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Kultur som företag - en kvalitativ studie om åsikter kring privat finansiering av kultur

Karlsson, Sandra LU (2012) KULK10 20121
Division of Cultural Management
Abstract
What do people think about privately financed culture? Are the opinions about it generally negative? With it’s background in the controversial exhibition Abstract Possible, the aim of this bachelors thesis is to investigate how people think private financing could affect culture, sorting out which arguments that are used in the debate and how people would prefer culture to be financed. My thesis is that people in general are of the opinion that privat financing and thoughts of economy is harmful to culture and art. I’ve tried to answer my questions using qualitative methods, both interviews with people involved with culture and by studying debate articles. I’ve tried to sort out which arguments and opinions about effects where the most... (More)
What do people think about privately financed culture? Are the opinions about it generally negative? With it’s background in the controversial exhibition Abstract Possible, the aim of this bachelors thesis is to investigate how people think private financing could affect culture, sorting out which arguments that are used in the debate and how people would prefer culture to be financed. My thesis is that people in general are of the opinion that privat financing and thoughts of economy is harmful to culture and art. I’ve tried to answer my questions using qualitative methods, both interviews with people involved with culture and by studying debate articles. I’ve tried to sort out which arguments and opinions about effects where the most recurring ones and I’ve also been searching for certain recurring keywords. I verified my thesis but also came to the conclusion that now when society is going through a change becoming more and more economized, this challenges old, well-established views of culture and economy. (Less)
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author
Karlsson, Sandra LU
supervisor
organization
alternative title
Culture as enterprise - a qualitative research investigating opinions regarding privately financed culture
course
KULK10 20121
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Artistic autonomy, Bourdieu, commercialism, control, culture, economy, financing, Frankfurt school, market, opinions, Stenström
language
Swedish
id
2796106
date added to LUP
2012-07-24 08:57:21
date last changed
2014-05-16 14:31:47
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  abstract     = {{What do people think about privately financed culture? Are the opinions about it generally negative? With it’s background in the controversial exhibition Abstract Possible, the aim of this bachelors thesis is to investigate how people think private financing could affect culture, sorting out which arguments that are used in the debate and how people would prefer culture to be financed. My thesis is that people in general are of the opinion that privat financing and thoughts of economy is harmful to culture and art. I’ve tried to answer my questions using qualitative methods, both interviews with people involved with culture and by studying debate articles. I’ve tried to sort out which arguments and opinions about effects where the most recurring ones and I’ve also been searching for certain recurring keywords. I verified my thesis but also came to the conclusion that now when society is going through a change becoming more and more economized, this challenges old, well-established views of culture and economy.}},
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  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Kultur som företag - en kvalitativ studie om åsikter kring privat finansiering av kultur}},
  year         = {{2012}},
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