Collaborative cultural leadership. Northern Ireland’s response to the COVID-19 crisis

John Wright; Ali FitzGibbon

doi:10.7765/9781526168375.00015

Collaborative cultural leadership. Northern Ireland’s response to the COVID-19 crisis

John Wright^*, Ali FitzGibbon

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School of Arts, English and Languages

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This chapter explores how the impact of Covid-19 on arts and cultural activity in Northern Ireland (NI) gave rise to collaborative approaches to leadership across the cultural sector. It draws principally from a series of practitioner interviews, observations, and discussions carried out in 2020 and 2021; combining the knowledge of organisational leaders with cultural freelancers and policymakers (both public body and government department).

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Pandemic culture: the impacts of Covid-19 on the UK cultural sector and implications for the future
Editors	Abigail Gilmore, Dave O'Brien, Ben Walmsley
Publisher	Manchester University Press
Chapter	6
Pages	163-184
Number of pages	22
ISBN (Electronic)	9781526168375
ISBN (Print)	9781526168351, 9781526168344
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.7765/9781526168375.00015
Publication status	Published - 25 Jun 2024

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General Business,Management and Accounting

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1 Active

R1283AEL: The Economic, Social, and Cultural impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Independent Arts Workers in the United Kingdom
Taroff, K. (PI) & FitzGibbon, A. (CoI)
14/12/2020 → …
Project: Research
R1386HAP: Interdisciplinary study: Social anthropology/Management & business studies
Tsioulakis, I. (PI) & FitzGibbon, A. (CoI)
22/06/2020 → 31/12/2020
Project: Research

The Economic, Social, and Cultural Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Independent Arts Workers in the United Kingdom: Freelancers in the Dark, Survey Data, 2020-2021
Harris, L. (Creator), FitzGibbon, A. (Creator) & Edelman, J. (Creator), Queen's University Belfast, 05 Feb 2024
DOI: 10.5255/UKDA-SN-856883, https://reshare.ukdataservice.ac.uk/856883/
Dataset
Theatre Freelancers & COVID-19 Policy Timeline
FitzGibbon, A. (Creator), Harris, L. (Creator) & Young, A. (Contributor), Queen's University Belfast, 21 Nov 2023
DOI: 10.5255/UKDA-SN-857056, https://reshare.ukdataservice.ac.uk/857056/ and one more link, https://cdn.knightlab.com/libs/timeline3/latest/embed/index.html?source=1gietW2NLCPqjjx87Nyq7LD1rkyEMHeNBkB57Yyk94T4&font=Default&lang=en&initial_zoom=2&height=650 (show fewer)
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2 Oral presentation
1 Participation in conference
1 Membership of network
1 Invited talk

Cultural Policy Observatory Ireland (External organisation)
FitzGibbon, A. (Vice Chair)
10 Nov 2025 → …
Activity: Membership types › Membership of network
Hope is a Variegated Thing - online talk for Work Futures Institute, Uni of Southampton
FitzGibbon, A. (Invited speaker) & Harris, L. (Invited speaker)
10 Jul 2023
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
International Federation for Theatre Research
FitzGibbon, A. (Speaker)
12 Jul 2021 → 16 Jul 2021
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference

4 Article
2 Commissioned report
1 Other report

Ways of hoping: variegated hope among theatre freelancers during COVID-19
Harris, L. & FitzGibbon, A., 31 Mar 2025, (Early online date) In: European Journal of Cultural Studies . 19 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
File
6 Downloads (Pure)
Freelancers in the Dark: The Economic, Cultural, and Social Impact of Covid-19 on UK Theatre Workers Final Report
Maples, H., Klich, R., Edelman, J., Taroff, K., FitzGibbon, A., Rowson, J., Harris, L. & Young, A., 27 May 2022
Research output: Book/Report › Other report

Open Access
File
Making it up: adaptive approaches to bringing freelance cultural work to a cultural ecologies discourse
FitzGibbon, A. & Tsioulakis, I., Oct 2022, In: European Urban and Regional Studies. 29, 4, p. 461-478 18 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
File
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Pandemic culture: the impacts of Covid-19 on the UK cultural sector and implications for the future. ed. / Abigail Gilmore; Dave O'Brien; Ben Walmsley. Manchester University Press, 2024. p. 163-184.

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