This article was published in Boekman #137: Samen werken, the magazine of the Boekmanstichting.
About the author
Kate Oakley is Professor of Cultural Policy at the University of Glasgow where she works on issues of cultural labour
Having a voice
The politics of cultural co-ops
The arts and culture sector displays a growing interest in co-ops. Kate Oakley, who works as a researcher
at the University of Glasgow, observes that besides facilitating collective work and production, co-ops also
reflect a fundamental political and ethical preference.