Cultural Crowdfunding Platforms as Cultural Intermediator of the Art Field that Produce Symbolic Value
Abstract
By being between cultural production and the field of consumption cultural mediators, not only contribute to the production of meaning and value of cultural production, but also help artist achieve success with their activities. The digitalization process started in the 1970s has led to the emergence of new mediators such as cultural crowdfunding platforms in the field of art. The aim of the study is to enlighten how cultural crowdfunding platforms contribute to the symbolic value production process of cultural producers from different fields of art. In line with the objectives of this study, that is discussing cultural mediator activities of cultural crowdfunding platforms, social-scientific researches on crowdfunding in the cultural sector were focused. By understanding the cultural mediation functions of cultural crowdfunding platforms, it is aimed to contribute to the understanding of the shaping influence on cultural producers and cultural products being in different fields of art. As a result, cultural crowdfunding platforms serve as a curatorial and regulatory mediaries, mediate the financing of artistic production and ensure that cultural producers and artistic products are visible and accessible. In addition, these platforms expand the social capital of cultural producers and contribute to the credibility and reputation of the artist.
Keywords
cultural intermediaries arts cultural field cultural crowdfunding platforms symbolic capital
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Abstract
Kültürel aracılar, sanatsal üretim ile üretilen sanat nesnesinin tüketilmesi arasında yer alarak kültürel üretimin anlam ve değer üretimine katkı sağlamalarının yanında etkinlik ve faaliyetleriyle sanatçıların başarıya ulaşmasına da yardımcı olmaktadırlar. 1970’li yıllarda başlayan dijitalizasyon süreci sanat alanında kültürel kitlesel fonlama platformları gibi yeni aracıların ortaya çıkmasına neden olmuştur. Çalışma, bu an- lamda kültürel kitlesel fonlama platformlarının sanatın farklı alanlarında yer alan kültür üreticilerinin sembolik sermaye yaratma süreçlerine katkılarını aydınlatmayı amaçlamaktadır. Bu doğrultuda sosyal bilimler literatüründe yer alan kitlesel fon platformlarının sadece sanat kategorisi üzerinde yapılan çalışmalara odaklanılmıştır. Kültürel kitlesel fonlama platformlarının kültürel aracılık fonksiyonlarının anlaşılması ile bu platformların kültür üreticilerine ve kültürel ürünlere etkilerinin ortaya konması hedeflenmiştir. Sonuç olarak, kültürel kitlesel fonlama platformları küratörlük ve düzenleyici aracılık hizmetinde bulunmakta, sanatsal üretimin finanse edilmesine aracılık etmekte, kültürel üreticilerin ve sanatsal ürünlerin görünür ve ulaşılabilir olmasını sağlamaktalar. Ayrıca bu platformlar kültür üreticilerinin sosyal sermayelerini genişletmekte ve sanatçının güvenilirliği ile itibar inşasına katkıda bulunmaktadır.
Keywords
kültürel aracılar sanat kültürel alan kültürel kitlesel fonlama platformları sembolik sermaye
References
- Alexiou, K., Wiggins, J., & Preece, S. B. (2020). Crowdfunding acts as a funding substitute and a legitimating signal for nonprofit performing arts organizations. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 49(4), 827-848.
- Becker, H. S. (2013). Sanat dünyaları (Çev. E. Evren). İstanbul: Ayrıntı.
- Bourdieu, P. (1999). Sanatın kuralları (Çev. N. K. Sevil). İstanbul: Yapı Kredi.
- Bourdieu, P. (2006). Pratik Nedenler. (Çev. H.U. Tanrıöver). İstanbul: Hil.
- Brabham, D. C. (2017). How crowdfunding discourse threatens public arts. New Media & Society, 19(7), 983-999.
- Dalla Chiesa, C., & Dekker, E. (2021). Crowdfunding artists: beyond match-making on platforms. Socio-Economic Review.
- D’Amato, F., & Cassella, M. (2021). Cultural production and platform mediation: A case in music crowdfunding. New media & society, 23(9), 2575-2592.
- Davidson, R., & Poor, N. (2015). The barriers facing artists’ use of crowdfunding platforms: Personality, emotional labor, and going to the well one too many times. New Media & Society, 17(2), 289-307.
- De Voldere, I., & Zeqo, K. (2017). Crowdfunding: Reshaping the Crowd's Engagement in Culture. Publications Office of the European Union.
- Galuszka, P., & Bystrov, V. (2014). Crowdfunding: A case study of a new model of financing music production. Journal of Internet Commerce, 13(3-4), 233-252.
- Galuszka, P., & Brzozowska, B. (2016). Early career artists and the exchange of gifts on a crowdfunding platform. Continuum, 30(6), 744-753.
- Gerber, L., & Hui, J. (2016). Crowdfunding: how and why people participate. In International perspectives on crowdfunding. Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
- Gürler, C., & Çağlar, M. (2021). Success Prediction of a Crowdfunding Project in Art Categories. In Crowdfunding in the Public Sector (pp. 147-166). Springer, Cham.
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- Janssen, S., & Verboord, M., 2015. Cultural Mediators and Gatekeepers. In: James D. Wright (editor-in-chief), International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences, 2nd edition, Vol 5. Oxford: Elsevier. pp. 440–446.
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- Langley, P. (2016). Crowdfunding in the United Kingdom: A cultural economy. Economic geography, 92(3), 301-321.
- Langley, P., & Leyshon, A. (2017). Platform capitalism: the intermediation and capitalization of digital economic circulation. Finance and society., 3(1), 11-31.
- Lin, M., & Viswanathan, S. (2016). Home bias in online investments: An empirical study of an online crowdfunding market. Management Science, 62(5), 1393-1414.
- Lizé, W., & Renard, F. (2016). Cultural consecration and legitimation–Modes, agents and processes. Poetics, (58).
- Maguire, J. S., & Matthews, J. (2012). Are we all cultural intermediaries now? An introduction to cultural intermediaries in context. European journal of cultural studies, 15(5), 551-562.
- Menger, P. M. (2006). Artistic labor markets: Contingent work, excess supply and occupational risk management. In Victor A. Ginsburgh and David Throsby (Ed.), Handbook of the Economics of Art and Culture 1 (ss. 765-811). Elsevier B.V
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- Mollick, E. R. (2016). Containing multitudes: the many impacts of Kickstarter funding. Available at SSRN 2808000.
- Regner, T. (2021). Crowdfunding a monthly income: an analysis of the membership platform Patreon. Journal of Cultural Economics, 45(1), 133-142.
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- Rykkja, A., Munim, Z. H., & Bonet, L. (2020). Varieties of cultural crowdfunding: The relationship between cultural production types and platform choice. Baltic Journal of Management.
- Röthler, D., & Wenzlaff, K. (2011). Crowdfunding schemes in Europe. EENC report, 9, 2011.
- Sankır, H. (2018). Gündelik Nesnenin Sanatsal Dönüşümü: Sıradan Nesnelerin Sanat Eserine Dönüşüm Süreci Üzerine Sosyolojik Bir Değerlendirme. Journal of History Culture and Art Research, 7(5), 524-543.
- Shim, A., Yecies, B., Ren, X., & Wang, D. (2020). Cultural intermediation and the basis of trust among webtoon and webnovel communities. Information, Communication & Society, 23(6), 833-848.
- Swords, J. (2017). Crowd-patronage—Intermediaries, geographies and relationships in patronage networks. Poetics, 64, 63-73.
- Swords, J. (2020). Interpenetration and intermediation of crowd-patronage platforms. Information, Communication & Society, 23(4), 523-538.
- Thorley, M. (2012). An audience in the studio – the effect of the Artistshare fan-funding platform on creation, performance, recording and production. Journal on the Art of Record Production, 7, (Technology, Time and Place). http://arpjournal.com/
- Vallas, S., & Schor, J. B. (2020). What do platforms do? Understanding the gig economy. Annual Review of Sociology, 46, 273-294.
- Younkin, P., & Kashkooli, K. (2016). What problems does crowdfunding solve?. California Management Review, 58(2), 20-43.
- Zolberg, V. L. (1990). Constructing a sociology of the arts. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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| Primary Language | Turkish |
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| Journal Section | Research Articles |
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| Publication Date | September 24, 2022 |
| Published in Issue | Year 2022 |
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