Mark Taylor’s research while affiliated with The University of Sheffield and other places

... However, the abovementioned scholars have acknowledged that these theories need to be supplemented and adjusted, as demonstrated by quantitative studies on cultural tastes conducted in various locations worldwide at different times (e.g. Bennett et al., 2009;Flemmen et al., 2018;O'Brien and Ianni, 2023;Hanquinet, 2013;Hanquinet and Taylor, 2025). ...

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Deconstructing the map of the paradigm struggle: tracing a nationwide debate on “I do not get it” in Art Magazine (Meishu)

... The cultural sector proves to be a demanding work environment, characterised by a sense of overwhelming responsibilities, insufficient access to vital resources, and constrained ability to address urgent issues. Employees feel compelled to handle an ever-increasing workload without adequate support (Feder et al., 2024). This scenario not only jeopardises the quality of work but also threatens the mental well-being of employees in these organisations (van den Eynde, Fisher & Sonn, 2016). ...

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Untapped Skills. Blockages to the Professional Development Paths in the Cultural Sector

... Domestically, our work has led to a range of benefits and challenges to implement art as a tool of soft and hard power to convey the big call for local health reform progressive work. Before elaborating on the specifics of artistic practices as tools for guiding the broader reform process, this paper provides essential technical foundations [3,4]. ...

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Art As a Catalyst for Community Health Awareness

... Banks et al., 2013;Simon, 2012), these primarily manifest in relation to the external environment of these organizations: opening to increasingly diverse recipient groups and their needs, expanding the diversity of exhibited works, and developing broad cooperation (Kemp & Poole, 2016;Simon, 2010;Wiggins, 2004). Although equally important, questions about quality of work conditions and professionalization of cultural workforce remain largely unanswered (Balwin & Ackerson, 2017;Banks, 2017;Bilton, 2015;Brook et al., 2020). ...

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In the labyrinth of culture. Professional development paths for public cultural organizations' workers

... Yet early indications were that the 'new normal' of pandemic life was much like the 'old normal' of an art and cultural audience characterised by significant inequality. A report analysing data from two large-scale surveys of cultural consumption patterns in the UK suggested that the 'digital pivot' prompted by the pandemic did not open up avenues of participation to new audiences previously unengaged in cultural activity, but simply shifted existing audiences online (Feder, T. et al. 2021;Redmond 2021). ...

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Managing for Accessibility and Inclusion

... With respect to 'opportunity hoarding', it is far from obvious that Anoosh's parents would be expected to deploy their resource advantages to prevent the 'downward mobility' she has experienced. Indeed, research on creative professions is often concerned with the opposite expectation -that privileged parents will exploit their resources to assist their offspring in accessing creative jobs, thereby potentially blocking talented youngsters from more humble backgrounds from accessing these prestigious roles (Brook, 2023). ...

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Falling sideways? Social status and the true nature of elite downward mobility

... Art's greatest asset is its capacity to generate empathy for experiences and attitudes that are innately human, challenging the audience to confront, consider, and value the lives of those they would otherwise dismiss or squander. Deconstruction of preconceptions and stereotypes, racial, economic, social, and political narratives are the daily bread of artistic and literary works, often aiming to provoke reflection on ethical or moral values [7,8]. ...

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The Intersection of Artistic Freedom and Medical Ethics

... These structural inequalities were further exacerbated by the closure of schools, nurseries, and other support infrastructures during the lockdown, which blurred the boundaries between work, family, and personal time placing disproportionate pressure on women (Charlap 2021;Landour et al. 2023). This finding resonates with broader evidence of gendered inequalities documented in cultural consumption (Feder et al. 2023;Ludvigsen et al. 2023), leisure time (Roberts 2020;Roy 2024), mobility patterns (Luong, Barnett, and Aledavood 2023), and communication practices (Ohme et al. 2020). Furthermore, previous research based on mobile phone data showed that women returned to prepandemic rhythms -such as circadian cycles, mobility, and communication -more slowly than men (Reisch et al. 2021). ...

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Disruptions in Music Listening Behaviors During Lockdowns

... How the sector connects with the corporate world, or how it relates to the broader societal power structure is not a central concern (although see Gulbrandsen 2020). Additionally, there is a growing body of work on civil society elites in Europe (Johansson and Meeuwisse 2024a;Johansson and Uhlin 2020;O'Brien Rees, and Taylor 2022), but as Johansson and Meeuwisse (2024b) note, the focus of this work is similarly on elites of civil society, as opposed to elites in civil society, which is the focus here. ...

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Elite Status‐Seeking and Class Reproduction in Civil Society: An Analysis of Corporate Elite Appointments to Charity Boards

... Some have pointed out that more attention should be paid to the demand side of such a process, about which data lack, even though it is strictly connected with the design of the offer, being culture an experience good (Radermecker 2021). In fact, with few exceptions (see, for instance, Ceobanu et al. 2020;Feder et al. 2021), it seems that research has overlooked the ways in which covid-19 may have affected demand for cultural experiences and in particular how so in relation to the digital dimension. To fill this gap, this research explores the ways in which cultural experiences of cultural institutions have been impacted by the covid-induced digitalisation of, jointly, production and consumption. ...

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Italian Cultural Institutions Across and Beyond Covid-19: Designing Digital Cultural Experiences in Extra-Ordinary Times