kulturfeltet
Kulturfeltet is a term used in Norwegian to describe the social space in which cultural production and culture-related activities take place, including institutions, organizations, professionals, audiences, and policies. It denotes a field of cultural production with its own rules, hierarchies, and power relations, shaped by funding, governance, audience tastes, education, and media coverage. The concept is closely related to the sociological notion of a cultural field, in which actors compete for legitimacy, visibility, and financial resources.
Actors include artists and creators, museums, galleries, theatres, music venues, festivals, publishers, broadcasters, cultural agencies, universities,
Policy and debate: In Norway and other contexts, policy aims to support artistic diversity, audience access,
Understanding the kulturfeltet involves examining how institutions, professionals, audiences, and policymakers interact, and how power and