This paper explores issues women face in achieving leadership positions in the festivals sector, and their experiences of gender inequality. The setting is Edinburgh, the UK's leading festivals' tourism destination. Underpinned by feminist research, this study involved semi-structured interviews, including visual methods, with 33 women. Participants were employees or freelance workers in Edinburgh's festivals. Findings were diverse, specific to the individual participants, but some themes were recurrent. Women who had worked in the industry throughout their career reported that while the representation of women leaders in Edinburgh's festivals sector has improved, some aspects remain challenging. This study is the first to consider women's roles and leadership experiences in Edinburgh's festivals and contributes to existing literature in the field of tourism and event studies specifically in terms of gender stereotypes and inequalities in the festivals sector.

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音乐节行业和性别不平等：世界领先的音乐节城市爱丁堡的案例


本文探讨了女性在音乐节领域获得领导职位时面临的问题，以及她们的性别不平等经历。背景是英国领先的节日旅游目的地爱丁堡。以女权主义研究为基础，这项研究涉及对 33 名女性的半结构化访谈，包括视觉方法。参与者是爱丁堡音乐节的员工或自由职业者。研究结果多种多样，具体情况因个体参与者而异，但有些主题是反复出现的。在整个职业生涯中都在该行业工作的女性报告说，虽然女性领导者在爱丁堡音乐节领域的代表性有所提高，但某些方面仍然具有挑战性。这项研究首次考虑了女性在爱丁堡节日中的角色和领导经验，并为旅游和活动研究领域的现有文献做出了贡献，特别是在节日领域的性别刻板印象和不平等方面。