CMNS 230 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Idd, Forego, Cultural Capital
9 Nov 2017
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Creative bc: independent body that has relationship with provincial government. Promote film and television and new media (game production) in bc thru tax incentives to promote those industries within bc. Governed by a board of directors and act as an independent agency rather than being run by government. Huge pools of voluntary free labour (the idol auditioner phenomenon) playing the roulette wheel to stardom. Tolerance of exploitive work conditions: pay dues, for your craft. Multiple: hold more than one job; lots of people will work for more than one company at a time or have different contracts among different employers. Precarious: work is irregular, seasonal or contracts short term. Requires high cultural capital: cultural workers tend to be highly educated, you need lots of education to be able to do this. Younger: lots of people lea(cid:448)e as they get older (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause they (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)it to the lo(cid:374)g hours a(cid:374)d the uncertainty of money and pay.
