The digital world of work – Art/Culture/Industry 4.0
subtitle: working conditions, requirements of the new vocational skills, reform of education and training systems, employment trends and income distribution in society
Day 1 (August 5): Afternoon: Registration and from 16.00 – 17.30: INTRODUCTION TO THE THEME
- WHY we discuss this topic, and WHAT does it have to do with our daily work. Lector Leen La Rivière, NL;
- We build on the outcomes of the CA seminars of 2016 and 2015; a condensed overview and we do that in the context of the EU, what is Europe. Lector Prof. Evert van de Pol, France + Belgium. Europe will be continued on August 8;
- We go into small groups, forming communities for contact and discussions. Lector Judith Stevenson, UK.
Day 2 (August 6): Morning part 1 (9.00 – 10.30): working conditions, Lector TBA:
- In the arts/culture sector we go from employment to selfemployed. It creates health risks, huge time pressures, breakup of families;
- How to arrange health insurance;
- How to arrange your retirement;
- What means social security for the selfemployed (is there any?);
- How to handle your family responsabilities (including paying for kids studies);
- How to not be an island/work alone, or create a criativo vaccum…
LECTURE + DISCUSSIONS
Day 2 (August 6) Morning part 2 (11.00 – 12.30): requirements of the new vocational skills, Lector Prof. Ward Roofthooft (Belgium) ADDED:
- Besides study of the instrument, dance, painting and such we need management and entrepeneurial skills;
- How to work with agencies, managers, bookers-coaches;
- How to keep in touch with changing legislation for our sector, including internet, copyrights and such;
- How to fund further training in the lifelong learning mode…
LECTURE + DISCUSSIONS
Day 2 (August 6) Afternoon part 1 (14.00 – 15.30): reform of education and training systems, Lector Dr. Paul Fransen (Netherlands) ADDED:
- Besides study of the instrument, dance, painting and such we need management and entrepeneurial skills;
- How to work with trained managers (as teamwork?), bookers in the arts scene;
- Vocational training is needed… do we have good masters (in the sector arts/culture);
- The importance of social skills;
- Importance of not losing ones identity within the whole brand new shape of society/world: knowledge of the real self, balancing the oughtself and never forgetting the vocational self => self development/knowledge (coming back to what Paul Donders said, need to take a pause to think and plan…);
- The artist as teacher, being part of the reform…
LECTURE +INTERVIEW + DISCUSSIONS
Day 2 (August 6) Afternoon part 2 (16.00 – 17.00): employment trends, Lector Dr.Geoffrey Stevenson (UK) ADDED:
- There is a strong trend in general from employment to self-employment. What are the blessings and what are the curses of these changes; If Employed: less protection, you are vulnerable, do more for less money; if Self-employed: becoming slaves of yourselves to get a minimum income;
- The effects of the flexabilization of society (local, family, city, etc);
- How to deal with burn-out;
- How to work around cliques;
- More and more we see digitalization in the sector arts/culture. Does that mean fewer jobs? Or does it create new jobs?
- The internet and multiple artistic identities: are they a way to reach different audiences, or a recipe for split personality disorders?
- How to remain valid/relevant as an older/mature artist;
- Not losing one’s ‘vocational self’: Understanding the difference between ought self, real self and vocational self, and find balance; Developing your calling with ‘eyes wide open’; The desire for ‘success’ and being truthful about motives; Dealing with disappointment and turning points caused by ‘closed doors’; Balancing artistic freedom with pleasing / selling to audiences…
LECTURE +INTERVIEW + DISCUSSIONS
Day 2 (August 6) Afternoon part 3 (17.00 – 18.00): small group meetings
Day 3 (August 7) Morning part 1 (9.00 – 10.30): income distribution in society, Lector Prof. Lasma Dobele (Latvia) ADDED:
- Selfemployment seems to work for the high and very high educated. But what about the blue color levels??? Too many bad examples here of misuse till modern slavery;
- Some workers in the arts/culture get as well income from copyrights, etc. Here is a growing pressure for a reform of the copyright laws into open source. The dangers: loss of income out of copyrighs;
- Discussion about the values of society e.a your values in the midst of this society; this includes views on family. This includes TOO the spiritual well-being of the persons;
- There is a cultural-economical-political elite who decides so much (too much); how to work around these blockades;
- Arts and culture shape society/are the lungs of society: if income is cut off/reduced to minimum (as it is in process in many countries), like lungs deprived of air, what future for society?
- Where are the trade unions today? How can an artist be part of this protection? …
LECTURE + DISCUSSIONS