The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Independent Creative Activities in Two Large Cities in Romania

Nicolae Popa, Ana-Maria Pop, Alexandra-Camelia Marian-Potra, Pompei Cocean, Gheorghe-Gavrilă Hognogi and Nicoleta Afrodita David
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Nicolae Popa: Department of Geography, Faculty of Chemistry, Biology, Geography, West University of Timișoara, 4 Vasile Pârvan Boulevard, 300223 Timișoara, Romania
Ana-Maria Pop: Centre for Regional Geography, Faculty of Geography, Babeș-Bolyai University, 5-7 Clinicilor Street, 400006 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Alexandra-Camelia Marian-Potra: Department of Geography, Faculty of Chemistry, Biology, Geography, West University of Timișoara, 4 Vasile Pârvan Boulevard, 300223 Timișoara, Romania
Pompei Cocean: Cluj-Napoca Branch, Romanian Academy, 42 Treboniu Laurian Street, 400271 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Gheorghe-Gavrilă Hognogi: Centre for Regional Geography, Faculty of Geography, Babeș-Bolyai University, 5-7 Clinicilor Street, 400006 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Nicoleta Afrodita David: Centre for Regional Geography, Faculty of Geography, Babeș-Bolyai University, 5-7 Clinicilor Street, 400006 Cluj-Napoca, Romania

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 14, 1-15

Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic has had both financial and activity-related effects on a number of areas of activity, among which those involving the creative industries have proved to be weak in their capacity to survive the halting of all events held in physical spaces. The long-term effects of the current health crisis are bringing about changes in cultural demand and offer and highlighting the need to adapt and to think of new ways of functioning. Taking its cue from this situation, the research underlying our article set out to investigate the ways in which Romania’s independent creative sector is adapting. We achieved this by means of conducting 25 semi-structured interviews and undertaking case studies of two cities that are among the most effervescent from the point of view of cultural and creative industries, Timi?oara and Cluj-Napoca. With the strengthening of this sector as the aim in view, the forms of early social resilience we identified are capable in the short term of taking action to ensure the survival of some of the spaces; in the medium term, through activating mechanisms that encourage entrepreneurial spirit, they will be able to adapt to any external shock.

Keywords: creative industries; independent cultural sector; social resilience; COVID-19 pandemic; Romania (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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