Senior lecturer
Research areas
- Sociological theory
- Economic sociology
- Cultural sociology
- Science and technology studies
Current research
Gerber’s current research focuses on value and valuation processes in the development of archives and archival practice; images and visual veracity across disciplinary contexts; and sensation and attention in scientific research.
Publications
Displaying of publications. Sorted by year, then title.
Why academics shouldn’t move fast and break things
Alison Gerber, Ov Cristian Norocel, Francesca Bolla Tripodi
(2021)
OtherIn Search of Search (& its Engines)
(2021)
Other‘Everyone’s Annoyed’ : Leveraging Uncertainty in the Smell of Others
Alison Gerber
(2021) Cultural Sociology
Journal articleReview of Gary Alan Fine, Talking Art: The Culture of Practice and the Practice of Culture in MFA Education.
Alison Gerber
(2019) Contemporary Sociology, 48
ReviewBlack Hole Suns: Binarism and Gravity in Cultural Fields
Alison Gerber
(2019) Culture Unbound
Journal articleArt Markets? Binary Distinctions and Valuation Beyond Market Value
Alison Gerber
(2018)
Conference - otherTeaching and Learning the Swedish Body: The Smell of Others in the Civilizing Institution
Alison Gerber
(2018)
Conference - otherThe Economic World Obverse: Freedom Through Markets After Arts Education
Alison Gerber, Clayton Childress
(2017) American Behavioral Scientist, 61 p.1532-1554
Journal articleNewspaper Refuses To Give An Artist Credit For Her Work
Alison Gerber
(2017) Hyperallergic
Newspaper articleI Don’t Make Objects, I Make Projects: Selling Things and Selling Selves in Contemporary Artmaking
Alison Gerber, Clayton Childress
(2017) Cultural Sociology, 11 p.234-254
Journal articleThe MFA in Creative Writing: The Uses of a “Useless” Credential
Clayon Childress, Alison Gerber
(2015) Professions and Professionalism, 5
Journal articleBook Review: The Economics of Creativity: Art and Achievement under Uncertainty by Pierre-Michel Menger, Harvard University Press, 2014.
Alison Gerber
(2015) Organization Studies, 36 p.1115-1117
ReviewThe Meaning of Indeterminacy: Noise Music as Performance
Joseph Klett, Alison Gerber
(2014) Cultural Sociology, 8 p.275-290
Journal articleThe Tax Collectors vs. the Artists
Alison Gerber
(2014) Minneapolis Star Tribune , p.13-13
Newspaper articleThe Audit of Venus : A simple tax audit leads to a thorny bureaucratic question: what does it mean to be an artist?
Alison Gerber
(2014) Berkeley Journal of Sociology, 58 p.6-13
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Background
Alison Gerber (PhD 2014, Yale University) works on the intersection of value, culture, and public life, from tax audits to noise music.