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Selected Publications

Works Accepted for Publication

  • "Controversies as Sites of Conflict and Collaboration: Insights from Sociology of the Arts", in A. Denis and D. Kalekin-Fishman (eds.) The New ISA Handbook of Contemporary Sociology: Conflict, Competition, Cooperation. London: Sage. (21 pages, in press).
  • "Nova Scotia: Clientelism, Advocacy and Provincial Support for the Arts and Founding Cultures", in Diane Saint-Pierre and Monica Gattinger (ed.) Cultural Policy and the Public Administration of Culture in Canada. McGill/Queens Press (forthcoming).

Refereed Articles

  • "La science au service de l'art: la transformation des principes de préservation du patrimoine artistique au musée, 1930-2004 ", in Florent Gaudez, Sociologie des arts, sociologie des sciences, Tome 11, Paris : Harmattan. 2007 pp. 223-239.
  • "Trans-disciplinary Communication and the Field of Contemporary Art Conservation: Questions of Mission and Constraint", Techne. Revue scientifique du service de la recherche et de la restauration des musées de France, 2006, No. 26, pp. 11-18.
  • "Rethinking Permanence and Change in Contemporary Cultural Preservation Strategies", Journal of Arts Management, Law and Society, Winter 2005, 34(4): 285-306.
  • "Digital Recording and the Reconfiguration of Music as Performance", American Behavioral Scientist, July 2005 48(11): 1422-1439.
  • "Technical Standards and Institutionalization Processes in New Deal Art Projects". Journal of Arts Management, Law and Society. Winter 2004, Vol. 33, No. 4, pp. 281-298.
  • "Digital technologies and contemporary career strategies in Atlantic Canada: A case study of young musicians and audio technicians", Proceedings, Conference on New Media Research Networks, organized by Arts-Netlantic, University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, March 26-27, 2004, pp. 76-82
  • "Les rapports d'appartenance aux lieux de création et l'art contemporain en région périphérique:le cas de la Nouvelle-écosse (1992-2002)". Sociologie et Sociétés. Fall 2002, Vol. 34(1): 139-161.
  • "Student Web Pages as Technologies of the Self " in Proceedings of the Atlantic Universities' Teaching Showcase, Volume 5, 2001, pp. 57-68.
  • "Singularities and the Sociological Imagination: On Nathalie Heinich's Sociology of the Arts". Boekmancahier (for Studies in Cultural Policy). June 2001, Vol. 13 (48): 210-229.
  • "Réseaux de création-médiation loin de l'oeil du public. Sur les collaborations techniques en arts plastiques", Revue de Sociologie de l'art, 2001, Vol. 12: 67-89.
  • "Réseaux de partage des savoirs techniques et pratiques artistiques: la conception et l'appropriation de médiums synthétiques en Amérique du nord (c. 1930-1998)", Techne. La science au service de la culture et des civilisations, no. 8, 1999, pp. 45-60, colour plate VIII.
  • "De historische ontwikkeling van acrylverven". KM Magazin. October 1998. pp. 6-18.
  • "Modern Art: Who Cares?", Boekmancahier (for Studies in Cultural Policy) Vol. 9, n. 34 December 1997, pp. 407-419.

Refereed Edited Volumes

  • Guest editorship with co-editor Volker Kirchberg, thematic issue of Journal of Arts Management, Law and Society "Institutionalization in the arts: Lessons from the Twentieth Century" 33(4) Winter 2004, 99 pages.
  • Guest editorship with co-editor Alain Quemin, thematic issue of Sociologie et Société on "Arts, réseaux et territoire". XXXIV(2), automne 2002, 244 pages.

Technical Monographs and Reports

  • "Art-Technical Collaborations in 20th Century Art Worlds: Artists, Artists "Colormen: and the Chemical Industry", Chemical Heritage. Newsletter of the Chemical Heritage Foundation. Summer 2005, Vol. 23, No. 2: 30-31.
  • (with co-author Jennifer Bolt). "Sense of Place and Digital Connections in the Rural Landscape". Final Report on Institutional Grant for Daniel Langlois Foundation for art, technology and science. January 2004, 30 pages, plus 11 DVDs, 10 CDs (80% contribution).
  • "Ideas in Residence: Creative Dislocations. Sense of place and digital connections in the rural landscape". Final Report on Institutional Grant for Daniel Langlois Foundation for art, technology and science. Author, with Jennifer Bolt (and technical assistance from the Acadia Institute for Teaching Technology). Submitted January 2004. 30 pages of text plus 2 DVDs of 11 videotaped interviews and 1 audio-taped interview, 10 CDs of artworks and websites produced for the project and appendices with publicity and media coverage.
  • (with Shanthi Johnson). Report on Teaching Innovation and Improvement Activities, "Rethinking "Research Methods for the 21st Century: Using New Technologies for Teaching Applied Research Methodology" in the Arts and Science Faculties. Report for V.P. Academic. Acadia University. 2003.

Unrefereed Journal Articles and Newsletters

  • "International Perspectives", in Holt, William G. (editor). Sociology of Culture Teaching Guide, American Sociological Association 3rd Edition. 2006, pp. 280-285.
  • Translator of article by Bruno Pequignot. "Sociology of Art and Culture in France. An overview of its origins" Newsletter of the Sociology of Culture Section of the American Sociological Association. Volume 20 (1), pp. 1, 5-7 plus Part II in website supplement.
  • "Virtual Communities", (English and French versions). The Atlantic Cultural Space: New Directions in Heritage and the Arts. New Brunswick Arts Board, 2005 pp. 31-34.