Challenging artistic hegemony: old and new forms of resistance in algorithmic capitalism

The Centre for Sociological Studies on Everyday Life and Work (QUIT) and the Institute for Labour Studies (IET) at the UAB are organising the 13th Midterm Conference of the European Sociological Association (ESA) Research Network Sociology of the Arts, which will take place on 8 and 9 September at the Faculty of Political Science and Sociology and the Faculty of Law. The theme of this year's conference is "Questioning artistic hegemony. Old and new forms of resistance in algorithmic capitalism".

The inauguration will take place on 8 September at 9:00 a.m., in the main lecture hall of the Faculty of Law, and will feature a speech by Laura Santamaria, Vice-Rector for Culture and Language Policy at the UAB. Angela McRobbie, professor at Goldsmiths University, will deliver the inaugural lecture, entitled "Fashion as Creative Economy: Making a Living in London, Berlin, and Milan".