Editorial

Citation

Jago, L. and Carlsen, J. (2011), "Editorial", International Journal of Event and Festival Management, Vol. 2 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijefm.2011.43402aaa.001

Editorial

Article Type: Editorial From: International Journal of Event and Festival Management, Volume 2, Issue 1

This first issue of the second volume of the International Journal of Event and Festival Management (IJEFM) includes six full research papers. As new journals do not generally have a backlog of manuscripts, it is pleasing to see an increased flow of manuscripts being submitted, as well as a good response to the calls for papers for special issues. With the support of contributors and the Editorial Advisory Board, we were able to launch and release the first volume on time and have received positive feedback on the manuscripts in 2010. We are pleased that the flow of manuscripts increased substantially last year, despite the pressure that academics now experience to publish their material in longer standing, ranked journals. IJEFM is working with the publishers to become a highly ranked academic journal and gain wider recognition in the relevant citation and bibliometrics databases.

The field of events has experienced meteoric growth over the last decade both in terms of event education programs on offer and event research being undertaken. This mirrors the growth that the field of tourism experienced in the 1990s and there is evidence to suggest that events are taking over from tourism, at least in relation to university education programs in many parts of the world. It is critical, therefore, that there be specialist event related journals such as IJEFM in which the growing body of high-quality event research can be presented. Just as there was a need for the introduction of more specialist tourism journals in the 1980s and 1990s to help consolidate tourism research, there is now the need for event research to be consolidated. We will continue to work with the Editorial Advisory Board and the publishers, Emerald, to ensure that this journal continues to make an important contribution to this consolidation of events and festivals management research.

The six papers included in this issue deal with a diverse range of important issues for event and festival management research. Alan Clarke and Allan Jepson recognise the critical role of the community in the cultural production process in Derby, UK and exercise of power and hegemony in that process. The multiple roles of stakeholders in the production of three Australian rural events are examined by Sacha Reid using event stakeholder maps depicting levels of stakeholder involvement. Francesc González Reverté and Oriol Miralbell Izard examine the connection between social capital and cultural events in Catalonia, Spain. Community attitudes towards illegal entry to events, or “gatecrashing”, are explored by Cameron Earl and Emma Patten, both in the UK and Australia. Finally, there are two articles that provide strategic frameworks for researching events and festivals, one by Phil Crowther in relation to marketing event objectives and a second by Jack Carlsen and Tommy D. Andersson in relation to festival management organisations.

The next issue of the journal will be the first themed issue on Event Venues: Development and Management and will be Guest Edited by Drs Anna Leask and Ahmed Hassanien. Future themed issues include events and festivals in Asia and the Middle East/North Africa region: opportunities and challenges (Guest Editors are Drs Karin Weber and Jane Ali Knight) and a special issue on the impacts and legacies of sports events (Guest Editors are Drs Richard Shipway and Naomi Kirkup). We appreciate the many event researchers who have submitted manuscripts for these issues and to the reviewers who have been so willing to provide very constructive feedback on manuscripts in a timely fashion. We also acknowledge the key role of our Guest Editors in co-ordinating manuscript submissions and revisions. This process has enhanced the quality of manuscripts accepted for special issues and we are confident that the constructive feedback that has been provided will be of great value to all those who have contributed.

Leo Jago and Jack Carlsen