The Art of Navigating a White Upper-Class Gaze: Exploring Visible Minorities’ Negotiations of Belonging in the Norwegian Cultural Field
Abstract
In this article, I explore how 32 Norwegian artists who are visible minorities perceive interacting with gatekeepers in the cultural field of production. Using Bourdieu’s concepts of habitus and field, along with Ahmed’s phenomenological approach to whiteness, I empirically demonstrate the prevalence of institutional whiteness within the field. I argue that gatekeepers’ classed and racialized subjectivities, expressed through their white cultural upper-class gaze, are perceived as creating institutional barriers for visible minorities. This shapes artists’ opportunities and challenges their sense of belonging to the field. To maintain a sense of belonging, they utilize their double consciousness, engaging in an ambiguous process of contesting the gaze while adhering to institutional norms. These findings provide valuable insight into an under-researched interaction between whiteness and the cultural upper class, revealing institutional barriers that may promote homogeneity in western cultural fields.
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| When | Event | Field | Old | New |
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| 2026-06-18 19:37:53.011249+00:00 | identifier_assigned | DSEID | DSEID-001-3802265 |