Full programme
- 14:00-14:05: Welcome from Dr Roberta Comunian (King’s College London)
- 14:05-14:30: “They think I don’t know anything”: race, gender and perceptions of expertise in crafts
Dr Karen Patel (Birmingham City University).
This paper discusses the politics of craft value and how it is communicated and recognised. Drawing on interviews with women makers of colour in the UK, the paper explores how getting their craft skills recognised and valued as expertise is a challenge which hinders their ability to establish a full-time career in craft. The paper argues that this is linked to how the craft practice of marginalised groups has traditionally been denigrated or omitted from accounts of craft processes within the creative economy.
- 14:30-14:55: Getting in and getting on: class, participation and job quality in the UK creative industries
Heather Carey and Rebecca Florisson (PEC researchers from the Work Foundation).
This new research from the PEC explores the participation, retention and progression of those of different class origin within the creative industries. Additionally, the study looks at the impact of intersections of social class origin with ethnicity, gender, and disability. Preliminary findings identify persistent class imbalances in creative occupations. Further, the research shows that individuals with a working class background are less likely to be in managerial positions, to have supervisory responsibility and to have participated in training than their middle and upper class peers.
- 14:55-15:30: “I was the only …”: an intersectional analysis of social mobility into cultural and creative occupations
Dr Dave O’Brien (PEC researcher from University of Edinburgh)
We know social mobility is a major issue for cultural and creative industries. Drawing on material from the new book Culture Is Bad For You, this paper offers an intersectional analysis of how class, race, and gender come together to shape the career trajectories of creative workers. In doing so it explains both the patterns of inequality in the workforce analysed by Carey et al (2020) and the failure of diversity programmes and policies to change the workforce.
Past Events
Seminar Series: “The cost of undoing Europe”: Brexit and the UK textile and the apparel industry
Thursday 3rd October 2024 | 15:00 BST Hear from Professor Simona Iammarino who will be presenting he…
State of the Nations Report launch: Growth Finance for Creative Industries
Wednesday 16th October 2024 | 12noon | Online via Zoom. Join us for the launch of our fifth report …
Seminar Series: Competing for Equality: Gender Bias Among Juries in International Piano Competitions, 1890-2023
Thursday 7th November 2024 | 15:00 GMT Join Karol J. Borowiecki who will be presenting his latest r…
Seminar Series: Digital Culture: Emerging trends in museums online
Thursday 5th December 2024 | 15:00 GMT Hear from Professor Trilce Navarrete who will discuss her on…
Report launch: Creative Education in the Four Nations
Join us at the launch of our fourth report in the State of the Nations series
Report launch: UK Arts, Culture and Heritage – Audiences & Workforce
Join us at the launch of our third report in the State of the Nations series
Seminar Series: What is ‘Psychic Income?’
Hear from Professor Doug Noonan about his latest research measuring 'Psychic Income', intangible imp…
Seminar Series: The value of culture and cultural capital externalities
Professor Trine Bille will be discussing a proposal that suggests that cultural policy should take i…
Seminar Series: The role of emotions – Cultural interventions and behavioural change
What is the role of art in influencing behaviour change? This discussion brings together ideas from …
Seminar Series: The economic geography of fashion design in South Africa – Potential beyond large fashion cities?
There is increasing recognition that fashion design is an important growth area for the African crea…
State of the Nations: UK Trade in a Global Creative Economy
The online launch of our second State of the Nations report
Online Launch: Geographies of Creativity – State of the Nations research series
Join Dr Josh Siepel, Senior Lecturer (Sussex University) and Creative PEC Research Consortium Partne…