CULTURE UNBOUND
D I M E N S I O N S O F C U L T U R A L I S A T I O N
D E P A R T M E N T O F
C U L T U R E S T U D I E S
R E P O R T 2 0 0 7 : 5
JOHAN FORNÄS PETER ARONSSON KARIN BECKER SVANTE BECKMAN ERLING BJURSTRÖM TORA FRIBERG MARTIN KYLHAMMAR ROGER QVARSELL
C U L T U R E U N B O U N D:
D I M E N S I O N S O F C U L T U R A L I S A T I O N
“Culturalisation” denotes a growing number of widespread beliefs that culture is ex-panding in scope and significance, in the present era of information, experience, media, aesthetics and virtuality. This report scrutinises the implications of such claims, outlines five dimensions of the concept of culture, related to corresponding sets of culturalisation discourses, and presents five focal arenas for these processes: academia, politics, public space, history constructions and cultural border struggles.
DEPARTMENT OF CULTURE STUDIES
T E M A K U L T U R O C H S A M H Ä L L E
J O H A N F O R N Ä S E T A L.
I S S N 1 6 5 3 - 0 3 7 3 I S B N 9 7 8 - 9 1 - 9 7 5 6 6 3 - 8 - 4
Linköping University has a strong tradition for interdisciplinary research and PhD education, with a range of thematically defined units. At the Department of Culture Studies (Tema kultur och samhälle, Tema Q), culture is studied as a dynamic field of practices, including agency as well as structure, and cul-tural products as well as the way they are produced, consumed, communi-cated and used. Tema Q is part of the larger Department for Studies of Social Change and Culture (ISAK).
