Actor-Art Theory
Translations between Actor-Network Theory, Art, and Visual Culture
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Beschreibung
Since its beginnings, Actor-Network Theory (ANT) has shown numerous traces of an intensive engagement with art and visual culture. Annika Weinert-Brieger systematically follows these traces through the writings of Bruno Latour, John Law, and Michel Callon, Latour’s exhibitions, and other media. She discusses the extensive material in the first international survey on the topic and contextualizes it within approaches from art history, art theory, and the sociology of art, revealing a distinct area of focus within ANT that has been overlooked in its reception so far.
Weinert-Brieger then develops ANT into an art theoretical approach to artworks, their production, and reception. In a translation between ANT and art theory, which takes its starting point from recent theoretical discussions on art and agency, she works out an Actor-Art Theory and highlights its relevance to both contemporary and historical theoretical discourses. Finally, she outlines the theoretical and empirical research potential for future work arising from the survey and the Actor-Art Theory.
The Author
Annika Weinert-Brieger received her doctorate at the doctoral research group "Sociology and Cultural Organization" from Leuphana University Lüneburg. She studied Cultural Studies with a focus on Art and Visual Culture and earned several awards and honors during her studies, including the Science Award of the State of Lower Saxony (Wissenschaftspreis des Landes Niedersachsen) in the student category. She was a scholarship holder of the German Academic Scholarship Foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes), the State of Lower Saxony, and Leuphana University Lüneburg. Her research interests include sociological theory, art theory, sociology of art and culture, and Science and Technology Studies.
The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence. A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content.
This book is a translation of an original German edition. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com). A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content, so that the book will read stylistically differently from a conventional translation.
Since its beginnings, Actor-Network Theory (ANT) has shown numerous traces of an intensive engagement with art and visual culture. In her monograph, Annika Weinert-Brieger systematically follows these traces for the first time through the writings of Bruno Latour, John Law, and Michel Callon, as well as through the exhibitions curated by Latour and other media. She explores the extensive material in the first international survey on the topic and insightfully contextualizes it within existing approaches from art history, art theory, and the sociology of art. In doing so, she reveals a distinct area of focus within ANT that has been overlooked in its reception so far.
Subsequently, Weinert-Brieger develops ANT into an art-theoretical approach to artworks, their production, and reception. In a translation between ANT and art theory, which takes its starting point from recent theoretical discussions on art and agency, she works out the central elements of an Actor-Art Theory and demonstrates its contributions to both contemporary and historical theoretical discourses.
Finally, she provides an overview of the theoretical and empirical research potential for future work arising from the findings of the survey and the Actor-Art Theory developed in this monograph.
Academic Work Sociology of Culture Actor-Network Theory
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Annika Weinert-Brieger
Themen in »Actor-Art Theory«
Actor-Network Theory Art Visual Culture Sociological Theory Art Theory Sociology of Art Culture Cultural Studies Bruno Latour