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The health and safety of the fine arts: austerity, politeness, and litigation culture

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posted on 2023-06-08, 16:06 authored by Francesco VentrellaFrancesco Ventrella
By looking at an episode of censorship of a student’s artwork dealing with explicit visualizations and naming of sex, this article discusses the relationship between austerity measures and the spread of litigation culture in current academic life. My aim is not to defend the artwork, but to understand how the institutional ‘straight mind’, operating for the health of public morality, may become a threat to the safety of art teaching in times of austerity. Jacques Rancière’s elaborations on the stultification of contemporary culture will provide a theoretical framework to show how litigation culture is an effect of austerity measures, which, by pre-empting any space for intellectual disagreement, may erode the relationship between education and citizenship.

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  • Published

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  • Published version

Journal

Journal of European Popular Culture

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ISSN-20406134

Issue

1

Volume

3

Page range

61-76

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  • Art History Publications

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  • No

Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2014-02-11

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2013-10-16

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