Cultural Consumption Analysis
Beyond Structure and Agency
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2412081 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Volker Kirchberg (0000-0001-6522-8389, Leuphana University of Lüneburg, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 115-135 |
| Publication date | 2007-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cultural Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1749-9755 • E-ISSN: 1749-9763 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1749975507073926 |
| OpenAlex | W2075442697 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 31 |
The objective of this article is to explain visits to arts institutions by merging two theoretical perspectives that are generally regarded as antithetical, the model of the human being as homo sociologicus, and the model of the human being as homo oeconomicus. This article demonstrates that visits to arts institutions cannot be explained either by structural conditions or by individual choice alone, but by a combination of both. I demonstrate this by combining Bourdieu's theory of practice and Giddens' structuration theory to produce a reconciled model of an agency-structure-feedback loop, applying this model to analyse the societal significance of museums and museum visits. The reciprocal relationship of structure and agency connects Giddens' agency-driven museum visitor with Bourdieu's structure-driven museum visitor.This case of museum analysis shows that an agency-structure polarity does not reflect reality. Neither do museums (structure) fully determine museum visitors (agency) nor do museum visitors fully determine museums (structure
Economics · Epistemology · Homo economicus · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Reciprocal · Social science · Social structure · Sociology · Structuration theory · Structure and agency · The arts · Visitor pattern · Computer Science · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · Law · Management and Organizational Studies · Social and Cultural Dynamics
Non-publics” of Legitimized Cultural Goods. Who are They
Museum Activism
Change and innovation in the development of Balinese dance in the garb of special interest tourism
A ‘third way’ for football fandom research
The consumption of contemporary visual art
Audiences at the “New” Museum
Collective Agency in the Making
Ethnic segmentation in leisure time activities in Estonia
States of comparability
Degrees of Freedom
Behind the Policy Mantra of the Inclusive Museum
Theorizing Museums
Cultivating differences
Music in Everyday Life
Studies in ethnomethodology
Thirdspace
The McDonaldization of society
Distinction
The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life
Essays in the Theory of Society
Distinction
The McDonaldization of Society
The Logic of Practice
The Rules of Sociological Method
The Rationality of Political Protest
Symbolic Interaction and Cultural Studies
Grundlagen der Sozialtheorie [Foundations of Social Theory]. Handlungen und Handlungssysteme
Soziologie - Sociology in the German-Speaking World
Symbolic Interaction and Cultural Studies
The Consumer Society
Theorizing Museums - Representing Identity and Diversity in a Changing World
Patterns of Cultural Choice
Are art-museum visitors different from other people? The relationship between attendance and social and political attitudes in the United States
Thirdspace
Mind, Self, and Society
| Unique citing works | 11 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,61 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2022 (15) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |