A life without a plan? Freelance musicians in pandemic limbo
The Covid-19 pandemic exacerbated the already precarious conditions of freelance workers. In a new study the researcher Anna Nørholm Lundin tries to understand what it meant and still means for freelance musicians to be in pandemic limbo.
Thirteen Swedish professional freelance musicians in the classical genre were interviewed about their experiences in the midst of the pandemic.
Highlights of the study
- Professional freelance musicians in the classical genre were interviewed about their experiences of being in pandemic limbo.
- Theoretically the article addresses what it means to be dislocated and disrupted in relation to places and spaces of work.
- The conclusions are about ambivalent emotions and processes of emotional management that are caused by the pandemic.
- For freelancers, depending on their access to the live-settings of work, it is like being thrown back in time and place.
- While at a distance from normal careers, processes of critical reflection and re-orientation have been initiated.
The article: A life without a plan? Freelance musicians in pandemic limbo is published in the journal Emotion, Space and Society.
Anna Nørholm Lundin , PhD in pedagogy and senior lecturer at the Departement of Education. Her research, amongst other, concerns the new gig economy.
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Last updated: October 21, 2022
Source: IPD