Volunteers’ Perception of Black and White Theatre Festival
Mikhaleva, Polina (2015)
Mikhaleva, Polina
Saimaan ammattikorkeakoulu
2015
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 1.0 Finland
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2015101715482
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2015101715482
Tiivistelmä
The purpose of the study was to research the role, the attitude and experiences of the volunteers for theatre and music festivals. The case event was Black and White Theatre Festival, an annual theatre festival in Imatra, Finland.
The theoretical part of the thesis covers the history and development of cultural festivals in the Western world and in Finland in particular, their role in modern society from social, cultural and economic perspectives, and the motivation, scope, and organizational issues behind event volunteerism. The information for the theoretical part was gathered from literature and web articles. The empirical part presents a study of the motivation, experiences, attitudes and propositions of the volunteers of the Black and White Theatre festival. The data for the empirical part were collected via a series of semi-structured interviews.
The findings show that the volunteers are generally satisfied with the event and strongly motivated to collaborate in the future, but they also would like to have a clearer division of tasks, a chance to express their creative ideas, be better informed, and generally take on more responsible roles than the ones they are offered at the moment. The research findings can be applied for planning and executing volunteer management at the case event in the following years.
The theoretical part of the thesis covers the history and development of cultural festivals in the Western world and in Finland in particular, their role in modern society from social, cultural and economic perspectives, and the motivation, scope, and organizational issues behind event volunteerism. The information for the theoretical part was gathered from literature and web articles. The empirical part presents a study of the motivation, experiences, attitudes and propositions of the volunteers of the Black and White Theatre festival. The data for the empirical part were collected via a series of semi-structured interviews.
The findings show that the volunteers are generally satisfied with the event and strongly motivated to collaborate in the future, but they also would like to have a clearer division of tasks, a chance to express their creative ideas, be better informed, and generally take on more responsible roles than the ones they are offered at the moment. The research findings can be applied for planning and executing volunteer management at the case event in the following years.