The Western Sydney University (WSU) has published findings from a national survey of cultural tastes, in the publication Fields, Capitals, Habitus: Australian Culture, Inequalities and Social Divisions, which details Australians’ social patterns of engagement with sport, media, the visual arts, music, literature and heritage.
The key word here is ‘detail’. Lead editor and researcher, Professor Tony Bennett said that while this kind of research has been conducted sporadically over the last 60 years (he even pointed to an earlier study he produced with colleagues, Accounting for Tastes in 1999) this is the most comprehensive dive to date.
