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Creative Work: Conditions, Contexts and Practices book cover

1st Edition

Creative Work Conditions, Contexts and Practices

Edited By Erika Andersson Cederholm, Katja Lindqvist, Ida de Wit Sandström, Philip Warkander Copyright 2024
326 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

326 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

How do creative workers work? This book brings together insights from a range of relevant disciplines to help answer this significant research question. Featuring case studies from the European context, contributors tap into the experiences and practices from creative workers, demonstrating their attempts to navigate a changing environment which affects spaces, identities, and professional... Read more

Introduction 

Erika Andersson Cederholm, Katja Lindqvist, Ida de Wit Sandström and Philip Warkander 

Part I Governing, Organising and Enabling 

1. Creative Work and Public Policy Katja Lindqvist 2. Creative Work in Performing Arts in Sweden: Dreaming of a Joint Performing Arts Lab 

Anna Lyrevik 

3. Creative Work and Social Innovation: The Case of Innovating in an Open-Air Museum 

Malin Andersson 

4. Creative Work and Working Space Marthe Nehl 5. Strategies for Creative Agency in Performing Arts 

Jörgen Dahlqvist and Kent Olofsson 

6. Creative Work and Business Support: Entrepreneuring in a Liminal Space

Sara Malou Strandvad, Marije Miedema and Nathalie Schram 

7. Platforms for Creative Work 

Ida de Wit Sandström and Marie Ledendal 

Part II Sites, Spaces and Performances 

8. Social Media and the Documentation of Creative Work: New Sites and Insights 

Nada Endrissat, Viviane Sergi and Claudine Bonneau 

9. Crime Writing and Social Marketing as Creative Work 

Sara Kärrholm and Carina Sjöholm 

10. Creative Work and Children’s Books 

Carolyn Hunter and Nina Kivinen 

11. Performing Creative Work in Public 

Charlotte Østergaard 

12. Urban Creativity as Site-Specific Creative Production and Career Work 

Svenja Tams and Brigitte Biehl 

Part III Relational Work, Enterprising and Precarity 

13. Creative Work in the Fashion Industry 

Philip Warkander 

14. Creative Work in the Digital Games Industry 

Malin Espersson, Mikael Bergmasth and Erika Andersson Cederholm 

15. Creative Work, Precarity and COVID-19 

Jessica Tanghetti and Federica Viganò 

16. Creative Work and Entrepreneurial Creativity 

Monica Calcagno and Rachele Cavara 

17. Creative Work, Ecopreneurship and Sustainable Lifestyles 

Cecilia Fredriksson and Filippa Säwe 

18. Creative Work and Mental Health 

Sima N. Wolgast and Eva V. Hoff 

Epilogue 

Erika Andersson Cederholm, Katja Lindqvist, Ida de Wit Sandström and Philip Warkander

Biography

Erika Andersson Cederholm is Professor of Service Studies at Lund University, Sweden.

Katja Lindqvist is Associate Professor at the department of Service Studies, Lund University, Sweden.

Ida de Wit Sandström holds a PhD and is researcher at the Department of History at Lund University, Sweden.

Philip Warkander is Assistant Professor in Textile Management at University of Borås, Sweden.

"The book explores the daily work lives of under-recognized creative professionals, including their online and offline practices. It showcases international cases and their particular impact on creative workers’ work conditions, influenced by the country’s political, economic, and cultural landscape. The chapters are well-curated, complement, reflect, and interact with each other, illustrating the mosaic of interconnected participants in the creative works." Yearime Castel Y Barragan, International Journal of Cultural Policy

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