Socioekonomski položaj in preživetvene strategije slovenskih samozaposlenih v kulturi

Abstract

In an empirical study conducted in the last third of 2012 and repeated in the first third of 2018, we analyzed the position of self-employed people in the cultural sector in Slovenia. Special attention was paid to the study of the socio-economic position of the self-employed, their survival strategies and the influence of the daily struggle for survival on creativity. In this paper we summarize the results of the data analysis obtained through structured online interviews and semi-structured face-to-face interviews. From the results, we find that the current nature of government support for the self-employed in the culture is inadequate. Improvements are needed mainly in the direction of recognizing greater social rights, taking into account the specifics of the status and special working conditions of the self-employed in the cultural sector, as well as in the direction of re-evaluating the criteria for artistic achievements.

Keywords

• self-employed in culture
• socioeconomic position
• survival strategies
• qualitative research
• interview