This June 21st, Gradcam Postgraduate Scholar Tommie Soro discusses the discursive construction of artistic reputation at the 20th International Conference on Contemporary Art Theory and History. Combining Bourdieusian Field Theory with methods of Critical Discourse Analysis and Corpus Linguistics, the study presented contributes a discourse analytical perspective to the current literature on artistic reputation. In particular, the study examines the discursive norms which regulate the representation and evaluation of artists in online contemporary art magazines.
ICCATH, June 21st-22nd, Venice