An eclectic eclecticism: Methodological and theoretical issues about the quantification of cultural omnivorism
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- doi: 10.1016/j.poetic.2014.10.002
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Taste Methodology Music Cultural legitimacy Omnivorousness Distinction Musique Gout Omnivorisme Légitimité culturelleSujets proches
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Nicolas Robette et al., « An eclectic eclecticism: Methodological and theoretical issues about the quantification of cultural omnivorism », HAL-SHS : sociologie, ID : 10.1016/j.poetic.2014.10.002
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Cultural eclecticism has been the focus of most sociological debates pertaining to cultural practices since the publication of Richard Peterson's first articles on the topic. Underlying these debates surrounding results, the prevailing definitions and methods are particularly striking for their… eclecticism. And although it is not explicitly stated, it appears that sociologists disagree over the parameters of inquiry – how the object of study is constructed and all manner of methodologies, rather than over hypotheses and whether or not they are valid. In this paper, we shall extend and systematize assertions that appear in various works on omnivorousness. Our aim is to determine the theoretical implications of the three groups of choices that seem critical in statistical methods of studying cultural eclecticism: choices concerning indicators of taste; methods of constructing a scale of cultural legitimacy; and indicators of cultural omnivorousness.