Newman Andrew, Goulding Anna, Whitehead Christopher
International Centre for Cultural and Heritage Studies, School of Arts and Cultures, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK.
Poetics (Amst). 2013 Oct;41(5):456-480. doi: 10.1016/j.poetic.2013.07.001.
This article explores the responses of 38 older people to contemporary visual art through the results of a 28-month study entitled, . A framework for the analysis is provided by previous work on the consumption of art and by Bourdieu's constructs of cultural capital, habitus and field. Five groups of older people, with a range of different backgrounds, were taken to galleries and their responses were recorded, transcribed and analysed. It is concluded that participants' responses are influenced by their cultural capital, habitus and class-which, in turn, are affected by their life course experiences. Those who could not recognise the field (e.g., did not view contemporary art as "art") created their own meanings that they associated with the artworks. Evidence indicates that group dynamics and class mobility are likewise important. Participants also used the experience to respond to real or anticipated age-associated deficits.
本文通过一项为期28个月、名为《……》的研究结果，探讨了38位老年人对当代视觉艺术的反应。以往关于艺术消费的研究以及布迪厄的文化资本、惯习和场域概念为分析提供了一个框架。五组背景各异的老年人被带到美术馆，他们的反应被记录、转录并分析。研究得出结论，参与者的反应受到其文化资本、惯习和阶级的影响，而这些又反过来受到他们人生经历的影响。那些无法识别该场域（例如，不将当代艺术视为“艺术”）的人创造了他们自己与艺术作品相关联的意义。有证据表明，群体动态和阶级流动性同样重要。参与者还利用这次经历来应对实际的或预期的与年龄相关的缺陷。
