Creativity, innovation and the cultural economy / edited by Andy C. Pratt and Paul Jeffcutt

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Series: Routledge studies in global competition ; 46Publication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 2009Edition: 1st edDescription: xiii, 280 pISBN:

9780415419758

Summary: The book examines the nature of a range of cultural and creative industries (such as film, new media, theatre, galleries, music, design and advertising) and the important similarities and differences between them. It raises the question of whether it is valid to see the cultural and creative industries as the 'leading edge' of innovation and creativity in the contemporary economy, and whether the cultural and creative industries are as innovative and creative as the rest of the economy. The book highlights the role of particular cultural industries within the cultural economy, paying attention to the dynamics of context, organisation and labour process issues. It is particularly critical of the concept of innovation and creativity as a 'magic bullet' in the contemporary economy; the collection offers an alternative conception of the 'field of innovation and creativity' that is embedded in place, and in social and economic networks. This collection brings together international experts to consider key issues and debates from across this developing arena of the global know ledge economy. The book will be useful to students and researchers in the cultural and creative industries, business organisation, management, labour markets and economic geography. It will be of particular interest to geographers, planners, economists and sociologists concerned with the localisation of cultural production. (Font: Introducció)

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Centre d' Informació i Documentació del CERC Sala	General	S 02115	1	Available (Disponible)		1900145792

List of illustrations -- List of contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Part 1. Introduction: Creativity, innovation and the cultural economy : snake oil for the twenty-first century? / Andy C. Pratt, Paul Jeffcutt -- Part 2. Advertising: a. Relocating creativity in advertising : from aesthetic specialisation to strategic integration? / Chris Bilton ; b. Provincial parvenus : the subaltern sensibility of London advertising creatives / Sean Nixon -- Part 3. Music: a. The digitalisation of music / David Hesmondhalgh ; b. On music as a creative industry / Simon Frith, Martin Cloonan, John Williamson -- Part 4. Film and TV: a. Creativity in context : content, cost, chance and collection in the organization of the film industry / Mark Lorenzen ; b. The governance of innovation in the film and television industry : a case study of London, UK / Andy C. Pratt, Galina Gornostaeva -- Part 5. New Media: a. Cultural production in the transnational city : a study of new media in Vancouver / Tom Hutton ; b. Creative biographies in new media : social innovation in web work / Rosalind Gill -- Part 6. Design: a. Fostering a culture of design : insights from the case of Montréal, Canada / Deborah Leslie, Norma Rantisi ; b. Creativity and innovation in the Scandinavian design industry : designed in Stockholm / Dominic Power -- Part 7. Museums/Visual Arts/Performance: a. Creativity and innovation in the cultural economy : museums, galleries and the visual arts / Sara Selwood ; b. Does Hamlet have to be naked? Art between tradition and innovation in German theatres / Doris Ruth Eikhof -- Part 8. Conclusion / Andy C. Pratt, Paul Jeffcutt -- Index

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