The study of disparity, diversity, and gender equality in the Nfts world: a closer look from the tezos blockchain

Abstract

The access to the world of art has been democratized by NFT marketplaces and social networks, giving an opportunity to artists to exhibit and trade their art without geographic limitations, with a proof of provenance, and safely. It is therefore plausible that modern technologies can help resolve issues inherent to the art world, such as the lack of diversity, weak cultural representation, and disparities in the distribution of wealth. We explore whether such affordances of technologies are indeed present in a well-regarded arti platform, Hic et Nunc, looking into data from the platform, Tezos blockchain, and the artists’ social networks.