Art! Power! Orders and Borders in Norwegian Art today, 2014

On the basis of field analytical theory and methodology, the project is planned as a real integrated and multidisciplinary exploration of the links between on the one hand, institutional, political and economic conditions and their impact on the artistic autonomy and distributions of recognition (symbolic capital) and on the other hand the artistic processes, aesthetic choices and experiences gained in connection with production and reception in specific situations and works. The project examines therefore the relationship between an institutional order, marked by political governance and culture industrial marketing approaches, and artistic freedom and autonomy. The term "selection" examines and focuses the research towards the power that lies in the inclusion, selection, valuation and recognition of artists and works. The term "negotiation" examines and focuses research analyzes on the autonomy issues and artistic strategies and experiences that occur when an art field's limit is exceeded, exceeded or questioned. The project organizes its research along two axes: 1) A transverse, horizontal axis, which aims to study the four art fields comparatively and individually in terms of how the fields are characterized by cultural policy and economic institutions and logics, especially with regards to the selection and negotiation. 2) A vertical axis with continuous, but individual case studies, which focus on how the links between the field's peculiar power structure acts in specific processes and situations in production and reception where the fields' boundaries are broken and questioned. In its unifying theoretical perspective and reasoning for the choice of empirical approaches and methods, the project uses a field-theoretical approach. Field theory allows an interdisciplinary approach between social sciences and humanities that is demanded in the project where both work analysis and more institutional analyzes should be explored together.

本项目以场域分析理论（field analytical theory）与方法论为基础，旨在开展一项兼具整合性与跨学科性的系统性探究，厘清两大维度的关联：其一为制度、政治与经济条件，及其对艺术自主性（artistic autonomy）与认可分配（符号资本（symbolic capital））的作用；其二为特定情境与作品中，与艺术生产、接受相关的艺术过程、审美选择及实践经验。
因此，本项目聚焦于以政治治理与文化产业营销模式为特征的制度秩序，与艺术自由及艺术自主性之间的关联。
"遴选"（selection）这一术语将研究焦点锚定在关乎艺术家与作品的收录、遴选、评价及认可背后的权力机制之上；"协商"（negotiation）则将研究重心置于艺术场域边界被突破、僭越或质疑时所产生的自主性议题、艺术策略与实践经验之上。
本项目沿两大研究轴线展开：1）横向轴线：旨在通过比较与个案分析的方式，研究四大艺术场域如何受文化政策、经济制度与逻辑的塑造，尤其聚焦于遴选与协商两大议题。2）纵向轴线：依托持续性的独立个案研究，聚焦于艺术场域独特的权力结构如何作用于生产与接受环节的特定过程与情境，尤其是在场域边界被打破与质疑的场景中。
在统一的理论视角与经验研究方法选择的论证逻辑上，本项目采用场域理论（field-theoretical approach）作为核心分析框架。场域理论可实现社会科学与人文科学的跨学科融合，这正是本项目的核心诉求——本项目需同时开展作品分析与制度层面的系统性研究。