Rethinking Cultural Criticism New Voices in the Digital Age
This edited volume examines cultural criticism in the digital age. It provides new insights into how critical authority and expertise in a cultural context are being reconfigured in digital media and by means of digital media
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Rethinking Cultural Criticism
Nete Nørgaard Kristensen · Unni From · Helle Kannik Haastrup Editors
Rethinking Cultural Criticism New Voices in the Digital Age
Editors Nete Nørgaard Kristensen University of Copenhagen Copenhagen, Denmark
Unni From Aarhus University Aarhus, Denmark
Helle Kannik Haastrup University of Copenhagen Copenhagen, Denmark
ISBN 978-981-15-7473-3 ISBN 978-981-15-7474-0 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-7474-0 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, expressed or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. The registered company address is: 152 Beach Road, #21-01/04 Gateway East, Singapore 189721, Singapore
Preface
This edited book, Rethinking Cultural Criticism: New Voices in the Digital Age, presents a collection of original, international research about cultural criticism across media in the twenty-first-century digital environment. The book is the outcome of an international two-day conference, hosted at the University of Copenhagen, in November 2018 with scholars from more than 10 different countries. We would like to thank all who participated, several of whom have also contributed to this book. The conference marked the closing of the four-year research project From Ivory Tower to Twitter (FITT): Rethinking the Cultural Critic in Contemporary Media Culture (2015–2019, grant-ID: 4180-00082). A project that has studied how media institutional and technological developments during the past decade have enabled advanced public participation in debates about arts and culture but also challenged established notions of cultural authority, enlightenment and expertise, and destabilized the position of critical institutions such a
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