11 articles in this issue
Laura Gröndahl, S.E. Wilmer
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Cecilie Ullerup Schmidt
As freelance workers are living in inconstancy and increasing social isolation, a crucial question arises: how can solidarity be reclaimed through a critique of structural precarity? Precarity as a consequence of neoliberal working conditions is analysed ... see more
Ott Karulin
The core question of this article is to what extent has the state set securing cultural democracy (vs. the democratisation of culture as defined by François Matarasso and Charles Landry1[1]) in the performing arts in Estonia as its policy goal. In Estonia... see more
Madli Pesti, Kristiina Reidolv
The article gives an insight into the theatre system of Estonia, the development of the system in the turmoil of history and the current situation in the 21st century.The first part of the article looks back at the period of 30 years: what happened with t... see more
Heili Einasto, Evelin Lagle
Estonian contemporary dance emerged in the early 1990s outside established theatre institutions. Since then, it has existed in a project-based format, which means that though dance artists can receive funding for preparing projects, there is no financial ... see more
Jurgita Staniškyte
A considerable decreasing number of visitors to artistic and cultural institutions, which in certain European countries has dropped 50%, the unfavourable demographic situation, receding public finances, the growing competitive ability of user-oriented, in... see more
Marjatta Häti-Korkeila, Laura Gröndahl
ABSTRACTThe transition to a freelance employment policy from permanent working contracts has had various repercussions on artistic practices in Finnish theatres. This article examines the changes that have taken place in the working culture of statutory f... see more
Laura Pekkala, Riku Roihankorpi
The article analyzes how money interacts with the practices and organizational activities of independent theatres in Finland in the 2010s. It discusses what kind of development the interaction entails or favors in the wider context of Finnish cultural pol... see more
Teemu Paavolainen
The article analyzes two Finnish theatre adaptations of Fanny och Alexander, by Ingmar Bergman, and Rauta-aika, by Paavo Haavikko, premiered in 2010 and 2011 respectively. The key question is, how the two works brought the filmic originals’ wealth of mate... see more
Janne Tapper
My article, “Performance-in-Business: Armi Ratia’s Marimekko”, examines what happens to artistic performance in the concept of arts-in-business. In theatre and artistic performance, artistic thinking has traditionally been considered primary over economic... see more
Avra Sidiropoulou
Norway’s best-known contemporary playwright Jon Fosse has often been compared to Henrik Ibsen, no less because of the two dramatists’ common emphasis on their native physical landscape as a mirror of the protagonists’ emotional and existential conflict. I... see more