Table of Contents

Introduction Part I 1. The Concept of Practice and the Sociology of the Arts 2. Art Bundles 3. Practices of Contemporary Art: A Pragmatic Approach to a New Artistic Paradigm 4. Artistic Practices as Gendered Practices: Ways and Reasons Part II 5. Artistic Practices over the Course of Careers in Film 6. "You’re Not Going to Play What You Practiced…. Something Else is Going to Happen" 7. The Knowing Body-in-Action in Performing Arts: Embodiment, experiential transformation, and intersubjectivity 8. Forms of Knowing in the Literary Writing Process 9. Engaging in the Politics of Participative Art in Practice 10. Art Installation as Knowledge Assembly: Curating Contemporary Art 11. The Intricacies of Street Art Learning: A Sociological Explanation

About the Author

Tasos Zembylas is Professor of Cultural Institution Studies at the Vienna University of Music and Performing Arts. His research focus is on artistic creative practice, the theory of the cultural sector and on cultural policy analysis.

Reviews

'A pragmatic stance such as the one put forward by Tasos Zembylas and the other authors of this excellent volume looks for the social roots of creativity in the communication and synchronization patterns of artists working in their everyday life environments...'Dafne Muntanyola-Saura, Etnografia e Ricerca Qualitativa