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Exploring how formal and informal education initiatives and training systems in the US, UK and Australia seek to achieve a socially diverse workforce, this insightful book offers a series of detailed case studies to reveal the initiative and ingenuity shown by today's young people as they navigate entry into creative fields of work. Young People's Journeys into Creative Work acknowledges the new and diverse challenges faced by today's youth as they look to enter employment. Chapters trace the rise of indie work, aspirational labour, economic precarity, and the disruptive effects of digital technologies, to illustrate the oinventive ways in which youth from varied socio-economic and cultural backgrounds enter into work in film, games production, music, and the visual arts. From hip-hop to new media arts, the text explores how opportunities for creative work have multiplied in recent years as digital technologies open new markets, new scenes, and new opportunities for entrepreneurs and innovation. This book will be of great interest to researchers, academics and postgraduate students in the fields of youth studies, careers guidance, media studies, vocational education and sociology of education.Product Identifiers
PublisherTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN-139780367777432
eBay Product ID (ePID)21049028168
Product Key Features
Number of Pages160 Pages
Publication NameYoung People's Transitions Into Creative Work: Navigating Challenges and Opportunities
LanguageEnglish
SubjectEconomics, Coaching & Career Guidance, Self-Study, Education
Publication Year2021
TypeTextbook
AuthorBen Kirshner, S Craig Watkins, Julian Sefton-Green
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height229 mm
Item Weight245 g
Item Width152 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorJulian Sefton-Green, S Craig Watkins, Ben Kirshner
