Defund Culture: A Radical Proposal: Why the arts are so white, male and middle-class and what we can do about it

Gary Hall

doi:10.64629/3f8575cb.67ab11w2

Defund Culture: A Radical Proposal: Why the arts are so white, male and middle-class and what we can do about it

Gary Hall

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Abstract

Demonstrating that it is upper- and middle-class, privately educated, Oxbridge graduates who receive the majority of funding and support when it comes to the creative industries in the UK, Defund Culture argues powerfully that resources and opportunities should be disinvested from the cultural sphere as it exists now, and redistributed to other sections of society, in order to generate art, media and creativity that is more diverse and less boring, homogeneous and anti-intellectual.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	Pennsylvania
Publisher	Media Studies Press
Number of pages	98
Edition	1
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-951399-42-9, 978-1-951399-41-2
ISBN (Print)	978-1-951399-43-6, 978-1-951399-40-5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.64629/3f8575cb.67ab11w2
Publication status	Published - Jan 2026

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UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 1 No Poverty
SDG 4 Quality Education
SDG 5 Gender Equality
SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Keywords

white
male
class
culture war

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Arts and Humanities(all)

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