Efeitos económicos da pandemia de covid-19 nos trabalhadores de teatro em Portugal

Abstract

Freedom is a crucial point in everyone's life, freedom that was conditioned due to the Covid-19 pandemic, with the mandatory confinement phase there were several years of limited freedom, which will never be forgotten. The pandemic has not only conditioned freedom, but well-being, work and financial flexibility. This work aimed to present a reflection on the economic effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on theater workers in Portugal, as well as to determine whether the support provided by governmental and non-governmental entities was sufficient to meet the needs of these same workers. The research questions were defined and after analyzing several methodological strategies, it was decided to carry out a methodological triangulation. As a first approach, a questionnaire survey was carried out in order to obtain quantitative answers. In a second approach, a focus group was carried out in order to obtain qualitative answers and complement the first approach. It was possible to determine that the pandemic has notably conditioned workers in the theater area, in which there were financial difficulties arising from the total stoppage of the cultural sector, a general feeling of impotence and isolation and that support arrived late and proved to be insufficient. The realization of this work allowed an approximate view of the difficulties faced by theater workers in Portugal, during confinement, as well as some improvements that could have been implemented.

Date of Award	30 Oct 2023
Original language	Portuguese
Awarding Institution	Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Supervisor	Carlos Eduardo Soares de Seixas (Supervisor) & Sandra Lima Coelho (Co-Supervisor)