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Contribución al análisis sociológico de la creatividad y la digitalización del campo cultural: creación, intermediación y crisis

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The so-called transition to the digital paradigm is eroding the autonomy of the cultural field achieved during the XIX and XX Centuries, subjugating them to economic and technological dynamics. However, the hegemonic discourse tends to interpret this as an overall positive process for the creative domain, focusing on the increase in information resource and creativity tool availability. However, an analysis of the theories and concepts of the sociology of culture reveals a more ambivalent balance. While the notion of authorship and creation can be interpreted from a more cooperative and relativistic view it is arguable whether this concept can be eliminated altogether. Also, although cultural intermediaries should be analyzed from a more complex and active role, one can hardly conceive the cultural system without them. In short, the article aims to contrast discourses about the transition to digital with classical and contemporary theories of the sociology of culture, in order to draw future lines for sociological research on the impact on agents and the cultural industry as a whole. The aim of this analysis is to generate a neutral perspective that takes into account the social and systemic effects of technology on the creativity of cultural sectors.