Creative careers and non-traditional trajectories

This report presents the interview project conducted as part of the composite project ‘Nontraditional
participation and pathways’ funded by the National Arts Learning Network (NALN).

The interview project investigates participants’ experience and understanding of work and study pathways in Art and Design and their perceptions of postgraduate level study as part of these pathways. Our micro-level data analysis investigates how the experience and perceptions of our participants are mediated by the established knowledge and definitions of the larger contexts of cultural sector and creative industries which are generated by policy-level discussions and commentaries.

The research employs a narrative-discursive approach to the interview process and to the interpretation and analysis of interview material.