Pandemic Culture

Abigail Gilmore is Senior Lecturer in Arts Management and Cultural Policy at the University of Manchester. Dave O’Brien is Professor of Cultural and Creative Industries at the University of Manchester. Ben Walmsley is Professor and Dean of Cultural Engagement at the University of Leeds and Director of the Centre for Cultural Value. -- .

Introduction: Framing mixed-methods analyses of the impact of COVID-19 on the cultural sector - Ben Walmsley, Abigail Gilmore and Dave O’Brien
1 Cultural policy and the pandemic: Response and recovery in the United Kingdom - Abigail Gilmore, Sue Hayton, Trevor MacFarlane, John Wright, Ben Dunn and Rachel Johnson
2 What happened to the workers? Understanding the impact of the pandemic on jobs and working hours in the cultural sector - Tal Feder, Orian Brook, Rebecca Florisson, Siobhan McAndrew, Dave O’Brien, Gwilym Owen and Mark Taylor
3 The same people seeing more: Audiences’ engagement with culture during the COVID-19 pandemic - Oliver Mantell, Anne Torreggiani, Ben Walmsley, Jenny Kidd and Eva Nieto McAvoy
4 Pandemic drama: How England’s theatre organisations responded to the COVID-19 pandemic - Karen Gray and Ben Walmsley
5 Beyond the digital: Notions of belonging and the impacts of COVID-19 on festivals in Scotland - John Wright
6 Collaborative cultural leadership: Northern Ireland’s response to the COVID-19 crisis - John Wright and Ali FitzGibbon
7 A question of sustainability: The impact of COVID-19 on the screen sector in Wales - Eva Nieto McAvoy and Ania Ostrowska
8 Civic Responsibility in times of crisis: Museums and galleries in northern England during the COVID-19 pandemic - Danielle Child, Karen Gray and Harry Weeks
9 Epistemic governance and partnerships in place: An ecosystem analysis of Greater Manchester - Ben Dunn and Abigail Gilmore
Conclusion: Disruption and continuity in the cultural industries: From pandemic culture to an endemic crisis? - Dave O’Brien, Abigail Gilmore and Ben Walmsley
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