The Prosumer and the Project Studio
The Battle for Distinction in the Field of Music Recording
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2322157 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Steven James Cole (Bishop's University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 447-463 |
| Publication date | 2011-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0038-0385 • E-ISSN: 1469-8684 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0038038511399627 |
| OpenAlex | W2069711865 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 20 |
| References cited | 20 |
Using participant observation and content analysis of musicians' internet newsgroups and bulletin boards, my research examines the creation of a new socio-historic subject ('the prosumer') and space of production ('the project studio'). Prosumers' practices illustrate a nondeterministic form of structural causation that both supports and refutes Bourdieu's theory of cultural/social (re)production. In support of Bourdieu, my empirical research illustrates the relative autonomy of the habitus and shows that cultural production can foster social change. Although Bourdieu repeatedly made such theoretical claims, his struggle to empirically support them led critics to characterize his work as a synchronously reproductive form of economic reductionism. While I reject these critiques, my work does problematize Bourdieu's understanding of 'capital conversion' and complicates his somewhat 'straightforward' relation of cultural practice to economic class. Such 'relations and conversions' presuppose clearly separated economic/cultural and productive/ consumptive social spheres. Since 'prosumption' blurs these demarcations, we must subsequently reassess aspects of Bourdieu's work
Cultural capital · Doxa · Epistemology · Field (mathematics) · Habitus · Prosumer · Social science · Sociology · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · Music History and Culture · Social and Cultural Dynamics
Exploring the (un)changing nature of cultural intermediaries in digitalised markets
Rethinking criticism about lossy compression
Sound City and music from the outskirts
Investigating the exploitative and empowering potential of the prosumption phenomenon
Aesthetics of Youth Scenes
The analogue divide
New Economy of Fandom
Property, Policy, and the Home as Recording Space in Iceland
De-Professionalization in the Recording Studio
Latent Elements in Pop Music Production
‘Redefined and streamlined’
(Re)Locating boundaries
Crowdfunding Music and the Democratization of Economic and Social Capital
An essential tool for creativity
Making mirrors, making albums and making documentaries
Rethinking the Eco-Recording Studio
Value Creation in Scene-based Music Production
The Coming of Age of the Prosumer
Beyond prosumer capitalism
Production for consumption
Distinction
Distinction
Outline of a Theory of Practice
Outline of a Theory of Practice
Culture and Power
Research Methodology
An Assessment of the Generalizability of Internet Surveys
The production of belief
Emerging Sources of Labor on the Internet
Turn it down!' she shrieked
Do-It-Yourself
In Other Words
Musical Community on the Internet
Internet Ethnography
Ethnographic Approaches to the Internet and Computer-Mediated Communication
Habitus and the Practical Logic of Practice
| Unique citing works | 20 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,43 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2026 (15) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 20 |