Dear Colleagues,
Apologies for any cross posting. Please see details below for a call for papers for a stream at Equality and Diversity International 2010
http://www.edi-conference.org/index.php, Vienna, 14th to 16th July 2010. Our stream covers all aspects of diversity in the creative industries and we welcome papers from both established and new researchers.
Kind regards,
Kate Sang
Diversity in the Creative Industries
Stream Organisers:
Dr Valerie Caven, Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University,
Nottingham, NG1 4BU. + 44 115 848 4233, Email:
valerie.caven@ntu.ac.uk
Dr Kate Sang, Research Fellow, DECERe, Norwich Business School, University of East
Anglia, Norwich, Norfolk, NR4 7TJ. +441603 597240. Email:
k.sang@uea.ac.uk
Stream outline:
The creative industries have in recent years become a huge source of interest for
researchers due to their rapid growth in size and their contribution to the economy. It
would not be unreasonable to expect that, by the very nature of their activities; they
would embrace diversity and be varied environments in which to work. However, this
does not appear to be the case. Within many of the sectors contained under the umbrella
of creative industries, employment is dominated by white males. Women and BME
employees are seriously under-represented throughout and a further indication of the lack
of diversity is ageism, particularly experienced by women in the performing arts and
associated industries.
Employment is characterized as precarious with stressful working conditions, long hours
and pay inequalities. In short, the creative industries replicate the bureaucratic and
managerialist work practices seen in more traditional industries/professions. In addition,
entry to the sector is characterized by periods of unpaid work which may exclude those
from economically deprived backgrounds. The policy aims of Equal Opportunities, antidiscrimination
legislation and inclusion policies seem largely to have passed the industry
by. This stream aims to investigate why/if this is the case; what does the future hold in
terms of providing interesting and challenging work in a creatively stimulating
environment? Papers are invited which critically examine employment in the creative
industries; they can be either theoretically or empirically informed from a wide range of
disciplines, such as business, sociology, arts, or humanities but should explore the multifaceted
dimensions of power relationships and inequalities which exist.
Possible themes include:
The failure of policy efforts to promote inclusion; Entrepreneurship and underrepresented
workers; Diversity and inclusion in a global context; Challenges to existing
management practices; the 'Glass Ceiling' effect and the diverse workforce; Diversity
and creativity, Intersections of gender, ethnicity, disability, sexuality and class.
Keywords: Creativity, Diversity, Inclusion, Power,
Publication plans: Special issue of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion; edited collection
of papers if of sufficient quality.
Dr Kate Sang
Research Fellow, DECERe
Norwich Business School
University of East Anglia
Norwich
Norfolk
NR4 7TJ
01603 597240