Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences / Artistic Institution: Causes and Consequences of Silence

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Issue
Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences. 2025 18 (2)
Authors
Adrià Harillo Pla
Contact information
Adrià Harillo Pla: Independent Scholar Manresa (Barcelona), Kingdom of Spain;
Keywords
contemporary art; elites; institutional theory of art; sociology of art; spiral of silence
Abstract

This article presents the potential application of Noelle-Neumann’s Spiral of Silence to the Institutional Theory of Art. Our main hypothesis is that this application is doable. The basic premise is that being art a cultural product with problems of objective definition and evaluation, certain groups in the art world act as a social group of reference. On the contrary, those agents outside it, choose to silent their opposing opinions not to be rejected and, in turn, to carry out a process of snobbish imitation. It is important to remark that the tools used in this article are mainly theoretical. The argument is presented through an inductive argumentation using propositional logic. As a consequence, the results are different than the ones obtained through another kind of argumentation, such as the deductive. Because of this, the results will be plausible. The conclusions are not empirically or statistically proven. The main conclusion of this text is that, confirming the initial hypothesis, the Spiral of Silence seems applicable to the Institutional Theory of Art. At least, is likely applicable in a generic and global context. On the other hand, further analysis, both quantitative or qualitative, could help to confirm if this plausibility is true to reality

Pages
338–353
EDN
LDJNHS
Paper at repository of SibFU
https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/154953

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