Doctoral Dissertation Research: Competing Definitions of Artistic, Literary and Social Value

这是博士学位论文研究计划助学金下的一个奖项。这项研究考察了如何定义艺术和文学方面的优秀，以及随后的标准是如何应用的。研究背景是两个美术馆和两个大学文学系，以对比那些关注多元文化主义的文化组织和那些具有更传统取向的文化组织。理论关注涉及认知系统的形成及其与社会行动的关系。数据来自仔细的观察，以及对博物馆馆长和文学教授的90次采访。这项研究将通过考察审美标准和其他社会场合使用的标准之间的关系，有助于从社会学角度理解文化系统。除了这项研究将获得的科学成果外，这一奖项还将对一位非常有前途的学生完成博士论文的研究提供实质性的帮助。从而为国家未来的科学人才和下一代社会科学家的深入培养做出贡献。

This is an award under the Grants for Improving Doctoral Dissertation Research Program. The research examines how artistic and literary excellence are defined and how the subsequent criteria are applied. The research settings are two art museums and two university literature departments, selected to contrast cultural organizations where multiculturalism is the focus from those with more traditional orientations. Theoretical concerns relate to the formation of cognitive systems and their relation to social action. Data come from careful observations and from 90 interviews with museum curators and literature professors. %%% This research will contribute to the sociological understanding of cultural systems by examining the relation between aesthetic standards and standards used in other social situations. In addition to the scientific gains to be achieved by the research, this award will materially assist a highly promising student in completing research for the Ph.D. dissertation. Thus it contributes to the future scientific manpower of the nation and the thorough training of the next generation of social scientists.