Miranda CampbellMiranda Campbell is an Assistant Professor in the School of Creative Industries at Ryerson University. Unique in North America, the School of Creative Industries is an interdisciplinary creative industries management program and is one of the most indemand programs at Ryerson, drawing students from across Canada as well as abroad. Using ethnographic methods based in oral history and life story methodologies alongside community participatory action research, her work has highlighted that young people spend substantial amounts of time in community-oriented ways, working to redress structural problems, exclusion, and inequity. Her first book, Out of the Basement: Youth Cultural Production in Practice and in Policy, mapped the changing realities of youth self-employment in creative fields in the 21st century, and was shortlisted for the $50,000 Donner Prize for the best public policy book by a Canadian, and for the Gertrude Robinson Award, for the best Communication Studies book in Canada. Her media invitations include national CBC radio, community radio in Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, and Chicago, and network television appearances. Campbell has presented her academic work at numerous national and international conferences, and has been invited to keynote at forums on youth and creativity in Belgium, Norway, and Toronto. She's participated in a range of panels and roundtable discussions examining youth and creativity from a number of angles, from crowdfunding to the legacy of DIY practices to the survival of the independent artist. In addition to writing for various academic journals and anthologies, she has published for a general audience with Maisonneuve, Jacobin, Noisey, Rabble, and the Gazette. Praise for Out of the Basement: "Out of the Basement represents a major contribution to research on cultural policy. There's no other book in the field like this one. It valuably allows readers to understand the perspectives of young cultural producers." - David Hesmondhalgh, Head of the Institute of Communications Studies, University of Leeds "The book is an excellent example of where policy and education need to focus in order to respond to this youth crisis. Campbell's book is essential for anyone and everyone interested in youth cultural productions. More importantly, every single policymaker, teacher, and parent should read this book." - Giuliana Cucinelli, Concordia University Read More Read Less