Abstract

If arts attendance is used to activate social comparison processes that strengthen group boundaries, it could help maintain or even increase conflict between different social groups as they are seen as opportunities to openly celebrate that resources are unequally shared in society. This article explores whether levels of education, income and occupation affect the likelihood of attending artistic events in Panama, one of the most unequal countries in Latin America. Using a binary logistic model, it models this likelihood testing two hypotheses. First, it is assumed that these drivers work as “sticks” that affect separately arts attendance. Then these variables are binned as a composite variable or bundle of sticks that proxies for group membership. Given the incipient state of cultural data and analysis in the field in Panama, the article seeks primarily to contribute to the theoretical conversation on art policies in small countries with high levels of inequality and the effects on economic disparity of efforts to increase attendance to artistic events.

摘要

如果艺术出勤被用来激活加强群体界限的社会比较过程，它可以帮助维持甚至增加不同社会群体之间的冲突，因为它们被视为公开庆祝资源在社会中不平等共享的机会。本文探讨了教育水平、收入和职业是否会影响在巴拿马参加艺术活动的可能性，巴拿马是拉丁美洲最不平等的国家之一。它使用二元逻辑模型对这种可能性进行建模，测试两个假设。首先，假设这些驱动程序作为影响单独艺术出勤率的“棍子”发挥作用。然后，这些变量被分类为一个复合变量或一组代表组成员资格的棒。鉴于巴拿马该领域的文化数据和分析处于初期状态，