Curro Aix

Curro Aix is a researcher specializing in the sociological and cultural analysis of flamenco. He authored Flamenco y poder. Un estudio desde la sociología del arte (2014), examining the material conditions and power dynamics shaping flamenco's history. His work critiques the commercialization and institutionalization of flamenco, emphasizing its evolution through mass culture, education, and political instrumentalization.

• Research Focus: Flamenco's audiences, global dissemination, and its role in Andalusian identity.
• Key Projects: Leads the Independent Platform for Modern and Contemporary Flemish Studies (PIE.FMC) and studies 'Disagreements' and 'Crossing borders: reality and representation in the Mediterranean.'

He analyzes how flamenco's commercialization during the 20th century fragmented audiences into 'initiates' and 'generalists,' and how Andalusian institutions later used flamenco as a political tool rather than fostering grassroots cultural education.

His critiques highlight the failure of formal education systems to integrate flamenco, exacerbating labor precarity among practitioners and stifling cultural innovation.