«Remake the Globe!».An investigation into entertainment workers during the pandemic in Italy

Journal title SOCIOLOGIA DEL LAVORO
Author/s Mirco Di Sandro, Antonio Sanguinetti
Publishing Year 2024 Issue 2024/169
Language Italian Pages 17 P. 135-151 File size 350 KB
DOI 10.3280/SL2024-169007
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The article discusses some results of a survey concerning entertainment workers that had been carried out during the pandemic in Italy. When the application of the measures to suspend activities caused a systemic crisis in the labour market, it exacerbated the already existing critical issues. These resulted in mobilizations that brought about a recomposi-tion of interests in a sector characterized by individualism, self-entrepreneurship, precarious work and multiplicity of professions. The essay further analyses two relevant issues. First, what are the unifying requests that have contributed to overcoming the fragmentation. Sec-ond, what type of convergences was established. The requests ex-pressed by the workers displayed three different characteristics. Some claims were drawn toward an individual viewpoint. For others, the most important issue is sectoral improvement. Lastly, the third group pays more attention to a universalistic perspective.

Keywords: entertainment workers, precariat, social inquiry, pandemic, social inquiry, welfare

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Mirco Di Sandro, Antonio Sanguinetti, «Remake the Globe!». Un’inchiesta sui lavoratori dello spettacolo durante la pandemia in Italia in "SOCIOLOGIA DEL LAVORO " 169/2024, pp 135-151, DOI: 10.3280/SL2024-169007