Wahrnehmung von Gleichberechtigung in der Musikwirtschaft. Akteur*innen in Mannheim und Region

Abstract

Gender equality has been a widely discussed topic in the past century. Finally, the subject has been a focus in the german music industry as well, not merley but also since latest cases of sexual abuse at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Munich (2016) have been made public or the most recent ECHO awards (2018). Furthermore, many women seem to be speaking out in the last few years about unequal treatment in the industry (Rabaa, 2017). The question remains: Are incidents and outbursts like these just occasional or do we have a widespread problem of power abuse and gender inequality in the music business in Germany ? Current research does not provide sufficient data in context to participants of the industry and their opinions on the matter and a comprehensive scrutiny of the situation is nowhere to be found. Therefore, students of the Popakademie Baden-Würt-temberg developed a survey to examine the perception of gender equality of employees , musicians and other members of the German music industry. To that, students of music and music business studies were invited to participate as well to get a deeper understanding of the differences in awareness between them and experienced professionals . This analysis is the first step in acquiring a broader picture of gender (in-)equality in the industry, however the results are non-representative, but they deliver new approaches that can be reviewed in future examinations. In the context of this work, the focus was set on men and women, but this can be extended to various gender identities in the following studies .