The Covid-19 pandemic has radically changed the working conditions of cultural workers, especially for those whose work involves physical attendance. At the same time, several cultural policy measures have been implemented to help the cultural sector during the pandemic. The purpose of this article is to analyze cultural workers’ responses to the pandemic working situation and to corona-specific cultural policies. To this end, a moral economy perspective is applied. Moral economy is a perspective that views economic activities, in the broad sense, through a moral and not just a material lens. It has to do with how moral sentiments and norms govern what is seen as acceptable or unacceptable economic behavior in different spheres of activity. The vast bulk of research on cultural workers has mainly emphasized the symbolic and material dimensions of their motivations. However, recently there has also been a growing interest in the moral motivations of cultural workers. The analysis is based on two different empirical materials. First, it draws on 57 interviews with professional musicians in Norway. All the interviews were carried out during the pandemic, more specifically between August 2020 and February 2021. Second, the analysis focuses on one of the most heightened public debates that arose as a response to corona cultural policy (i.e., the implementation of a stimulation scheme for the cultural sector). The article concludes that the pandemic has revealed the presence of two conflicting moral outlooks in the understanding of cultural workers and cultural policy.
Røyseng, Sigrid; Stavrum, Heidi & Vinge, John (2022)
Musikerne, bransjen og samfunnet
Cappelen Damm Akademisk.
Booth, Peter & Røyseng, Sigrid (2022)
Artists and Online Dissemination: An Analysis of Positions and Position-Takings
This article analyzes visual artists’ response to online sales and dissemination technologies by mapping the range of corresponding positions and position-takings by professional artists in Norway. We consider whether artists’ responses align with traditional logics of artistic consecration identified in Bourdieu’s accounts of the field of cultural production, and how these responses correspond to Rogers’ theory of diffusion of innovations. Employing multiple correspondence analysis, we find position-takings toward online sales and dissemination can be structured by a dimension differentiating between technology-oriented optimism and techno-skepticism, between high and neutral levels of risk aversion toward online technologies, and thirdly between technology adopters and those still at an intentional stage.
This article investigates the symbolic boundaries that are at play in controversies over public art projects and the criteria different groups of actors, (e.g. artists, art experts, bureaucrats, and local communities), use when evaluating public art. This investigation shed light on how art, artistic autonomy, and public spaces are subject to ”boundary struggles” in which the identities and worth of different social groups and the value of art in society are negotiated. Based on case studies of two public art projects that were rejected before their completion, – and by tracing the media coverage of the public debates these cases generated, – this analysis reveals that the ways art is understood vary considerably between representatives of the artistic field and those outside of it. It is argued that insights into such struggles can inform cultural policy in the narrow and wide sense. It is valuable to gain insight into how ‘ordinary people’ value and draw boundaries around art, as cultural policy research has primarily attended to the perspectives of public authorities and professional actors in the artistic field.
Røyseng, Sigrid (2021)
Seksuell trakassering i høyere musikkutdanning i lys av #metoo
NMH-publikasjoner
Røyseng, Sigrid (2021)
The Cartesian Paradox in Norwegian Cultural Policy
The aim of this article is to study the effects of performance measurement on professional autonomy in the Norwegian theater sector and how these effects have changed over two decades, from the 1990s to the 2010s. We do this by introducing the concepts of decoupling and disciplinary power and by studying the dialogue between five case theaters and the Ministry of Culture as part of the system of Management by Objectives. We find effects both related to processes of decoupling and disciplinary power in this period, but the decoupling effects seem to be most notable in the first part of the period of the study. Consequently, we must also conclude that - though not totally in danger - the professional autonomy of the theaters was increasingly challenged during this period.
Røyseng, Sigrid & Stavrum, Heidi (2020)
Fields of gold: Reflections on the research relations of the cultural policy researcher
This article discusses the methodological implications of the relations we have to our object of study as cultural policy researchers. We ask: What research relations we typically are part of and what social dimensions structure these relations? These questions are discussed by comparing field experiences from two cultural forms that can be characterized as polar opposites when it comes to the degree to which they are legitimized: contemporary opera and dance bands. We suggest that four dimensions are especially relevant to help ‘unpack’ the relations we typically find ourselves in as cultural policy researchers; cultural hierarchy, research conditions, geography and, gender and age. The coexistence of these dimensions means that the cultural policy researcher regularly finds him/herself in complex situations that we suggest should be analysed in terms of the ways in which, and the extent to which, we develop roles as insiders – or outsiders – in the field
Booth, Peter; Ogundipe, Anne & Røyseng, Sigrid (2019)
In the context of the shift towards participatory practices within museums, museum engagement with social media represents a form of organizational change. This study approaches social media and the corresponding organizational change from a museum leader’s perspective, utilizing data from a broad crosssection of 82 museums in Norway. We address how the characteristics of a museum and its leader impact social media attitudes, behaviors and intention towards social media-based change. Combining factor analysis and clustering techniques, we identify four museum leader ‘types’ who are primarily defined by their (1) perception of museum benefits from social media, (2) perception of own and museum support in social media activities, (3) perception of conflicts that arise from social media usage, and (4) social media-related values. With museums being asked to more fully embrace the participatory potential of social media, this study points to significant differences in readiness to change across museum leaders.
Røyseng, Sigrid (2019)
The social contract of artists in the era of cultural industries
Digitale handlingsmønstre i kunst- og museumssektoren - om forbrukere, museumsledere og kunstnere. DnD-rapport nr. 5
[Report]. BI Centre for Creative Industries.
Karlsen, Sidsel; Røyseng, Sigrid, Vinge, John, Marnburg, Marianne Lie, Sandåg, Magnus Johnsen, Skrebergene, Simen, Thorsnes, Halvor Halset, Ådnøy, Elisabet Voll & Aarsland, Anna Kirstine (2020)
How to conduct research-integrated teaching and learning in higher music education? An invitation to a discussion
[Academic lecture]. Nordic Network of Music Education Research.
Røyseng, Sigrid & Eidsvold-Tøien, Irina (2019)
Rapport om kunstnerundersøkelser
[Report]. Kulturdepartementet.
Røyseng, Sigrid (2019)
Rejection of Public Art
[Academic lecture]. Guest lecture.
Røyseng, Sigrid (2019)
The Role of Artists in the Transformation of Norwegian Economy
[Academic lecture]. Guest lecture.
Røyseng, Sigrid (2018)
Rejection of public art
[Academic lecture]. The 10th International Conference on Cultural Policy Research.
Booth, Peter; Røyseng, Sigrid & Ogundipe, Anne (2018)
Museums on social media: a typology of their leaders’ attitudes, behaviors, and strategies
[Academic lecture]. 20th International Conference on Cultural Economics, ACEI.
Røyseng, Sigrid (2018)
Sexual harassment and industry culture in the film and theatre industries
[Academic lecture]. The 9th Nordic Work Life Conference.
Røyseng, Sigrid (2018)
Institutional logics, bodily practices and embodied identities.
[Academic lecture]. Scancor seminar.
Røyseng, Sigrid (2017)
Kroppsliggjort historie møter moderne ledelsesfilosofi - en analyse av institusjonelle logikker i ballettens verden
[Academic lecture]. NEON-konferansen 2017.
Røyseng, Sigrid (2017)
Publication strategies – why, what, where and how?
[Academic lecture]. The 8th Nordic Conference on Cultural Policy Research.
Røyseng, Sigrid (2017)
The Role of the Artist in the Creative Industries
[Academic lecture]. Entrepreneurship in Music – Between Artistic Autonomy and Economic Reality.
De Paoli, Donatella; Røyseng, Sigrid & Wennes, Grete (2016)
Hva kan ledere lære av teateret?
[Popular scientific article]. BI Business Review
Wennes, Grete; Røyseng, Sigrid & De Paoli, Donatella (2016)
Wennes, G., Røyseng, S. and De Paoli, D. (2016) Changing values in the public art sector? Rethinking leadership in the arts towards value-based leadership. Paper presentert på ‘International Studies Leadership Conference’ (ISLC), 11 – 13 December 2016, Edinburgh
[Academic lecture]. International Studies Leadership Conference.
De Paoli, Donatella; Røyseng, Sigrid & Wennes, Grete (2016)
Embodiment, space and technology in the leadership of theatre productions
[Academic lecture]. ABC - Colloquia.
Røyseng, Sigrid (2016)
Dansens plass i norsk kulturpolitikk
Øverås Svendal, Sigrid (red.). Bevegelser - Norsk dansekunst i 20 år
Røyseng, Sigrid (2016)
Assessment of artistic quality in the era of New Public Management
[Academic lecture]. ICCPR International Conference on Cultural Policy Research.
Røyseng, Sigrid (2015)
Closing speech
[Academic lecture]. The 7th Conference on Cultural Policy Research.
Røyseng, Sigrid (2015)
Profesjonsutøveres ytringsfrihet og fusjonsprosesser i offentlig sektor
[Academic lecture]. The 7th Nordic Conference on Cultural Policy Research.
Røyseng, Sigrid; De Paoli, Donatella & Wennes, Grete (2015)
Decoupled, Disciplined or Both? The Effects of the System of Management by Objectives in Norwegian Theatres
[Academic lecture]. NIT 2015.
Røyseng, Sigrid & Kleppe, Bård (2015)
Sexual harassment and charismatic authority in the theatre world