Qualifications:
Princeton University, BA, 1994-1998, Intellectual and Cultural History
King's London, MA, 2001-2002, Awarded with Merit, Cities, Culture & Social Change (Geography)
King's London, PhD, 2002-2007, "The Role of Combined Arts Festivals in the UK Cultural Economy"
Memberships:
Royal Geographic Society
Personal Profile:
Dr Rebecca Finkel is an urban cultural geographer and currently is Programme Leader and Lecturer of Events Management in the School of Business, Management & Enterprise at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh. Her main field of study is the role of arts festivals in the cultural economy and their social, economic and political impacts on communities and places. Main research interests include events and culture-related regeneration, creative and cultural industries and UK cultural policies. Current research includes analysis of government policies for events funding and development, diaspora immigrant community festivals, and local food and drink festivals. She has delivered the keynote address at IFEA's 2006 annual conference and has presented at other conferences in the field, including ATLAS, LSA and Journeys of Expression, as well as other international events and tourism conferences. She has researched and consulted on an Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) and King's College London project for Hong Kong University to inform the Hong Kong Government about developing cultural industries and policies based on the UK model. Also, she has consulted with the London Development Agency (LDA) on a research project informing the development of and investment in creative industries and creative entrepreneur programmes in South London.
Recent Publications:
Finkel, R. (2004) McFestivalisation? The Role of Combined Arts Festivals in the UK Cultural Economy. Paper presented at the Journeys of Expression III: Tourism and festivals as transnational practice conference, Innsbruck, Austria.
Finkel, R. (2005a) Unicycling At Land's End: Case Study of the Lafrwoda Festival of St Just, Cornwall. Paper presented at the Leisure Studies Association Conference: Festivals and Events Beyond Economic Impacts, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Finkel, R. (2005b) Form follows funding: How the creative content and audiences of UK combined arts festivals are shaped by funding sources. Paper presented at the ATLAS Annual Conference: Tourism, creativity and development, Barcelona, Spain.
Finkel, R. (2006a) Community festivals: vehicles for re-engagement and regeneration, Metal website, www.metalculture.com.
Finkel, R. (2006b) Unicycling at Land's End: Case study of the Lafrwoda Festival of St Just, Cornwall, in Ali-Knight, J. and Chambers, D. (eds) Case studies in festival and event marketing and cultural tourism, Leisure Studies Association Journal, 2(92), 129-145.
Finkel, R. (2006c) Serial replication of UK arts festivals and issues of place-based identity. Keynote address given at the International Festival and Events Association Annual Conference: Festivals and Identities: People, Places and Programmes, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Finkel, R. (2007a) Tensions between Ambition and Reality in UK Combined Arts Festival Programming: Case Study of the Lichfield Festival. International Journal of Events Management Research, 2(1).
Finkel, R. (2007b) What if festivals don't deliver regeneration? The saturation of UK arts festivals. Paper presented at the ATLAS Annual Conference: Destinations revisited - Perspectives on developing and managing tourist areas, Viana do Castelo, Portugal.
Finkel, R. (2007c) Divergent managerial approaches: The increasing professionalism of UK arts festival management. Paper presented at the Exploring festival economies conference, London City University, London, England.
Finkel, R. (2007d) [Review of the book Indigenous Tourism: The Commodification and Management of Culture]. Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change, 5(3), 221.
Finkel, R. (2008a) Two paths diverge in a field: The increasing professionalism of festival and events management. LINK 20: Events Management, Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism Network, The Higher Education Academy, 4-5.
Finkel, R. (2008b) Beyond Bakhtin: Literally legislating the hell out of the carnivalesque. Paper presented at the International conference on cultural policy research, Istanbul, Turkey.
Finkel, R. and Hamnett, C. (2005) Survey of existing literature on the role and importance of the Cultural and Creative Industries (CCI) in London, the London
South Central hub and constituent boroughs, report for the London Development Agency.
Finkel, R., Hamnett, C. and Dodd, P. (2003) Report for Hong Kong University on the Cultural and Creative Industries (CCI's), Arts Higher Education Institutions (HEI's), and review of Government Cultural Policies in the UK – April 2003, consultancy report, ICA, London.
Finkel, R. and Laffin, T. (2008) Dancing Around the Ring of Fire: Tensions with Tourism at Up Helly Aa in Lerwick, Shetland. Paper presented at the Journeys of Expression VII: Celebrating the edges of the world conference, Reykjavik, Iceland.
Accepted for publication end of 2008:
Finkel, R. A Picture of the contemporary combined arts festival landscape. Cultural Trends.
Finkel, R. Critical Review: The Edinburgh Moonwalk. International Journal for the Study of Planned Events.
Under Review:
Finkel, R. Mapping New Labour cultural policies on to UK arts festivals: Case Study of the Cardiff Festival. Event Management.
Finkel, R. Re-imaging arts festivals through a corporate lens: Case study of business sponsorship at the HenleyFestival. Managing Leisure.
Finkel, R. Beyond Bakhtin: Literally legislating the hell out of the carnivalesque. International Journal of Cultural Policy.
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