Rethinking Cultural Inequality Through the Lens of Arts Justice
Tal Feder, Postdoctoral Fellow, Urban and Regional Planning, Technion
The lecture presents a theoretical framework for understanding justice in the field of art and cultural engagement, which I term arts justice. While cultural inequalities are well documented in the sociology of art, they are rarely examined through a normative lens. Drawing on Sen and Nussbaum’s capabilities approach and Fraser’s dual-perspectivism theory of justice, I explore how access to the arts, through consumption, creation, and education, is linked to broader social structures. By integrating these two approaches, I propose a holistic model for analyzing how cultural opportunities are shaped, distributed, and experienced. I demonstrate the model through empirical examples drawn from research on cultural consumption.
Tal Feder is a postdoctoral fellow at the Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. He previously held postdoctoral positions at Indiana University and the University of Sheffield. His work focuses on cultural policy, the sociology of art and culture, arts consumption, and quantitative research methods. His current research examines art justice and cultural inequality from a spatial perspective. Tal has taught courses on cultural policy, arts management, and the sociology of culture and art across several academic institutions, as well as in training programs and art-activism NGOs.
Co-sponsored by: the Department of Arts Administration, Education, and Policy
Supported by: the Herbert and Betty Schiff Fund for Jewish Studies
Located in: AAEP, 251 Sullivant Hall,
1813 North High Street, OSU campus
Parking is available in the Ohio Union South Parking Garage, 1759 N. High Street, Columbus.
Registration is encouraged but not required. You are welcome to come take the class or watch it.
This is a public event and open to all.
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