Participation in a day conference of the Ministry of Culture
Presentations by Christina Karakioulafi, Alexandros Baltzis and Achilleas Piliousis, Yannis Tsioulakis, Antigoni Papageorgiou
Hancock, P. & Tyler, M. (2025). Performing Artists and Precarity: Work in the Contemporary Entertainment Industries.
Hancock, P. & Tyler, M. (2025). Performing Artists and Precarity: Work in the Contemporary Entertainment Industries. This open access book focuses on the distinctive experiences of freelance and self-employed live performers in the UK’s live entertainment industries It provides an in-depth account of their working lives during COVID-19, showing how their experiences of the pandemic provide …
Pulignano, V., & Domecka, M. (2025). The Politics of Unpaid Labour: How the study of unpaid labour can help address inequality in precarious work (p. 320). Oxford University Press.
Pulignano, V., & Domecka, M. (2025). The Politics of Unpaid Labour: How the study of unpaid labour can help address inequality in precarious work (p. 320). Oxford University Press. This book introduces a theory of the politics of unpaid labour, advancing our understanding of inequality within the context of precarious work. Arguing that this theory can help …
Paper presented at the 6th Conference on Cultural and Creative Industries
In the context of the research project LaPreSc (National Recovery and Resilience Plan “Greece 2.0”, funded by the European Union – NextGenerationEU, Implementation Body: HFRI – Project Number: 16313, Beneficiary: University of Crete), a comprehensive research initiative has been developed, comprising in-depth interviews and a survey on social cohesion and precarious work in the cultural and creative industries (CCIs). This research is currently underway. The survey is designed to collect quantitative data for the two theoretical constructs, with the aim of investigating the relationship between them within these sectors and in a country where research on artistic and creative labor is relatively limited. This paper addresses issues pertaining to job precariousness. It delineates the process of generating observable indicators for its measurement and elucidates the methodological challenges that arise in analyzing this construct and operationalizing it for empirical research purposes.
Prousali, E. (Ed.). (2023). Performing Arts in the 21st century. Contemporary Practices and New Perspectives. Athens: Eurasia Publications.
Prousali, E. (Ed.). (2023). Performing Arts in the 21st century. Contemporary Practices and New Perspectives. Athens: Eurasia Publications. In the 21st century, it is now obvious that the aesthetic drama is inextricably interwoven with the social drama, as R. Schechner analytically suggested in his famous “Infinite Loop.” Schechner’s scheme captures the direct interaction of art …
Special Session at the 9th Conference of the Hellenic Sociological Society (HSS)
Creative/cultural sectors are often dominated by working arrangements, learning practises and access mechanisms to professions that do not conform to typical notions of professionalisation and formal dependent work. Conditions in the cultural/creative sectors often reinforce the image of fluid occupational categories and volatile work/professional identities. These include the lack of a regulatory framework for access to the professions, the existence of informal learning pathways, the -simultaneous or successive- multiple job holding with very different working arrangements and the significantly high rates of invisible/unpaid labour.
Paper presented at the 16th Conference of the European Sociological Association (ESA)
Paper presented by C. Karakioulafi, S. Theodosiou and C. Kokkinou: “Facing multiple crisis: Employment precarity and coping strategies of Performing Arts and Entertainment professionals in Greece” at the 16th Conference of the European Sociological Association, Porto, August 27-30, 2024
Paper presented at the 2nd Summer Festival of the International Research Collective for Popular Music in Greece
Paper presented by Alexandros Baltzis: “Musical Labour: Methodological issues in surveys using quantitative data” at the 2nd Summer Festival of the International Research Collective, July 12-13, 2024
Gavroglou, K., Stratis, K., & Polymeneas-Liontiris, T. (2024). Education in the field of performing arts: A proposal for a progressive reform. ΕΝΑ/ Institute of Alternative Policies & think bee.
Gavroglou, K., Stratis, K., & Polymeneas-Liontiris, T. (2024). Education in the field of performing arts: A proposal for a progressive reform. ΕΝΑ/ Institute of Alternative Policies & think bee. Despite the steps taken, artistic education in the Performing Arts (Theatre, Dance, Music) within Higher/ Tertiary Education, is a field that remains unregulated in the country’s …
Panel at the 2nd International Conference of the Association of Social Anthropologists Greece (SKAE)
Work in CCI is characterised by excessive flexibility, as self-employment, freelancing, part
time work, intermittent work, intentional or enforced multi-employment (in other
artistic/creative or non-artistic activities) are the dominant forms of its organisation.