Affective qualities of creative labour

Zelmarie Cantillon; Sarah Baker

doi:10.5117/9789462988118

Affective qualities of creative labour

Zelmarie Cantillon
, Sarah Baker

Western Sydney University

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Abstract

Creative labour is highly individualized, notoriously precarious, and characterized by flexibility, insecurity, and irregularity, along with long hours and low pay. These circumstances increase the likelihood of exploitation. At the same time, creative labour has affective qualities" pleasures as well as pressures. This chapter explores how the working conditions within the creative industries are affectively experienced through three case studies.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Making Media: Production, Practices, and Professions
Editors	Mark Deuze, Mirjam Prenger
Place of Publication	Netherlands
Publisher	Amsterdam University Press
Pages	287-296
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Electronic)	9789048540150
ISBN (Print)	9789462988118
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5117/9789462988118
Publication status	Published - 2019

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SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

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cultural industries
work environment

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