Living in an Artistic Labour Market: The Experiences of Gig Musicians in Calgary

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dc.contributor.advisorMcCoy, Liza
dc.contributor.authorWall, Laurent
dc.contributor.committeememberTaylor, Gregory
dc.contributor.committeememberPatterson, Matt
dc.date.accessioned2016-08-31T14:51:10Z
dc.date.available2016-08-31T14:51:10Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.date.submitted2016en
dc.description.abstractMusicians who perform for pay are seen in every city in the world, but the work of musicians is rarely framed as a practice which warrants sociological attention. Instead, popular culture discourse systematically focuses on the work of musicians by talking about individual artists, their ingenuity and their inspirations. People may view musicians as professionals, but this profession is rarely understood as a practice which has many layers and nuances. This study provides such an understanding by asking musicians who play gigs for a living in Calgary about what they do to survive as artists. Through in-depth interviews with sixteen individuals and ethnographic analysis of the various activities that musicians do, this study reveals the diversity of orientations and ways in which musicians do musician work, and the profoundly important social context in which musicians are able to sustain themselves as cultural workers.en_US
dc.identifier.citationWall, L. (2016). Living in an Artistic Labour Market: The Experiences of Gig Musicians in Calgary (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26776en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/26776
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11023/3235
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.facultyGraduate Studies
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.subjectAnthropology--Cultural
dc.subject.classificationmusician labour marketsen_US
dc.subject.classificationcultural studiesen_US
dc.subject.classificationethnographic interviewsen_US
dc.titleLiving in an Artistic Labour Market: The Experiences of Gig Musicians in Calgary
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineSociology
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (MA)
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