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Ester Barinaga. Photo.

Ester Barinaga

Professor

Ester Barinaga. Photo.

Community Arts : On the precarious compromise between the inspirational and the civic worlds

Author

  • Ester Barinaga

Editor

  • Elena Raviola
  • Peter Zackariasson

Summary, in English

Building on Boltanski’s and Thévenot’s notion of the plurality of forms of worth, the chapter focuses on the tension between the world of art (with an inspirational order of worth) and the community organiser’s world (guided by a civic principle of worth). Empirical material comes from VoS, a non-profit community-arts organization in Sweden. The chapter follows the sequence of events, criticisms, and accommodations that characterised work relations in VoS, as this sheds light on how the tension between the two orders is managed in complex organizations, organizations which operations obey demands originating in different orders of worth.

Publishing year

2017

Language

English

Pages

104-117

Publication/Series

Arts and Business : Building a Common Ground for Understanding Society

Document type

Book chapter

Publisher

Routledge

Topic

  • Business Administration

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISBN: 9781138887442