On November 7th, the Faculty of Social Sciences will host the event "The Sociology of Culture and the Arts in the Face of Digitalization, Culture Wars, and Cultural Rights," organized by the Sociology of Culture and the Arts Committee of the Spanish Federation of Sociology (FES).

The objective of this meeting will be to share and discuss the latest advances in this topic among members of the committee, as well as for all members of other thematically related committees and for other researchers, activists, or individuals interested in culture and the arts, cultural policy, or sociology in general.

In addition to the presentations selected for the meeting, we will also have the pleasure of welcoming Ligia Ferro, professor at the University of Porto, and other speakers.

The deadline for submission of paper proposals is September 15th. These proposals must include a title and a brief abstract of approximately 250 words. These proposals should be sent to: sociologia.cultura@fes-sociologia.com

The main research themes around which contributions may be addressed (without excluding other topics) are the following:

• The impact of digitalization and AI on creation and intermediation: opportunities for creators and threats of oligopolization.

• Culture wars and the far right: an offensive against creators and the autonomy of the cultural field.

• The new paradigm of cultural rights: a new challenge for cultural industries and policies.

• Artistic practices and cultural industries: the challenge of social and community participation.