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Līga Vinogradova: Analysis of the Ecosystem of Latvian Music Field / IAMIC 2023

Līga Vinogradova (PhD, Researcher / Latvian Academy of Culture) How to network culture: the analysis of the Ecosystem of Latvian Music Field The study on the ecosystem of the Latvian music field was carried out within the framework of the CARD project ("the Cultural Capital as a Resource for Sustainable Development of Latvia") implemented by the Institute of Arts and Cultural Studies of the Latvian Academy of Culture (LAC). One of the tasks of the CARD project was to analyze the cultural ecosystem of Latvia and identify its operator groups, their relationships, and impacts in order to assess the resources of the arts and cultural capital in Latvia [LAC 2020]. This research examines the Latvian music field as a smaller case within the cultural ecosystem of Latvia. The key theoretical concept used in the research is 'ecosystems' - the idea of culture as an ecology that reveals a larger system in a non-hierarchical way [Holden 2015]. John Holden's concept of the ecology of culture provides further methodological tools to analyze cultural networks within an ecosystem. The approach suggested by Holden is social network analysis (SNA) [Holden 2015]. Social network analysis (SNA) holds potential benefits for studying a cultural ecosystem, empirical studies on its application for measuring a cultural ecosystem, however, its associated limitations remain incomplete. The aim of the paper is to analyze the advantages and limitations of studying a cultural ecosystem using SNA. Two research questions are set: (1) How to analyze the ecosystem of Latvian music field and identify the main operator groups and their relationships? (2) What are the advantages and limitations of using SNA in studying the ecosystem of Latvian music field? IAMIC 2023 Conference hosted by Latvian Music Information Centre Riga, September 14 Latvian National Library