Struggling, Forgotten, and Under Pressure: A Scoping Review of Experiences of Sex Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Archives of Sexual Behavior, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 52(5), P. 1969 - 2010

Published: June 13, 2023

The COVID-19 pandemic profoundly affected physical, mental, and economic well-being across the globe has disproportionately certain vulnerable groups. This paper provides a scoping review of literature on impact sex workers, published between December 2019 2022. Six databases were systematically searched, identifying 1009 citations; 63 studies included in review. Thematic analysis revealed eight main themes: financial issues; exposure to harm; alternate ways working; knowledge, protective behaviors, fear, risk; well-being, mental health, coping; access support; health care; research with workers. COVID-associated restrictions led reduced work income, leaving many workers struggling cover basic needs; additionally, government protections excluded those working informal economy. Fearing loss their already number clients, felt compelled compromise both prices measures. Although some engaged online work, this raised concerns about visibility was impossible for without technological or skills. Many feared COVID-19, but pressure continue working, often clients who refused wear masks share history. Other negative impacts related support care. Marginalized populations (and especially professions which require close contact like workers) need further capacity-building within community recover from COVID-19.

Language: Английский

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Navigating belonging: mobilities of Japanese artists in (post) COVID-19 Berlin

Mobilities, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 1 - 15

Published: Jan. 19, 2025

Language: Английский

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Artist’s perspectives and creative methods for online multi-sensory performances during and after COVID-19: a qualitative interview study

International Journal of Performance Arts and Digital Media, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 1 - 25

Published: April 8, 2024

The realm of multi-sensory performances engages various senses and frequently promotes audience participation, aiming to foster immersive inclusive arts-based experiences. evolution this field saw accelerated advancements during the COVID-19 pandemic. This article aims explore creative methods choreographers employ overcome challenges creating experiences for online or remote audiences. In doing so, study emphasises exploring intricacies artistic rather than evaluating effectiveness specific methods. Engaging six international artists in dance, theatre, visual arts, music, research employs reflexive thematic analysis an interpretivist stance. Artists used pre-recorded audio, live calls, apps, sensory boxes engage Creative encompassed utilisation imagination, co-presence, objects recreate advantages work include increased accessibility, but lack shared physical space, which can affect mental well-being hinder collaboration rehearsals. explores complexities experiences, providing practical guidance navigating evolving expression landscape. It contributes richness practice enhances broader discourse on participatory

Language: Английский

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To Perform or Not to Perform: Exploring the Impact of COVID‐19 on Aotearoa New Zealand's Performing Arts Sector

The Journal of Creative Behavior, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Oct. 26, 2024

ABSTRACT This article explores narratives of how COVID‐19 impacted the performing arts sector, by drawing on interviews with creative workers in Aotearoa New Zealand. Despite late exposure to and adoption an elimination approach that afforded opportunities for continue varying extents between 2019 2022, cultural Zealand, as their overseas counterparts, experienced significant consequential disruption working conditions lives. Taking into account specificity Zealand's sector government's response, contributes empirical examination experiences teasing out impact from workers. The thematic analysis demonstrates participants presented (1) responsible financial, emotional, psychological costs, (2) framed arising disrupted wage subsidy “silver linings,” (3) were reliant digital technologies, (4) constructed return “normal” marked “aftermath.” argues uniting these perceptions articulations is ongoing (re)evaluations risks benefits predate COVID‐19.

Language: Английский

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“It’s been a roller coaster”: insights from performing artists on the COVID-19 pandemic and cultural policy

Cultural Trends, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 1 - 17

Published: July 12, 2023

Before COVID-19, the cultural sector was already in crisis – suffering from precarious labour conditions, intersectional inequalities and insufficient public funding. During pandemic, performing artists, particularly self-employed, were hit hardest due to difficulties of adapting their work digital audiences, fragile unstable economic situation, limited financial support available them. This article examines a sociological standpoint how pandemic has affected artists London Buenos Aires. We discuss, through online in-depth interviews focus groups, strategies that 73 self-employed workers (musicians, actors, dancers, opera singers circus artists) have deployed cope with crisis. Suggestions are made about policy can best recovery arts post-pandemic, while also reflecting on what our findings reveal prospects future Argentina UK.

Language: Английский

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Creatively Adapting Touch-Based Practices to the Web Format During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Systematic Review

Journal of Medical Internet Research, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 25, P. e46355 - e46355

Published: Sept. 20, 2023

The COVID-19 pandemic forced numerous touch-based fields, including manual therapy, body psychotherapy, arts creative practices, and the fitness industry, to swiftly transition web-based service delivery. These disciplines faced substantial challenges in adapting their traditionally in-person which rely heavily on physical touch close proximity, a web format.

Language: Английский

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Arts Communication Model: The Development of Performing Arts through Empowering Cultural Art-Based Tourism

Harmonia Journal of Arts Research and Education, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 23(2), P. 318 - 332

Published: Dec. 30, 2023

Indonesia has many traditional’s arts. However, not all Indonesian people treat them to protect sacred objects since art is considered as a finished cultural product. Considering that the performing arts have been well communicated for providing and empowering community’s benefits except home entertainment stage performances, this research aims create model of communication through art-based tourism. The method used qualitative approach creative artwork using RD by analyzing various in West Java, collaborating on art’s packaged form tourist performance, field tests are carried out performances areas, festivals. This resulted workflow developing products tourism spaces arrive at communication. An important contribution from perspective understanding value relations between actors their public. Social, cultural, economic, political, educational, environmental, tourism’s values become meaningful references creating sustainable development.

Language: Английский

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Understanding the factors that affected the resilience of performing arts workers during the COVID-19 pandemic

Cultural Trends, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 33(5), P. 542 - 561

Published: July 28, 2023

Similar to a number of arts and cultural sector industries, the COVID-19 pandemic deeply affected performing sector. Whilst research has focused on impact industry freelance workers artists during lockdowns, this article investigates how resilience permanently employed in (not performers or artists) based England, UK as re-opened 2021/22. Utilising qualitative approach (via semi-structured interviews), paper establishes factors that these England explores effect COVID-19-related closures subsequent re-openings workers. The study finds participants reported maladaptive coping behaviours rather than described discomfort at having be personally resilient absence organisational resilience.

Language: Английский

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Water hyacinth biomass valorization: fostering biodiversity and sustainable development in the bioeconomy

Elsevier eBooks, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 445 - 474

Published: Oct. 6, 2023

Language: Английский

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Challenges faced by Korean artists: Job insecurity, economic constraints, calling, and career adaptability

Cogent Psychology, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 10(1)

Published: Nov. 2, 2023

This study applied the Psychology of Working Theory (PWT) to Korean artists and explored whether job insecurity economic constraints sequentially predicted decent work how they were related through mediators living a calling career adaptability. A sample 252 in Korea was used for structural equation modeling. According findings, work, whereas adaptability mediated path insecurity, leading work. Additionally, revealed that significantly impacted can be considered protective factors development process artists. Considering COVID-19 has made it more difficult develop their careers, conducting research applies PWT have practical implications at counseling psychology policy levels.

Language: Английский

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