Challenges and Opportunities Experienced by Performing Artists during COVID-19 Lockdown: Scoping Review
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This scoping review synthesises published literature on the experiences of professional and amateur performing artists during COVID-19 and their perceptions of the challenges and opportunities faced. Six electronic databases were searched for published English-language articles containing primary data on this topic; twenty-one studies were reviewed. Themes included loss of work, financial impact, concerns about the future, psychological wellbeing, social connections, continuing creative pursuits, and inequalities. Participants reported both detrimental psychological effects of lockdown such as anxiety and sleep problems and positive effects including reduced stress and enjoyment of having more free time. Most continued creative pursuits throughout lockdown, most commonly shifting to online platforms. However, many barriers to creative pursuits were reported, including lack of technological expertise or equipment. Concerns were raised about inequality, in particular racial disparities in the financial impact of the pandemic and additional pressures faced by performers with disabilities; with insufficient funds to afford the equipment needed to shift to remote performing; and with additional caring responsibilities. It is important that performing artists have access to peer support; that education on digital technologies is incorporated into future performing arts education; and that inequities are addressed to ensure the needs of diverse communities are met.
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SciScore for 10.1101/2022.02.23.22271390: (What is this?)
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Table 1: Rigor
Ethics not detected. Sex as a biological variable not detected. Randomization A random sample of approximately 10% of initial citations were also screened by the second author to ensure reliability of the screening process; any disagreements were discussed between the authors until consensus was reached. 2.4. Charting the Data: Data was extracted onto a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet containing the following headings: first author; year of publication; country of study; methodological design; number of participants; socio-demographic characteristics of participants; measures used; key results; conclusions; and limitations. Blinding not detected. Power Analysis not detected. Table 2: Resources
… SciScore for 10.1101/2022.02.23.22271390: (What is this?)
Please note, not all rigor criteria are appropriate for all manuscripts.
Table 1: Rigor
Ethics not detected. Sex as a biological variable not detected. Randomization A random sample of approximately 10% of initial citations were also screened by the second author to ensure reliability of the screening process; any disagreements were discussed between the authors until consensus was reached. 2.4. Charting the Data: Data was extracted onto a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet containing the following headings: first author; year of publication; country of study; methodological design; number of participants; socio-demographic characteristics of participants; measures used; key results; conclusions; and limitations. Blinding not detected. Power Analysis not detected. Table 2: Resources
Software and Algorithms Sentences Resources Identifying Relevant Studies: The authors designed the following search strategy: (coronavirus or covid* or sars-cov-2 or lockdown* or pandemic*) AND (performing art* or musician* or artist* or dancer* or actor* or actress* or creative art* or creative occupation* or singer* or performer* or entertainer* or entertainment industry) This strategy was used to search six electronic databases (Embase, Global Health, Medline, PsycInfo, Social Policy and Practice, and Web of Science) on November 30th 2021. Embasesuggested: (EMBASE, RRID:SCR_001650)Medlinesuggested: (MEDLINE, RRID:SCR_002185)PsycInfosuggested: (PsycINFO, RRID:SCR_014799)A random sample of approximately 10% of initial citations were also screened by the second author to ensure reliability of the screening process; any disagreements were discussed between the authors until consensus was reached. 2.4. Charting the Data: Data was extracted onto a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet containing the following headings: first author; year of publication; country of study; methodological design; number of participants; socio-demographic characteristics of participants; measures used; key results; conclusions; and limitations. Microsoft Excelsuggested: (Microsoft Excel, RRID:SCR_016137)Results from OddPub: We did not detect open data. We also did not detect open code. Researchers are encouraged to share open data when possible (see Nature blog).
Results from LimitationRecognizer: We detected the following sentences addressing limitations in the study:Limitations: Due to the timing of this review (conducted in November 2021), there was a lack of longitudinal work to be reviewed, with all data in the included studies collected in 2020 and most gathered early in the pandemic when social restrictions had only been in place for weeks or months. However, the review provides a useful snapshot of how performing artists experienced the pandemic-related lockdowns at their most severe. The next step for researchers in the field should be to consider the long-term effects of the pandemic on performing artists. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the majority of studies in this review were advertised and recruited for online. This is understandable given the context of the research, but automatically excludes those without internet access and those lacking the skills and technology to respond to online surveys or take part in remote interviews – which is problematic, given the concerns discussed about additional pressures of the pandemic for disadvantaged groups. Additionally, due to the fact that participation in most studies involved being online, samples were likely to be skewed toward those who had adapted at least somewhat to remote performing, and results may therefore not accurately capture the barriers experienced by others who had not. Many studies also had small sample sizes and were based on convenience samples, meaning results may not be generalisable to the wider performing arts population. In terms of our own review process, o...
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