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

这是博士论文研究改进计划下的一个奖项。该研究探讨了如何定义艺术和文学卓越，以及如何应用随后的标准。研究设置为两个艺术博物馆和两个大学文学系，选择以多元文化为重点的文化组织与传统取向的文化组织进行对比。理论关注的是认知系统的形成及其与社会行为的关系。数据来自仔细的观察，以及对90位博物馆馆长和文学教授的采访。这项研究将通过检验审美标准和其他社会情境中使用的标准之间的关系，有助于对文化系统的社会学理解。除了研究取得的科学成果外，该奖项还将极大地帮助极有前途的学生完成博士论文的研究。有利于培养国家未来的科学人才，有利于培养下一代社会科学家。

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.