Bene Piccio's Outputs (6)

The festival industry and gender inequality: the case of Edinburgh, the world's leading festival city (2024)
Journal Article
Piccio, B., Todd, L., & Robertson, M. (2024). The festival industry and gender inequality: the case of Edinburgh, the world's leading festival city. Tourism Management Perspectives, 54, Article 101317. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tmp.2024.101317

This paper explores issues women face in achieving leadership positions in the festivals sector, and their experiences of gender inequality. The setting is Edinburgh, the UK's leading festivals' tourism destination. Underpinned by feminist research,... Read More about The festival industry and gender inequality: the case of Edinburgh, the world's leading festival city.

Women, festival leadership, and social transformations: The case of Edinburgh, the world's leading festival city (2024)
Thesis
Piccio, B. Women, festival leadership, and social transformations: The case of Edinburgh, the world's leading festival city. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University

Edinburgh is internationally renowned for its festivals, with some now celebrating their 76th year. The workforce in the sector is predominantly composed by women, nevertheless, little research has been undertaken regarding gender equality and condit... Read More about Women, festival leadership, and social transformations: The case of Edinburgh, the world's leading festival city.

Co-creating The Learning and Teaching Journey with Postgraduate Research Students Who Teach (2023)
Journal Article
Dencer-Brown, A., Carlson-Webster, T., Piccio, B., Anderson, C., Adewale, O., & Taylor, S. (2023). Co-creating The Learning and Teaching Journey with Postgraduate Research Students Who Teach. Journal of Perspectives in Applied Academic Practice, 11(3), 97-110. https://doi.org/10.56433/jpaap.v11i3.588

Post-graduate research students (PGRs) often have teaching roles during their studies with little formal training or support (Lueddeke, 1997). Previous support at Edinburgh Napier University consisted of voluntary, unpaid on-campus Learning and Teach... Read More about Co-creating The Learning and Teaching Journey with Postgraduate Research Students Who Teach.

A hefty dose of lemons: the importance of rituals for audiences and performers at the online Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2020 (2022)
Journal Article
Piccio, B., Helgason, I., Elsden, C., & Terras, M. (2022). A hefty dose of lemons: the importance of rituals for audiences and performers at the online Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2020. International Journal of Performance Arts and Digital Media, 18(1), 154-175. https://doi.org/10.1080/14794713.2022.2036489

When the pandemic began to affect the performance world, both festival artists and producers started to adopt creative approaches to moving their work online. In the study presented here, we focus on the 2020 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, which offered... Read More about A hefty dose of lemons: the importance of rituals for audiences and performers at the online Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2020.

Recorded performance as digital content: Perspectives from Fringe 2020 (2021)
Book Chapter
Elsden, C., Yu, D., Piccio, B., Helgason, I., & Terras, M. (2021). Recorded performance as digital content: Perspectives from Fringe 2020. In L. Bissell, & L. Weir (Eds.), Performance in a Pandemic. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003165644

Within days of performance venues being forced to close their doors in 2020, the National Theatre began broadcasting high-quality recordings of the best of London’s West End. Few other companies could dream of having such rich recorded archives to dr... Read More about Recorded performance as digital content: Perspectives from Fringe 2020.

Learning from the 2020 Edinburgh Festival Fringe: Recommendations for Festivals and Performing Arts in Navigating Covid-19 and New Digital Contexts (2021)
Report
Elsden, C., Piccio, B., Helgason, I., & Terras, M. (2021). Learning from the 2020 Edinburgh Festival Fringe: Recommendations for Festivals and Performing Arts in Navigating Covid-19 and New Digital Contexts. AHRC

When it happened, the announcement that the Edinburgh Festivals would not go ahead was both predictable and shocking. Cruelly, so many aspects of what makes the Edinburgh Festival Fringe unique, appeared suddenly impossible and unpalatable. How could... Read More about Learning from the 2020 Edinburgh Festival Fringe: Recommendations for Festivals and Performing Arts in Navigating Covid-19 and New Digital Contexts.