger Institut für Sozialforschung) and Michael Gemperle (University of St.Gallen). The scientific objective is to establish – in the tradition of Pierre Bourdieu’s “La misère du monde” and “Gesellschaft mit begrenzter Haftung” (Schultheis/Schulz 2005) – a diagnosis on the quality and directedness of contemporary transformations in the world of work. Based on biographical testimonies, objectified by structural data, the project aims to introduce the experiences of employees in the scientific and the political-public debate on the transformation of the world of work.
Project start: January 2008.
The social spaces found on user-generated content platforms such as Youtube, Flickr and Myspace have until now received little attention from researchers with a background in sociology. In my work I use Pierre Bourdieu's notions of field and capital to provide an integrated account of how users produce, consume and rate digital content on these spaces. The theoretical departure point for this investigation is the idea that, similarly to what happens offline, social behavior on these novel Internet platforms can only be understood by reference to the relevant social context -- that of a specific "online field", in which agents with a shared interest gather. I investigate how, through the three fundamental actions mentioned above (production, consumption and valuation of user-generated content), agents achieve distinction on the competitive "attention economy" of these online fields.
The research is conducted by Manual Arriaga (Stern School, New York University).
For more information, see the following page, in particular the paper entitled "Social Dynamics in Online Cultural Fields".
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