Sandpiles of Opportunity: Success in the Art World
I argue that the shape of an artist's art-world network history influences success -- specifically, that a consistent history of a pattern of broad-ranging weak ties will lead to greater amounts of critical notice than will other types of network shapes.
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Libby Hemphill, Assistant Professor of Communication and Information Studies at the Illinois Institute of Technology
Sandpiles Of Opportunity: Success In The Art World
Presenter: Katherine A. Giuffre, Assistant Professor, Colorado College
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