Gender minorities and persons with disabilities defining their perpetrators at music festivals

Journal of Convention & Event Tourism, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown, С. 1 - 25

Опубликована: Фев. 6, 2025

Язык: Английский

Gender minorities at music festivals

International Journal of Event and Festival Management, Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Дек. 31, 2024

Purpose The purpose was to examine the prevalence and type of inappropriate behaviour gender minorities face how they perceive such behaviour. study is framed within Gidley et al .’s social inclusion model, indicating areas where actions are needed avoid exclusion. Design/methodology/approach research data comprised over 12,000 responses a web survey, which included 184 from minority members four in-depth, semi-structured interviews. were analysed using statistical methods interpretative phenomenological analysis. Findings About 59% had experienced behaviour, compared 34% female festival attendees. most common form towards harassment because gender, followed by sexual harassment, physically threatening situations appearance or clothing. Interviews against theoretical framework inclusion, determining experiences influenced access, participation empowerment. Practical implications Festivals must have unisex toilets. Safer space policies should be better communicated, more visible practical. Instead having one contact person, there whole team. Training personnel, particularly security staff, highly important. People reluctant report problems personnel since those might part problem. There among performers, workers, staff volunteers. Originality/value Studies on at festivals concentrated harassment. Gender hardly been studied, even though than any other group. Furthermore, typically grouped with their differ another. We applied hierarchical model in context music festivals. In doing so, we added knowledge attitudes practices that reduce endanger feelings

Язык: Английский

Towards Accessible Musical Performances in Virtual Reality: Designing a Conceptual Framework for Omnidirectional Audio Descriptions

Опубликована: Окт. 20, 2024

Язык: Английский