How can contemporary Toronto tattoo shops create safe, welcoming, and inclusive environments for women, people of colour, and members of the LGBTQ+ community?
How has this topic been approached or understood over time?
SEARCH TOOL: GBC Library Search
SEARCH TERMS: tattooing social aspects
SAMPLE SOURCES:
Martin, C. W. (2018). The Social Semiotics of Tattoos: Skin and Self. Bloomsbury Publishing. https://librarysearch.georgebrown.ca/permalink/01OCLS_BROWN/1acol81/cdi_askewsholts_vlebooks_9781350056497
How are businesses or organizations addressing this issue right now?
SEARCH TOOLS: Google (or other web search tools), Scott's Ontario Directories, Business Source Complete
SEARCH TERMS: Tattoo shop policies
SAMPLE SOURCE: “FAQ & Policies.” TRU Tattoo, https://www.trutattooshop.com/faq-policies. Accessed 13 Sept. 2024.
What are recent changes or events around this issue?
What are the lived experiences of people impacted by this issue?
SEARCH TOOLS: Canadian Major Dailies, InfoTrac Newsstand, CBCA Complete
SEARCH TERMS: Tattoo shop safe space
SAMPLE SOURCE:
Queer Vancouver-Based Tattoo Artist Creates Safe-Space Parlour. 2023. www.cbc.ca, https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2177519683762.
How does this issue impact large populations? On a local level? On a national level?
SEARCH TOOLS: Statista, IBISWorld, Business Source Complete, Statistics Canada, City of Toronto Demographic Data, UN Demographic Data
SEARCH TERMS: Tattoo
SAMPLE SOURCES:
Statista. (December 12, 2019). Which of these would be reasons for you to have a tattoo done? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 13, 2024, from https://www-statista-com.gbcprx01.georgebrown.ca/statistics/721517/reasons-for-having-a-tattoo-done-by-americans/
Statista Survey. (June 22, 2017). United States: Important aspects when choosing a tattoo shop in 2017, by gender [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 13, 2024, from https://www-statista-com.gbcprx01.georgebrown.ca/statistics/722337/important-aspects-choosing-a-tattoo-shop-americans-by-gender/
What sort of critical analysis has been written about this topic?
SEARCH TOOLS: Art & Architecture Source, Communications and Mass Media Collection, PressReader, Diversity Studies Collection, GBC Library Search
SEARCH TERMS: tattoo AND (environment OR space)
SAMPLE SOURCE:
Simpson, Ruth, and Alison Pullen. “‘Cool’ Meanings: Tattoo Artists, Body Work and Organizational ‘Bodyscape.’” Work, Employment and Society, vol. 32, no. 1, 2018, pp. 169–85, https://doi.org/10.1177/0950017017741239.