October 15-16, 2021, Romantso (3-5 Anaxagora str., Athens 105 52, Greece)
Developments in labor in the cultural and creative industries
5th Conference “Cultural and Creative Industries”
Organization
- Regional Development Institute of Panteion University
- School of Spatial Planning and Development, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
- School of Journalism and Mass Media Studies, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Call for papers
The 5th Conference on Cultural and Creative Industries (CCIs) will be held in Athens in October 2021. Two years after the last conference held in Thessaloniki, our invitation to scholars and policy decision-makers about the Cultural and Creative Industries is not only renewed but is also extended to actors and collectives involved in these sectors. They are invited to yet another meeting to record research on the CCIs in Greece, exchange views among all stakeholders, and create opportunities for new collaborations.
The main topic of the 2021 conference, is the developments concerning labor in the Cultural and Creative sectors.
Technology as a key factor in shaping the operating environment of the CCIs with obvious implications for creative and artistic labor was the main topic of the previous conference. Apart from that, however, the unprecedented challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic seem to be also accelerators and catalysts for the recent changes affecting most of the industries worldwide, in ways for which it is still unclear whether they will be transient or permanent.
Topics
- Digitization and artistic/creative labor
- Platforms and gig workforce in the CCIs
- Precarious labor in the CCIs
- Crisis, resilience, and survival in the Cultural & Creative industries
- New labor forms and spaces (coworking spaces). Towards new organization models for the production and labor in the CCIs
- New funding models (crowdfunding, etc.)
- Labor policies in times of crisis
- Integration of the CCIs workforce in global networks; business and workforce mobility
- Cultural heritage and regional development
- Spatial inequalities in the creative economy
- Spatial clustering and creative ecosystems
- Mapping creativity
- Cultural and creative industries and policy-making: from local to supranational
Sessions for postgraduate and Ph.D. students will be organized during the conference.
Guidelines for paper and panel proposals
- Papers: an extended abstract of up to 1500 words including references.
- Panel proposals: a description of up to 500 words.
Paper abstracts and panel proposals should include title, topic, author(s) or participants' name(s), affiliation(s), and email address(es).
Due date: September 3, 2021, at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Presentations may be sent to the conference address (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) or made available on a USB stick. The conference will be held in Greek.
Participation costs
- 20€ - Students and Ph.D. students
- 40€ - Other participants
Registrations at the Secretariat (open during the conference days).
Protective measures (Covid-19)
- Only persons showing a valid certificate (of vaccination, recent recovery, or test) are allowed on the conference premises
- Standing is not allowed inside the conference halls
- Wearing a face mask at all times on the conference premises is mandatory for all attendees and staff
- Entrance is allowed exclusively to registered attendees and supporting personnel
- The maximum number of attendees per session is 50 persons; the round table discussions will be broadcast online via the conference page on Facebook
Organizing committee
Martha Michailidou, Panteion University
Antigoni Papageorgiou, Panteion University (Postdoc Researcher)
Vassilis Avdikos, Panteion University
Irene Iliopoulou, Panteion University (Postdoc Researcher)
Lefteris Gaytanidis, Panteion University (Ph.D. student)
Eleni Kostopoulou, Panteion University (Ph.D. student)
Olga Drellia, Panteion University (Ph.D. student)
Reviewers advisory committee
Giorgos Gritzas, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Alexios Defner, University of Thessaly
Mina Dragouni, Panteion University / Open University of Cyprus (Postdoc Researcher)
Elizabeth Thoidou, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Athanasios Kalogeresis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Nikolas Karachalis, University of Thessaly
George-Michael Klimis, Panteion University
Alexandros Baltzis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Dimitris Pettas, Technical University Berlin (Postdoc Researcher)
Antonis Rovolis, Panteion University
Sophia Skordili, Harokopio University
Nikolas Souliotis, National Centre for Social Research
Conference program (brief and detailed)
To see details on any session, click on the respective link.
Website of the Creative Greece Network
