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Fast, Short-Lived and Exclusive: Rethinking Arts Policy in Accelerated Time

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: The article argues that performing-arts production and circulation are structured by institutionally produced and politically mediated dynamics of acceleration. Using Portugal as a primary case within broader European trends, it examines the rationales behind these patterns, including short production runs and limited lifespans. It shows that public policy focused on new creation weakens diffusion; competitive funding generates pressures for ever-faster production; project-based logics shorten the lifespan of works; and venue ownership and scale constrain alternative modes of dissemination. The result is an ecology in which acceleration becomes structural, driven by policy settings that reinforce these temporal pressures rather than mitigating them, generating far-reaching artistic, social and political consequences

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.21071864

Author: Felizes, Amarílis

Institutions: Instituto de História Contemporânea, Centro de Estudos sobre a Mudança Socioeconómica e o Território, Centro de Estudos de Teatro

Language: English

Topic: Arts, Culture, and Music Studies

Subfield: Cultural Studies

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: gold

Funder: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Award: Políticas para as Artes em Portugal: uma análise baseada na ação e perspectivas dos agentes artísticos, após o choque da pandemia do COVID-19

OpenAlex ID: W7166675933

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