The diversity of work in the Creative and Cultural Industries : Making it work for Brussels CASE STUDY: Cultural and Creative Sector (CCS) of Brussels • Definition of “CCS” as in Throsby (2008) and adopted by the BCR • Why focusing on CCS in Brussels today? à European, federal and local policy priority à Recently: CCS are considered to be important in urban and economic development strategies, but “creative cities” theories (Florida, Landry, ...) need critical evaluations à Brussels as unique case: • Superdiversity (Vertovec, Corijn) • Complex institutional and policy structure offers opportunities and constraints for CCS • Challenge of socio-spatial dualisation of the city • General Research Question: à How does it work for Brussels? Diversity of Work Diversity of Workers • Separate art worlds: Francophone, Flemish, Urban arts, Maghrebi, Socio-cultural …. circuits are closed with few overlapping social networks • Precarity is normalized state of employment • Differences in working conditions: • Flemish cultural circuit versus francophone cultural circuit • ‘Front stage’ artistic workers versus ‘Backstage’ supporting services • Within the artistic frontstage: dual labor market • White, masculine, middle- aged versus young, non- white, feminine • Artists’ strategies to overcome barriers: • DIY artists • Ethnic marketeering • Opting out: informal initiatives Spatial Embeddedness • Researching the “emerging actors” of the cultural and creative sector and their “informal practices” • Who are they ? Where are they and for which reasons ? What are their needs ? • How do cultural and creative actors use their spaces (real and virtual) ? • How do they consider their local environment and what influence does it has on their work ? • Different conceptions of the cultural work à linked to different conceptions of local social environment and public. à Cultural work between redistribution & recognition perspective (Fraser, 2005). Jean-Louis Genard (ULB), Judith Le Maire (ULB), François Rinschbergh (ULB/USL-B), Christine Schaut (ULB/USL-B), Eva Swyngedouw (VUB/ULB), Karel Vanhaesebrouck (ULB), Bas Van Heur (VUB), Jef Vlegels (VUB) and Walter Ysebaert (VUB) Throsby (2008) More info: www.creativework.brussels

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ThediversityofworkintheCreativeandCulturalIndustries:MakingitworkforBrussels

CASESTUDY:CulturalandCreativeSector(CCS)ofBrussels• Definitionof“CCS”asinThrosby(2008)andadoptedbytheBCR• WhyfocusingonCCSinBrusselstoday?

à European,federalandlocalpolicypriorityà Recently:CCSareconsideredtobeimportantinurbanand

economicdevelopmentstrategies,but“creativecities”theories(Florida,Landry,...)needcriticalevaluations

à Brusselsasuniquecase:• Superdiversity (Vertovec,Corijn)• Complexinstitutionalandpolicystructureoffers

opportunitiesandconstraintsforCCS• Challengeofsocio-spatialdualisation ofthecity

• GeneralResearchQuestion:à HowdoesitworkforBrussels?

DiversityofWork DiversityofWorkers

• Separateartworlds:Francophone,Flemish,Urbanarts,Maghrebi,Socio-cultural….circuitsareclosedwithfewoverlappingsocialnetworks

• Precarity isnormalizedstateofemployment

• Differencesinworkingconditions:• Flemishculturalcircuit

versusfrancophoneculturalcircuit

• ‘Frontstage’artisticworkersversus‘Backstage’supportingservices

• Withintheartisticfrontstage:duallabormarket• White,masculine,middle-

agedversusyoung,non-white,feminine

• Artists’strategiestoovercomebarriers:• DIYartists• Ethnicmarketeering• Optingout:informal

initiatives

SpatialEmbeddedness

• Researchingthe“emergingactors”oftheculturalandcreativesectorandtheir“informalpractices”

• Whoarethey?Wherearetheyandforwhichreasons?Whataretheirneeds?

• Howdoculturalandcreativeactorsusetheirspaces(realandvirtual)?

• Howdotheyconsidertheirlocalenvironmentandwhatinfluencedoesithasontheirwork?

• Differentconceptionsoftheculturalworkàlinkedtodifferentconceptionsoflocalsocialenvironmentandpublic.

à Culturalworkbetweenredistribution&recognitionperspective(Fraser,2005).

Jean-LouisGenard(ULB),JudithLeMaire(ULB),FrançoisRinschbergh(ULB/USL-B),ChristineSchaut(ULB/USL-B),EvaSwyngedouw(VUB/ULB),KarelVanhaesebrouck(ULB),BasVanHeur(VUB),JefVlegels(VUB)andWalterYsebaert(VUB)

Throsby(2008)

Moreinfo:www.creativework.brussels