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Four Questions with Larissa Buchholz

Manning Zhang (Brandeis University) interviews Larissa Buchholz (Northwestern University) about her now book The Global Rules of Art, and her visions in the sociology of art. Manning Zhang: First, congratulations on publishing The Global Rules of Art! Please tell us a bit about the origin story of this important book. Larissa Buchholz: Thank you, Manning. As I explain briefly in the book’s preface, I’ve been … Continue reading Four Questions with Larissa Buchholz

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Letter from the Chair – Monika Krause

Dear Members of the Culture Section, I hope you had a chance to connect with the people, ideas, and perhaps places that matter most to you during the winter break and were able to replenish your energies for the important work you are doing. One of the highlights of my fall semester was to email members of the section, usually sociologists whom I don’t know … Continue reading Letter from the Chair – Monika Krause

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Announcements

Announcements Job Postings The University of Oregon, Department of Sociology, seeks to hire an assistant professor of sociology with expertise in culture, digital media and/or technology, broadly defined. The ideal candidate will have a record of methodologically rigorous scholarship, a commitment to institutional diversity, equity, and inclusion, and a dedication to inclusive teaching. Find more information about the position here: https://careers.uoregon.edu/en-us/job/531916/assistant-professor-of-sociology      The Department … Continue reading Announcements

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Report on the Culture Section Mentoring Program – Marshall A. Taylor

We are well under way with the fourth annual ASA Culture Section Mentor Program. The best way I can think of to summarize the program so far is this: consistent, but a little down. Before I elaborate on that summary, though, I’ll quickly recap the structure of the program. The program is following the same structure as it has in previous years, with multiple mentees … Continue reading Report on the Culture Section Mentoring Program – Marshall A. Taylor

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Taxing and the Boundaries of Art – Nathalie Heinich

Creators are sometimes the best social scientists’ friends. It is the case when they provide live experiments regarding the boundaries of art, as Marcel Duchamp and Constantin Brancusi did with the famous trial against the American administration after it had applied industrial taxing rules to an imported sculpture fault of having considered it an artwork.[1] Boundary objects such as design or contemporary art pieces are … Continue reading Taxing and the Boundaries of Art – Nathalie Heinich

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CCL Event Report: Theodicy and the Problem of Meaning – Manning Zhang

Manning ZhangPhD CandidateDepartment of Sociology and Social PolicyBrandeis University On April 17, 2023, the Culture Section of the American Sociological Association held a live discussion themed “Theodicy and the Problem of Meaning,” as the third event of this year’s Culture and Contemporary Life Series. Miray Philips (University of Minnesota) moderated the discussion. Zeina Al Azmeh (Selwyn College and University of Cambridge), Christina Simko (Williams College), … Continue reading CCL Event Report: Theodicy and the Problem of Meaning – Manning Zhang

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