Sociologie politique des passeurs

Abstract

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Charting the Scene(s) of Sonic Arts in Hong Kong

“…5 Their integration to different milieus has been facilitated by passeurs belonging simultaneously to different milieus (underground scene, universities, organisations relying on public grants) and bringing different kinds of people and practices into contact. These passeurs have three characteristic features: '[passeurs] are both intermediaries and producers, or intermediaries and receivers of norms; their activity implies investing in a new social role; and they are often secondary actors in the social fields in which they operate' (Jobard, Geeraert, Laumond, Mützelburg and Zeigermann 2020).…”

“…These circulations have been facilitated by specific artists, curators and teachers who have actively taken on the role as passeurs (Jobard et al 2020), that is, tone-setting individuals who deploy their work at the junctures of traditionally separated milieux, thus connecting them. In the present case of Hong Kong, they have been crucial to link underground art spaces and educational institutions, thereby creating sites where sonic arts came to be developed over the past ten years.…”