Nicholas P Dempsey
Biographic Data
| ID | 102613 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nicholas P Dempsey |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nicholas P |
| FAMILY NAME | Dempsey |
| SIGNATURE | DEMPSEY N P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Eckerd College |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0351-7884 |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 47 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1977 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Building on firm foundations
This paper examines changes in the size of the nonprofit arts sector in mid-sized U.S. cities over the period from 2012 to 2019. Asking why some cities have more robust arts organizations than other cities, and why some see more organizational growth over time than others, the paper analyzes data collected on 223 mid-sized municipalities. I find that organizational capacities both within and beyond the arts sector strongly predict the size and gr…
The Work of Art
The IRS tells people wishing to file their taxes as self-employed individuals that an “activity qualifies as a business if your primary purpose for engaging in the activity is for income or profit.” While that may be a straightforward rule for a self-employed lawyer or plumber, it is not so clear that artists can take advantage of the tax deductions available to the self-employed. Those who pursue arts for self-actualization or as a hobby may not…
Working to Laugh
Being Urban
This third edition of a classic urban sociology text examines critical but often-neglected aspects of urban life from a social-psychological theoretical perspective. Symbolic interaction is among the most central theoretical paradigms in sociology and the theory that most thoroughly attends to how individuals give meaning to their world—in this case, how city dwellers interpret and respond to their daily experiences as urbanites. This thoroughly …
Stimulated Recall Interviews in Ethnography
Informalization
Hook-Ups and Train Wrecks
This article discusses the importance of several parameters of context integral to jazz musicians' ability to hear musical signs as meaningful, such as performers' individual backgrounds and the various other styles of music available in the aural landscape, and how those parameters influence what the musicians play. Several examples from an ongoing ethnography of jazz jam sessions suggest that context is constituted by several variables, that di…
Being urban
Stimulated Recall Interviews in Ethnography
Hook-Ups and Train Wrecks
This article discusses the importance of several parameters of context integral to jazz musicians' ability to hear musical signs as meaningful, such as performers' individual backgrounds and the various other styles of music available in the aural landscape, and how those parameters influence what the musicians play. Several examples from an ongoing ethnography of jazz jam sessions suggest that context is constituted by several variables, that di…
Informalization
Being urban
Hook-Ups and Train Wrecks
This article discusses the importance of several parameters of context integral to jazz musicians' ability to hear musical signs as meaningful, such as performers' individual backgrounds and the various other styles of music available in the aural landscape, and how those parameters influence what the musicians play. Several examples from an ongoing ethnography of jazz jam sessions suggest that context is constituted by several variables, that di…
Informalization
Stimulated Recall Interviews in Ethnography
Being Urban
This third edition of a classic urban sociology text examines critical but often-neglected aspects of urban life from a social-psychological theoretical perspective. Symbolic interaction is among the most central theoretical paradigms in sociology and the theory that most thoroughly attends to how individuals give meaning to their world—in this case, how city dwellers interpret and respond to their daily experiences as urbanites. This thoroughly …
Working to Laugh
The Work of Art
The IRS tells people wishing to file their taxes as self-employed individuals that an “activity qualifies as a business if your primary purpose for engaging in the activity is for income or profit.” While that may be a straightforward rule for a self-employed lawyer or plumber, it is not so clear that artists can take advantage of the tax deductions available to the self-employed. Those who pursue arts for self-actualization or as a hobby may not…
Building on firm foundations
This paper examines changes in the size of the nonprofit arts sector in mid-sized U.S. cities over the period from 2012 to 2019. Asking why some cities have more robust arts organizations than other cities, and why some see more organizational growth over time than others, the paper analyzes data collected on 223 mid-sized municipalities. I find that organizational capacities both within and beyond the arts sector strongly predict the size and gr…
Sociology (6 works) · Political science (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Business (2 works) · Cultural Industries and Urban Development (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Social and Cultural Dynamics (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works)