Resumen

JARAMILLO-VAZQUEZ, Alejandra. Los contactos cuentan: experiencias y estrategias laborales de actores y actrices de la Ciudad de México. Culturales [online]. 2022, vol.10, e712.  Epub 17-Abr-2023. ISSN 2448-539X.  https://doi.org/10.22234/recu.20221001.e712.

This article examines the role of social origin and contacts to access job opportunities for actors and actresses in Mexico City. Qualitative interviews with 21 theatre actors and actresses from 25 to 38 years old were conducted. The results show that contacts and actors and actresses’ adscription with a renowned public figure is a strategy to get access to job opportunities and for the development of a professional career, though the interviewees highlighted that social origin and education are elements influencing on labour inequality in the cultural sector. The paper concludes that the implementation of public policy with an emphasis on equality is pivotal for the recognition of the right labours and decent work conditions.

Palabras llave : Inequality; precarious labour; social capital; cultural workers; Mexico.