Crowdfunding for commons-based cultural production: the case of Goteo (2011-2014)
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Crowdfunding, collective microfunding, commons, free culture, cultural industry, Goteo.
Abstract
The search for financial alternatives after the 2008 banking collapse attracts a growing attention towards crowdfunding. This paper begins with a conceptual review and then focuses on donation-based crowdfunding linked to commons-based cultural production, selecting the Spanish platform Goteo as case study. We develop an exploratory analysis of the 158 cultural projects launched on Goteo from 2011 to May 2014. Even if the takings are modest and not very diversified, we conclude that this model grows stronger every year, thus challenging the neoliberal view of crowdfunding as a replacement for public funding at the expense of exhausting the supporting communities.Downloads
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2015-12-02
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Solera Navarro F. (2015). Crowdfunding for commons-based cultural production: the case of Goteo (2011-2014). Historia y Comunicación Social, 20(2), 447-464. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_HICS.2015.v20.n2.51393
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