The 'West' versus 'the Rest'? Festival Curators as Gatekeepers for Sociocultural Diversity

Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

Standard

The 'West' versus 'the Rest'? Festival Curators as Gatekeepers for Sociocultural Diversity. / Gaupp, Lisa.
Managing Culture: Reflecting on exchange in global times. ed. / Victoria Durrer; Raphaela Henze. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020. p. 127-153 (Sociology of the Arts).

Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

Harvard

Gaupp, L 2020, The 'West' versus 'the Rest'? Festival Curators as Gatekeepers for Sociocultural Diversity. in V Durrer & R Henze (eds), Managing Culture: Reflecting on exchange in global times. Sociology of the Arts, Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, pp. 127-153. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-24646-4_6

APA

Gaupp, L. (2020). The 'West' versus 'the Rest'? Festival Curators as Gatekeepers for Sociocultural Diversity. In V. Durrer, & R. Henze (Eds.), Managing Culture: Reflecting on exchange in global times (pp. 127-153). (Sociology of the Arts). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-24646-4_6

Vancouver

Gaupp L. The 'West' versus 'the Rest'? Festival Curators as Gatekeepers for Sociocultural Diversity. In Durrer V, Henze R, editors, Managing Culture: Reflecting on exchange in global times. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. 2020. p. 127-153. (Sociology of the Arts). Epub 2019 Nov 13. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-24646-4_6

Bibtex

@inbook{1f9ddeea758b42a7b7d91ea0b385d8f6,
title = "The 'West' versus 'the Rest'? Festival Curators as Gatekeepers for Sociocultural Diversity",
abstract = "Gaupp analyses how sociocultural diversity is being standardized through conventions at renowned international performing arts festivals where a variety of performances from contemporary theatre, dance, music or visual arts are presented. Sociocultural diversity in these festivals refers preferentially to artists and audiences with different sociocultural backgrounds and different art forms, yet in ways that further marginalize their work as well as their status as artists. The chapter focuses on the role of the {\textquoteleft}festival curator{\textquoteright}, understood both as a cultural broker, cultural intermediary as well as a gatekeeper who is embedded in a complex field of {\textquoteleft}the curatorial{\textquoteright}. As postcolonial critique, the chapter shows how curatorial practice is deeply influenced by power relations and conventions, as well as network structures and processes. By doing so the chapter proposes that a transcultural perspective on diversity may provide a way to decolonize international arts management in general and curatorial practices more specifically.",
keywords = "Gender and Diversity, Cultural Distribution/Cultural Organization, Cultural studies, Music education, Sociology, Culture and Space",
author = "Lisa Gaupp",
year = "2020",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-030-24646-4_6",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-3-030-24645-7",
series = "Sociology of the Arts",
publisher = "Palgrave Macmillan",
pages = "127--153",
editor = "Victoria Durrer and Raphaela Henze",
booktitle = "Managing Culture",
address = "Switzerland",

}

RIS

TY - CHAP

T1 - The 'West' versus 'the Rest'? Festival Curators as Gatekeepers for Sociocultural Diversity

AU - Gaupp, Lisa

PY - 2020

Y1 - 2020

N2 - Gaupp analyses how sociocultural diversity is being standardized through conventions at renowned international performing arts festivals where a variety of performances from contemporary theatre, dance, music or visual arts are presented. Sociocultural diversity in these festivals refers preferentially to artists and audiences with different sociocultural backgrounds and different art forms, yet in ways that further marginalize their work as well as their status as artists. The chapter focuses on the role of the ‘festival curator’, understood both as a cultural broker, cultural intermediary as well as a gatekeeper who is embedded in a complex field of ‘the curatorial’. As postcolonial critique, the chapter shows how curatorial practice is deeply influenced by power relations and conventions, as well as network structures and processes. By doing so the chapter proposes that a transcultural perspective on diversity may provide a way to decolonize international arts management in general and curatorial practices more specifically.

AB - Gaupp analyses how sociocultural diversity is being standardized through conventions at renowned international performing arts festivals where a variety of performances from contemporary theatre, dance, music or visual arts are presented. Sociocultural diversity in these festivals refers preferentially to artists and audiences with different sociocultural backgrounds and different art forms, yet in ways that further marginalize their work as well as their status as artists. The chapter focuses on the role of the ‘festival curator’, understood both as a cultural broker, cultural intermediary as well as a gatekeeper who is embedded in a complex field of ‘the curatorial’. As postcolonial critique, the chapter shows how curatorial practice is deeply influenced by power relations and conventions, as well as network structures and processes. By doing so the chapter proposes that a transcultural perspective on diversity may provide a way to decolonize international arts management in general and curatorial practices more specifically.

KW - Gender and Diversity

KW - Cultural Distribution/Cultural Organization

KW - Cultural studies

KW - Music education

KW - Sociology

KW - Culture and Space

U2 - 10.1007/978-3-030-24646-4_6

DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-24646-4_6

M3 - Contributions to collected editions/anthologies

SN - 978-3-030-24645-7

T3 - Sociology of the Arts

SP - 127

EP - 153

BT - Managing Culture

A2 - Durrer, Victoria

A2 - Henze, Raphaela

PB - Palgrave Macmillan

CY - Cham

ER -

Documents

DOI