CRI 600 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Bruno Latour
8 Jan 2018
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Csikszentmiha lyi, (cid:498)f low: psychology, creativity and optimal. In previous eras, artistic production was often a top-down. Then romanticism and nineteenth century bohemia insisted on the artist"s distance from society. Modernism took this further, into the realm of alienation. Encounters between artists-including figures in different genres-can have lasting transformative effects. Some of what makes an urban arts scene cohere has little to do with the artists involved, but instead relies on existing structures. About scenes in post ww2 art economy: The creation of southern california"s first important visual arts scene (los. These scenes were prompted by strong personalities. For "second cities," this kind of galvanizing event is not unusual. Discernible stylistic movements - young people of the same generation rejecting old ideas. Institutions are necessary - organizations needed to bring people/ideas together. One useful way of looking at cultural scenes is actor- network theory, developed by the french sociologist bruno.
