The widespread uptake of digital platforms–from YouTube and Instagram to Twitch and
TikTok–is reconfiguring cultural production in profound, complex, and highly uneven ways …

I distinctly remember one of the first times I went to a contemporary gallery; I can't remember
which one it was. I was 17. I walked in the door and I was made to feel like a piece of shit …

In this book Jo Littler argues that meritocracy is the key cultural means of legitimation for
contemporary neoliberal culture–and that whilst it promises opportunity, it in fact creates new …

For more than a decade, co-working spaces have proliferated in cities worldwide. The paper
discusses co-working as a critical urban practice because these spaces give support to the …

Why is classical music predominantly the preserve of the white middle classes?
Contemporary associations between classical music and social class remain …

Hesmondhalgh has done it again! The third edition of The Cultural Industries is a tour-de-
force. At once brilliant and accessible, it is without peer when it comes to detailing the big …

This fully updated second edition of Gender and Popular Culture examines the role of
popular culture in the construction of gendered identities in contemporary society. It draws …

Explains the key concepts, theories, and studies in the sociology of the arts—the fully
updated new edition of the classic textbook Sociology of the Arts is a comprehensive yet …

What is it like to work as a classical musician today? How can we explain ongoing gender,
racial, and class inequalities in the classical music profession? What happens when …

In the broader context of research into cultural labour, this article focuses analytical attention
on working conditions within socially engaged arts practice, which have been under …