Mayday, Mayday, Mayday! Moving from European discourses on the precarious and art to the realities of contemporary dance

In this article, we encapsulate several key debates in sociology, cultural and arts politics and the media industry on precarious work since its emergence at the turn of the twenty-first century. After setting out the fundamental discourses on precarity, we concentrate on contemporary dance artists as precarious workers and investigate the extent to which different levels of precarity affect them, distinguishing relevant aspects related to socio-economic, mental and physical precarity. We propose that the nature of their work is integrally connected with the 'precarious'. To close, we conclude that protest against precarity itself is of a precarious nature

Artistic labor and precarity : lessons from the Brussels’ contemporary dance scene

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Why ‘citizen populism’ is unlikely to provide an answer to Europe’s democratic challenges

The rise of online communication has led to a fundamental shift in the way democracy functions. Rudi Laermans and Anton Jäger argue that a central component of modern European democracy is the split between ‘people’s populism’ and ‘citizen populism’. Both variants of populism, though built on radically different philosophies, share a goal of fostering direct links between citizens and policymakers. Yet without effective intermediaries to help facilitate interest formation processes, it is questionable whether these approaches can meet the challenges of the contemporary world

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Hedendaagse dans tussen eigenheid en beleid

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Over kritiek en kritische essayistiek

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Twee gesprekken met Jimmie Durham

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Artistiek zijn is geen kunst: kanttekeningen bij het lopende debat over sociaal-artistieke praktijken

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