Fields of gold: reflections on the research relations of the cultural policy researcher |
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Authors: | Sigrid Røyseng Heidi Stavrum |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Communication and Culture, BI Norwegian Business School , Oslo, Norway sigrid.royseng@bi.no;3. Department of Culture, Religion and Social Studies, University of South-Eastern Norway , B?, Norway |
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Abstract: | ABSTRACT This article discusses the methodological implications of the relations we have to our object of study as cultural policy researchers. We ask: What research relations we typically are part of and what social dimensions structure these relations? These questions are discussed by comparing field experiences from two cultural forms that can be characterized as polar opposites when it comes to the degree to which they are legitimized: contemporary opera and dance bands. We suggest that four dimensions are especially relevant to help ‘unpack’ the relations we typically find ourselves in as cultural policy researchers; cultural hierarchy, research conditions, geography and, gender and age. The coexistence of these dimensions means that the cultural policy researcher regularly finds him/herself in complex situations that we suggest should be analysed in terms of the ways in which, and the extent to which, we develop roles as insiders – or outsiders – in the field |
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Keywords: | Cultural policy research methodology qualitative methods insider/outsiders reflexivity the charismatic field of cultural production |
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