KNOWLEDGE

We create positive changes together

When we share knowledge and experiences, we can create positive changes together. By standing together, we stand stronger and can help each other build on top of the foundation that others have already created.

Here you will find Kunst & Kultur i Balance’s own publications as well as reports that shed light on everything from unequal pay conditions in the film and television industry to an overview of Danish museums’ purchases of works with a focus on artists’ binary gender and mysogyny in the English music industry.

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In futurum

In collaboration with In futurum, Kunst & Kultur i Balance has created a small series of videos, each addressing a specific theme and what considerations can be made to create change.

Does fear affect your working life?​

When working with change, fear can often be a big barrier. It is often easy to articulate which culture you would like to avoid, but far more difficult to know what will replace it. And then there is the fear of saying or doing something wrong. In many ways, then, fear can be a force of resistance.

How can we use privilege to create community?

Privileges is a word that we hear again and again – often in negative terms. But privileges can be used in the work of change, for example by allocating finances and time or by inviting new partners in and thus taking the lead.

How do we ensure that care has a place in the work for change?

Caring is intuitively associated with something positive – however, it is often not given the same kind of value as other forms of work. By having care as a focal point for meeting culture and conversations, you can begin the work of making care visible and thus recognised as a resource.

Our Argumentation Guide

For equality and diversity in the cultural and creative industries

The debate about abuse of power and sexism can be fierce and polarised, with many claims and just as many arguments. With the Argumentationsguiden, the ambition is to build bridges and take conversations about equality and abuse of power to non-polarised levels.

The guide is a translation and edited version of Balansekunst’s “Argumentasjonsguiden” from 2020. Balansekunst is Kunst & Kultur i Balance’s Norwegian sister organisation, which has worked to create equality and diversity in Norwegian cultural life since 2009. The figures and facts in the guide are passed on from the Norwegian version, but is relevant reading from a Danish perspective, as they shed light on and discuss problems that are also being worked on in Denmark. The guide also contains examples of exercises that teach you to recognise prevailing debate techniques.

Our Knowledge Manual

A foundation for creating diverse, fair, and inclusive organisations.

The Knowledge Manual forms a common knowledge foundation for actors in the art and culture industry and for the participants in the competence-building training course offered by Kunst & Kultur i Balance from 2020 to 2023.

The purpose of the manual is to create an evidence-based basis so that everyone can be co-creators of change in their own organisations and in cultural life as a whole. The manual provides knowledge and skills to reduce discrimination and cross-border behaviour with the ambition to promote diverse and inclusive workplaces and activities in the arts and cultural life.

Lived, Learned, Shared

On Accessibility, Equity and Inclusion: Insights from Nordic and Baltic Networking Conferences

In 2024 Kunst & Kultur i Balance teamed up with Norwegian Balansekunst in order to host two networking conferences for cultural workers from Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Lithuania. Lived, Learned, Shared is based on these two networking.

Lived, Learned, Shared combines honest and lived experience with practical tools. We believe that the valuable insights contributed by the participants and speakers — drawn from their lived experiences — paves the way for new learnings, methods and mindsets. In the guide you will find striking quotes and talking points from these dedicated professionals working within the the field of culture and inclusion. Lived, Learned, Shared map out core themes as well as structural, cultural, and practical obstacles we strive to overcome in pursuing accessibility, equity, and inclusion. Finally, the guide present mindsets and applicable methods from some of the speaker’s at the conferences.

Studies, articles and reports

This report presents a study on the prevalence of threats, violence, and harassment against artists and authors, conducted by Kulturanalys Norden in collaboration with eight artists’ organisations in Denmark, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden.

Threats, Violence and Harassment Against Artists and Authors in the Nordic Region

This report presents the results of the investigation and presents recommendations for the next steps if a Danish Fair Practice Code is to become a reality. Finally, the report mentions the international movement that is underway to ensure reasonable working and economic conditions for artists and cultural workers.

Fair Practice Kultur – En undersøgelse af et kodeks for kunst og kultur

Producentforeningen (Producer Association) works to increase diversity and inclusion in the Danish film and TV industry because this is of significant value for the overall society and encompasses a large creative and market-related potential. They have published this guide as inspiration for producers, both managers and employees, in their work for greater diversity and inclusion. 

Guide til diversitet og inklusion i film- og tv-produktion.

The purpose of this guide is to contribute to the creation of a respectful and professional working environment in the music industry. The guide is to help with the establishment of fixed boundaries and guidelines, which everybody in the industry can apply in the process of creating their own codex’s. 

Published by the Trygt Rum Netværket, which consist of 15 organisations. The guide is developed with the professional help of Lynn Roseberry, Ph.D and CEO, On the Agenda.

Handleguide til en respektfuld og professionel arbejdskultur i musikbranchen

Kaosteater’s handbook on realisation and fundraising is the second in the series on tools for the performing arts. The book is dedicated to project management, economy and fundraising. It is filled with tools and methods for project overview, for finding potential collaborators and how to create budgets. 

Published by Kaosteater, a performance arts organisation, who works based on a mission to democratise the field of performing arts.

Realisering & Fundraising

Kaosteater’s handbook on idea development is the first in a series of books for the performing arts. The book is aimed at actors, teater students, teater teachers and other performing artists and is created to help with creating performances from scratch. The book is filled with tools and models all dealing with idea development as an act of co-creation. 

Published by Kaosteater, a performance arts organisation, who works based on a mission to democratise the field of performing arts.

Idéudvikling

The work environment at Danish universities is a complex structure based on hierarchy, short-term employment, small workgroups and competitive-driven recruitment, which can lead to sexist incidents. The #MeToobevægelsen has revealed examples of this. The report “Sexisme og karriereforløb på danske universiteter” outlines ph.d. students experiences with sexist incidents at Danish universities and analyses the correlation between these incidents and the working environment as well as the retention of a career in the field of research.

Sexisme og karriereforløb på danske universiteter

“Tilgjengelige kunstnerskap?” is a report that identifies driving forces and barriers for artists with disabilities in Norway. At the request of the Kulturdirektoratet, five researchers, with and without disabilities, have interviewed 19 artists with disabilities and 45 representatives from art and cultural institutions. The research demonstrates that the barriers are greater than the driving forces and that these are structural and normalised in both the society and in the artistic field.

Tilgjengelige kunstnerskap?

Women working in the music industry face limitations in opportunity, a lack of support, gender discrimination and sexual harassment and assault as well as the persistent issue of unequal pay in a sector dominated by self-employment and gendered power imbalances. Despite increases in representation, these issues are endemic and are intensified for women faced with intersectional barriers, particularly racial discrimination.

Report published by House of Commons, Women and Equalities Committee (2023-2024)

Misogyny in Music

“The Resource Guide and Toolkit has been developed to help both organizations and individual practitioners and experts to address intersectionality in policies and in programmes. It may be used by individuals or teams to assess their own knowledge, attitudes and practice, at a programme level as a supplement to existing design, adaptation and assessment processes or at policy level to better understand and address the different and intersecting effects of policy on marginalised persons.”

INTERSECTIONALITY RESOURCE GUIDE AND TOOLKIT – An Intersectional Approach to Leave No One Behind

The Danish industry for tv, film and performing arts has for many years faced a challenge, which still influences the industry: Imbalance between women’s and men’s pay both for actors and musical performers. Despite of various actions taken to obtain equal pay there are still fundamental gender-based differences when it comes to pay. This complex problem consists of different factors including structural barriers, traditions and underlying bias.

Hvordan kan vi forstå den kønnede ulighed i løn blandt skuespillere?

The dictionary present a range of short and long explanations on words and phrases. The book is bases on the author’s own experiences in combination with testimonies from other minoritised individuals from the film and tv-industry. The dictionary is written and illustrated by Laura Allen Müller, Sandra Yi Sencindiver & Kauli Green.

Dinosauren i rummet – En ordbog til den danske film- og tv-branche

This study outlines the art museums collections during a five-year period (2018-2022) with emphasis on the gender balance of the artists behind added artworks to the collections. The results thus only describe the collection of museums during the past years. This study is based on all 37 state and state-authorised museums with art historical responsibilities.

Undersøgelse af køn i kunstmuseers indsamling 

The Race Equity and Inclusion Action Guide has been developed to help promote and consolidate race equity and inclusion in initiatives and/or organisations. The guide presents organisations with seven steps to understand how to create equitable opportunities for the populations they serve.The aim of the guide is to add to the already existing resources in the field by demonstrating how a race equality approach can be used by initiatives and/or organisations.

The guide was developed by The Annie E. Casey Foundation in partnership with Terry Keleher, thought leadership and practice specialist at Race Forward: Center for Race Justice Innovations.

The Race Equity and Inclusion Action Guide

This study investigates the municipalities’ adminsitration of the disability area, and was requested by the Public Accounts Committee. It found that the Ministry of Social Affairs’ supervision of the municipalities’ administration of the disability area had been unsatisfactory and increased the risk that disabled citizens would not receive the services they were entitled to according to the Services Act.

Rigsrevisionen’s administration of the disability area

Searing images and new theories are presented in the anthology Re-Imagining Sexual Harassment – Perspectives from the Nordic Region which was published on April 18 by Policy Press/Bristol University Press. In the book, 19 writers contribute to a more nuanced and deeper understanding of issues such as violence in the workplace, sexual harassment in academia and the challenges and opportunities of the legal system. Academic text is alternated with literary contributions. 

Re-Imagining Sexual Harassment – Perspectives from the Nordic Region

This study provides an intimate look into the experiences of communities in the music industry and how gender-based discrimination impacts them. The 2023 report explores the opinions and experiences of over 1,650 creators,
industry professionals and executives from 109 countries, allowing us a truly global view into the music industry. Also included are a range of music industry sectors (labels, management, sync, etc.) and roles (marketer, engineer, journalist, etc.) for a truly comprehensive perspective.

BE THE CHANGE: Gender Equality in the Music Industry

This rapport investigates ethnic minitory stress at workplaces. Ethic minority stress is defined by the specific hardships that humans with ethnic minority backgrounds endure as a consequence of repeatedly discriminatory and racist structures in society and at workplaces. The rapport demonstrates that this level of stress affects wellbeing and that there are considerable health issues connected to being exposed to discriminatory and racist behaviours at workplaces. 

Etnisk minoritetsstress på arbejdspladsen – En undersøgelse af erfaringer med etnisk minoritetsstress samt anbefalinger til danske arbejdspladser

“Diversity and inclusion (D&I) are critical for creativity and play a significant role in the health, wealth and prosperity of the screen sector […] Removing the barriers to entry into the screen industries and providing fair and equal access to training and employment opportunities for everyone, creates content from the widest range of voices, views and lived experiences.”

ScreenSkills D&I Targets Playbook

As the first of its kind, this study maps out the significance gender has for the career opportunities and limitations of performing musicians and composers in Denmark. By comparing the experiences of barriers in terms of work and career, across gender, the study illustrates that women and non-cisgendered people experience considerably more limitations due to their gender and sex than men. 

Why are there so few women in music? A study of the signifiance of gender for performing musicians and composers

Disability Arts International is a website and digital newsletter that aims to promote the work of disabled artists, disabled-led companies and inclusive art organisations. The website aims to share the ways arts organisations are increasing access to the arts for disabled people as audiences and visitors.

Disability Arts International 

In the third of its kind, KODA’s annual gender statistics demonstrate small changes towards a more equal gender balance, however; it is clear that much more time and more effort is needed, in order to make a proper change.

Small tendencies towards more equality – Gender Statistics 2022

Spanning 42 countries, Time To Act provides the first transnational evidence that lack of knowledge in the mainstream cultural sector is a key barrier preventing disabled artists and arts professionals participating equally in European culture. Time to Act was authored by On The Move, and commissioned by the British Council in the context of Europe Beyond Access.

Time to Act: How lack of knowledge in the cultural sector creates barriers for disabled artists and audiences

This project considers the contribution and culturally specific conditions of women artists and feminist art in Denmark over the last sixty years in the context of today’s diversified and globalised art world, where gender and identity are increasingly politicised but only selectively scrutinised in terms of feminist theory.

Feminist Emergency: Women Artists in Denmark, 1960 – present

This issue of OnCurating reflects on the efforts of curators, artists, and community organisers to move beyond identifying inequities in the cultural industries to devising tools that can foster structural change, particularly in the light of feminism’s integration into the mainstream art world. 

Instituting Feminism

This report focuses on the role that culture plays in promoting gender equality and, more importantly, how to achieve gender equality within the cultural and creative sectors (CCS).

Towards gender equality in the cultural and creative sectors 

The purpose of Another Life’s first annual report, “Representation in the Danish Music Industry – On and Offstage”, is to map out the relevant statistics for representation of minority groups, and provide insights into the general data of the Danish music industry.

Another Life’s Report: Discrimination in the Danish Music Industry – On and Offstage 2021

In the autumn of 2020, BKF (Danish Visual Artists) started to collect testimonies about sexism in the arts. In December, BKF published an edited selection of the latest testimonies.

BKF’s Testimony Collection (2020)

In 2020, the committee for visual art in the Municipality of Copenhagen implemented gender quotas on acquisitions for the arts collection of the municipality.

The Municipality of Copenhagen Implements Gender Quotas on the Acquisition of Art (2020)

An assessment of the use of classical music in Denmark was made in 2028 and 2020. The assessment shows, among other things, that music written by men constitutes 95% of the repertoire. Furthermore, it demonstrates a clear uneven distribution, where female composers are nearly invisible. The surveys were conducted by Dansk Komponistforening (The Danish Composer’s Society), the publishers Edition Wilhelm Hansen and Edition S, and Art Music Denmark.

Repertoire Statistics for Danish Symphonic Orchestras, Ensembles, and Music Festivals (2020)

In December 2020, Koda published statistics of the gender balance amongst composers and songwriters. The study illustrates a clear gender imbalance in earnings of Danish composers and songwriters, and the disparity grows significantly the more they earn.

KODA’s Genderstatistics for 2020

In June 2020, Det Danske Filminstitut (The Danish Film Institute) published a scientific study of the gender balance in Danish films in 2020. 

Study of gender in Danish films (2020)

This report, made by USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative with the support of Spotify, examines gender and race/ethnicity amongst artists, songwriters & producers across 900 popular songs from 2012-2020.

 

Annual USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative Report on Gender and Race/Ethnicity in Music (2020

A survey about opinions and experiences with diversity and inclusion in Danish films and performance art.

Diversity on the Danish Stage (2010)

In this issue of the journal OnCurating, the curatorial collective GRiNM (Gender Relations in New Music) collects texts based on its 209 conference at the Zurich University of the Arts that explore practical and theoretical approaches to opening and diversifying the field.

‘Gender Relations in New Music’ (2020)

This research project investigates the unique challenges and issues of curation in the contemporary music world. It does so through the frame of gender and diversity, decolonisation and technology.

‘A Small Act of Curation’ by George Lewis.

‘Who Owns Asian Culture? Not Me’ by Du Yun.

 ‘Defragmentation – Curating Contemporary Music’ (2020)

In 2019, Artsnet News and In Other Words published a study on American museums and the global auction market, which illustrated that only 2% of all art sold at auctions are made by female artists, worldwide.

Infographics Tracing the Representation of Women Artists in Museums and the Market (2019)

In November, ODM (The Organisation for Danish Museums) published a tentative study of equality within Danish museums. The survey illustrates that the acquisition of works made by female artists only constitutes 22%.

Representation of women artists in museum exhibitions and acquisitions (2019)

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