Taste at Work
On Taste and Organization in the Field of Cultural Production


Organizations in the cultural industries can be characterized by their two competing logics: the economic logic – they seek economic profit – and the cultural logic – they strive for artistic quality. The latter implies that organizational members frequently make artistic judgments in their work. In other words, organizational members in this type of organizations relate to “taste” in their work. Taste at Work: On Taste and Organization in the Field of Cultural Production is an attempt to understand an organization in the cultural industries and the intersection of these two logics through the notion of “taste”. Perhaps most pertinently, the book outlines some possible consequences of the growing influence of the economic logic in organizations in the cultural industries. An integrated film company, Sandrew Metronome, serves as the case study.

Jenny Lantz is a researcher at the Economic Research Institute (EFI) at the Stockholm
School of Economics, and she also teaches at the School. She is co-director and co-producer of the documentary film Men at Kastrup.

Facts
Title: Taste at Work
On Taste and Organization in the Field of Cultural Production
Language: English
Author: Jenny Lantz
Graphic design: Gabor Palotai Design
No. of pages: 494
Format: 120x200 mm
Binding: Soft cover
Published in 2007
ISBN 9185213233

Fields of Flow series
This series presents some of the results of the research project Fields of Flow (Art & Business), which is financed by the Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation. The goal of the project is to promote meeting places and discussions between actors – scholars as well as professionals – in the aesthetic, economic and technical fields. The program rests on a research collaboration between the Royal Institute of Technology (Prof. Claes Gustafsson), the Stockholm School of Economics (Prof. Sven-Erik Sjöstrand) and Stockholm University (Prof. Pierre Guillet de Monthoux).

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