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From: Pratt, Andy <[log in to unmask]>
Date: 31 October 2011 09:16
Subject: Event at City U: Participation and Representation
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Social Class: Participation and Representation in the Creative
Industries (Dec 13th, 3-5.30pm, Room D104, Social Sciences Building,
City University London)
There has recently been heightened interest in how issues of social
class are portrayed in media and entertainment. A particular concern
is that the British working classes and some of the most impoverished
and excluded from society are now subjected to unprecedented ridicule
and hostility in mainstream culture. Alongside this, over the last two
decades a series of problems in the creative labour market have become
more apparent, with casualised labour, precarious working conditions
and low or unpaid entry positions restricting access opportunities and
narrowing the make-up of the sector's workforce. While both have been
subjects of interest and study in their own right, as yet there have
been relatively few attempts to analyse the possible relationship
between these two trends. This seminar will begin to address this,
interrogating the existing research, assessing whether and in what
ways cultural production reflects the nature of cultural producers,
and to explore the kinds of policy response that should follow. The
event is organised in collaboration with the Cultural Equalities
Group.
Chair: Kate Oakley, Head, Centre for Cultural Policy and Management,
City University
Speakers: Owen Jones - author ‘Chavs: The demonization of the working class
Martin Spence – Assistant General Secretary, BECTU
David Wright – Centre for Cultural Policy Studies, University of
Warwick and co-author of Culture, Class, Distinction
Dinah Caine – Chief Executive, Skillset
Places are limited and will be allocated on a first come, first-served
basis. If you want to attend, please email Kate Oakley
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Kate Oakley
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