Abstract
Social acceleration and social distancing in the social factory
Highlights
Sociologist Hartmut Rosa posits that modernization is a multileveled process in time, and signifies a structural transformation of time structures and horizons, which he captures by the concept of ‘social acceleration’ (2003)
Post-Fordism, which describes a work regime grounded in flexible work formats and immaterial labour, should be distinguished from neoliberalism, which resurged in the 1970’s alongside the rise of post-Fordism and from on has become the dominant guiding principle for economic thought and management, at least in Western society
Cultural institutions that facilitate artistic work can apply for two- to four-year structural funding while most independent artists have come to rely on project-based subsidies
Summary
Sociologist Hartmut Rosa posits that modernization is a multileveled process in time, and signifies a structural (and culturally highly significant) transformation of time structures and horizons, which he captures by the concept of ‘social acceleration’ (2003). Contemporary performing artists manoeuvre in this acceleratory society between projects and operate in a post-Fordist and neoliberal economy of work. Cultural institutions that facilitate artistic work can apply for two- to four-year structural funding while most independent artists have come to rely on project-based subsidies.
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