Hi Warwick, the economic branch on you mind map is really informative! We had not looked at this aspect when creating our definition.
Smiers in particular looks at the impact of economic globalization on the status and success of arts. Smiers emphasises how the financial climate of arts is dictated by "market demand" (like in your mind map). As an act of self-censorship artists are adapting their work to mirror society values in order to gain "commercial" success and improve their "career" prospects.
"Arts are not innocent" (Smiers:1). Maybe more emphasis could be made on the impact of social institutions and bodies of authority (not just "government") in this map. Smiers highlights that arts are socially constructed events not just cultural or personal ones and are provided for, informed and controlled by social institutions. What or who do you think these could be?
I am unclear as to what you mean by the ambiguous use of the words 'morality','afterlife' and 'punishment'. It seemed to us that self-censorship is a highly complex action (or perhaps non-action). Many things go in to influencing someone, whether they be conscious or subconscious, internal forces or external forces. With this in mind the fear of punishment from one's god, family, society, laws are very real forces that may lead to self-censorship. the use of the word 'afterlife' was a subsidiary point that had to do with the many ways religion may lead to self-censorship, as a fear for putting yourself in a position not to enter in to the afterlife is also a very real force that may lead to self censorship. Social norms within a society, often dictated by a subliminal understanding of morality can also lead to self-censorship.
I would also add that these forces are not necessarily always negative, self censorship can in many cases be a form of understanding or sensitivity to one's surroundings, or to a complex understanding of one's creative process.
Hi Warwick,
ReplyDeletethe economic branch on you mind map is really informative!
We had not looked at this aspect when creating our definition.
Smiers in particular looks at the impact of economic globalization on the status and success of arts. Smiers emphasises how the financial climate of arts is dictated by "market demand" (like in your mind map). As an act of self-censorship artists are adapting their work to mirror society values in order to gain "commercial" success and improve their "career" prospects.
"Arts are not innocent" (Smiers:1). Maybe more emphasis could be made on the impact of social institutions and bodies of authority (not just "government") in this map. Smiers highlights that arts are socially constructed events not just cultural or personal ones and are provided for, informed and controlled by social institutions. What or who do you think these could be?
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ReplyDeleteI am unclear as to what you mean by the ambiguous use of the words 'morality','afterlife' and 'punishment'. It seemed to us that self-censorship is a highly complex action (or perhaps non-action). Many things go in to influencing someone, whether they be conscious or subconscious, internal forces or external forces. With this in mind the fear of punishment from one's god, family, society, laws are very real forces that may lead to self-censorship. the use of the word 'afterlife' was a subsidiary point that had to do with the many ways religion may lead to self-censorship, as a fear for putting yourself in a position not to enter in to the afterlife is also a very real force that may lead to self censorship. Social norms within a society, often dictated by a subliminal understanding of morality can also lead to self-censorship.
I would also add that these forces are not necessarily always negative, self censorship can in many cases be a form of understanding or sensitivity to one's surroundings, or to a complex understanding of one's creative process.