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SUMMARY:Mitchell Centre Seminar Series
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DESCRIPTION:David Jarman\, Edinburgh Napier University\n\nThe Strength of
  Festival Ties: a social network analysis of the 2014 Edinburgh Internat
 ional Science Festival\, and proposed ego network research in Edinburgh 
 and Leith.\n \nPolicy makers around the world proclaim their desire for 
 an 'eventful' economy that will benefit their cities and communities (Ri
 chards 2010\; Festivals Edinburgh 2012). An apparent corollary of this p
 rogress is the opening up of career opportunities for those with an inte
 rest in the production\, administration and mediation of these experienc
 es\, many of whom now possess academic qualifications in related fields 
 (Getz 2012). The forces shaping career opportunities in such economies a
 re subject to multiple influences and it is argued in this presentation 
 that they can be illustrated and perhaps better understood through socia
 l network analysis (SNA) methods. For the festival and event employee th
 is could highlight the importance of social networks and that sometimes 
 it is who you know (and their attributes) that counts. Meanwhile festiva
 l organisations might better recognise and perhaps value the multiple ti
 es and connections that exist between their employees\, and with those w
 orking elsewhere in the eventful economy.\n \nFestival and event stakeho
 lder analysis\, in turn\, has tended to focus on an abstracted and simpl
 ified approach that addresses these relationships by categorising organi
 sations and people (Getz et al 2007). Detail is lost as individuals are 
 subsumed into broader groups: suppliers\, venues\, audience members\, ho
 st communities and so on. More recent work has prioritised 'the locality
 ' as being the moral centre to an event's stakeholder relationships (Bos
 tok 2014). However\, SNA remains an underutilised approach that can offe
 r complementary methods to understanding this fundamental element of man
 agement\, in a dynamic and networked industry. Through these lenses the 
 means by which resources\, ideas and opportunities flow through the fest
 ival economy can be mapped\, potentially identifying the people most cen
 tral to the network and those who exist on its periphery (Scott 2013).\n
  \nThis paper will present data gathered through the Edinburgh Internati
 onal Science Festival (EISF) as they produce the 2014 event\, recruiting
  new staff and welcoming back previous employees\, to join the permanent
  workforce. The research will examine the data to show the relationships
  between the EISF staff\, as well as their connections to Edinburgh’s br
 oader festival and events community. The flow of information into and th
 rough the central organisation will be considered\, likewise the impacts
  of a festival period itself on this web of strong and weak ties. These 
 and other findings will be of interest to festival managers\, staff buil
 ding careers in the sector and researchers interested in a form of resea
 rch that has thus far seen limited application in the events field.\n \n
 Beyond this EISF research\, the presenter will build on recent publicati
 ons (Jarman et al 2014\; Jarman 2016) to consider future plans for ego n
 etwork research. With a focus on two people who are recognised as having
  prominence in the festival\, event and creative communities of Edinburg
 h and Leith\, the proposed research has the potential to again complemen
 t existing work in the event studies field. It is therefore timely that 
 recent publications have contributed to the growing popularity and acces
 sibility of ego network research (Prell 2012\; Crossley et al 2015\; Ric
 hards 2015).
STATUS:TENTATIVE
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CLASS:PUBLIC
LOCATION:G6\, Humanities Bridgeford Street\, Manchester
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