scholarly journals Cultural and creative industries in modern languages

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 216-230
Author(s):  
Haili Ma
Keyword(s):  
Curriculum Development ◽  
Creative Industries ◽  
Creative Industry ◽  
Academic Values ◽  
Content Relevance ◽  
Market Competitiveness ◽  
Programme Development ◽  
Uk Higher Education ◽  
Cultural And Creative Industries

This paper explores Cultural and Creative Industry (CCI) teaching and curriculum development across disciplines, based on a case study of a newly established Cultural and Creative Industry (CCI) programme at the School of Modern Languages, Cardiff University, UK. It illustrates how different academic values and goals influence styles of teaching and curriculum development, and it considers how this drives disciplinary evolution. As CCI increasingly attracts international students, in particular from China’s middle-class market, this paper questions the direct ‘import’ of western CCI for Chinese students, in terms of both content relevance and programme development sustainability. This paper suggests that curriculum evolution should be viewed as key for UK higher education to retain market competitiveness, especially a pending ‘Brexit’.

Interconnections between the cultural and creative industries and tourism: challenges in four Ibero-American capital cities

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudia Helena Henriques ◽  
Silvina Renee Elias
Keyword(s):  
Buenos Aires ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Creative Industries ◽  
Comparative Case Study ◽  
Tourism Impacts ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Capital Cities ◽  
Creative Cities ◽  
Cultural And Creative Industries

Purpose This paper aims to investigate the European and Latin America urban cultural policies that could enhance cultural and creative sustainable tourism products development. Design/methodology/approach The methodological framework is based on a comparative case study regarding the importance, dynamics and policies associated to cultural and creative tourism in four Ibero-American cities, namely, Brasilia, Buenos Aires, Lisbon and Madrid. Findings This exploratory analysis underlines the growing importance of cultural and creative tourism in the four capital cities. On one hand, cities reveal different tourism impacts and, on the other hand, they are associated to different cultural and creative sector structures. Cities cultural and creative performance put in evidence that sustainable cities index, global talent competitiveness index and cultural and creative cities monitor, tend to position Madrid in the first place followed by, Lisbon, Buenos Aires and Brasilia. Research limitations/implications In general, and despite the importance of space in the creative process, there is little research on the geography of the creative industries and there is a lack of cross-country comparative studies so that it is difficult to assess the particularities of each model of creativity. Practical implications Cities could enhance more efforts in investing, not only in the traditional cultural infrastructures but also on the new forms of culture, new technologies, new makers, new audiences based on their attributes, activities and labels, in a framework of urban sustainable policies based on “innovation,” “inclusiveness” and “interconnectivity.” Originality/value The originality of the paper lies in the comparative analysis of four cities based on cultural and creative sector and tourism interconnections. Simultaneously, it lies in an exploratory model application.

scholarly journals K-pop fan labor and an alternative creative industry: A case study of GOT7 Chinese fans

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 389-406
Author(s):  
Meicheng Sun
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture ◽  
Creative Industries ◽  
Creative Industry ◽  
Fan Culture ◽  
Unskilled Labor ◽  
Commodification Of Culture ◽  
Production And Distribution ◽  
Distribution Process ◽  
Depth Interviews

Korean popular music or K-pop has achieved popularity among global audiences. The uniqueness of K-pop fan culture has helped to shape the success of the K-pop industry. Through a case study of Chinese fan labor vis-à-vis K-pop male idol group GOT7, the author notes three types of K-pop fan labor: specialized labor, managerial labor, and unskilled labor. This research argues that fan labor transforms the K-pop industry into an alternative creative industry because fan labor as creative labor is an indispensable part of the K-pop industry. Fan labor is utilized to distinguish fans from non-fans, and to draw boundaries between the grateful, more enthusiastic fans and the casual self-proclaimed fans who do not contribute to fandom or their idols’ success. These Chinese K-pop fans comply with the K-pop industry’s commodification of culture, are exploited by the K-pop industry, and seek empowerment in the K-pop production and distribution process. This paper’s exploration of fan labor, based on the author’s participant observations and in-depth interviews, will thus contribute to studies on the creative industries, creative labor, fandom, and the transnational flows of popular culture.

Study on Undergraduate Graduation Design System Reforms in Manufacturing Engineering

2014 ◽  
Vol 484-485 ◽  
pp. 268-271
Author(s):  
Jian Jun Xia ◽  
Fei Guo
Keyword(s):  
Economic Globalization ◽  
Hubei Province ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Creative Industries ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
First Century ◽  
Social Benefits ◽  
Design System ◽  
Creative Industry ◽  
Cultural And Creative Industries

Today, with the economic globalization, the cultural and creative industries boomingly became one of the promising industries with great growing potential recognized internationally in twenty-first Century, can achieve enormous economic benefits and social benefits. Although there are many scholars no matter who are from domestic and abroad undertake discussing from different point of view, there are still many problems and shortcomings, especially in the areas around Beijing and Tianjin, Hubei Province cultural and creative industry also cannot ignore the problems to be solved urgently.

Flexible as freedom? The dynamics of creative industry work and the case study of the editor in publishing

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 1303-1319 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lauren E Bridges
Keyword(s):  
Lived Experience ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Job Insecurity ◽  
Meaningful Work ◽  
Creative Industries ◽  
Creative Industry ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Mixed Methods Approach ◽  
High Satisfaction

The creative industries have gained the attention of neoliberal policymakers as providing future economic growth. However, these industries are often built on precarious working conditions as a compromise for flexible and more meaningful work. This article uses a mixed-methods approach to investigate the dynamics of flexible and precarious work in the creative industries through the lived experience of the editor. The data reveal a higher tolerance to precarity among freelance workers compared to full-time workers, paired with high satisfaction levels, particularly among women. Using the editor as a case study, this article seeks to criticise the global labour trend towards flexible employment, which relies more heavily on digital networked labour that is insecure and precarious by nature and to highlight the particular vulnerability of a female creative industry workers who appear to have a higher tolerance to job insecurity.

scholarly journals Support Mechanisms for Canada’s Cultural and Creative Sectors during COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (12) ◽  
pp. 595
Author(s):  
Charlie Wall-Andrews ◽  
Emma Walker ◽  
Wendy Cukier
Keyword(s):  
Creative Industries ◽  
Financial Instruments ◽  
Social Success ◽  
Tourism Activity ◽  
Support Mechanisms ◽  
Government Data ◽  
Cultural Sector ◽  
Cultural And Creative Industries

The cultural and creative industries enhance the quality of life for Canadians and visitors to Canada. However, definitions of the sector vary, presenting challenges for researchers and policymakers. Government data shows that the pandemic job and revenue loss were disproportionate in arts. The Canadian government created a range of financial tools (grants and subsidies) to support the sector during the Pandemic. This paper analyzes these financial instruments created in response to the Pandemic. This paper offers a case study on how government can support the economic and social success of the creative and cultural sector (CCS) in Canada and avoid the risk of the cultural ecosystem collapsing. In addition, the key findings may be helpful in other industries and markets when exploring ways to support the cultural and creative sectors, which are vital components of domestic and tourism activity.

scholarly journals Research on the Development Path of Zigong Salt Culture and Creative Industry in the Era of Digital New Media

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bingjie Zhang
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Traditional Culture ◽  
Creative Industries ◽  
Creative Industry ◽  
Media Technology ◽  
Virtual Technology ◽  
Development Path ◽  
Cultural And Creative Industries

Salt culture is the main component of traditional culture in Zigong, Sichuan.With centuries of history, it has accumulated rich cultural connotations. At present, Zigong salt culture, as a precious traditional cultural wealth, has taken cultural and creative industries as a new carrier of communication in the rapid development of digital new media technology, giving full play to the resource advantages of its traditional culture. This article focuses on the study of the development path of Zigong salt cultural and creative industry in the new digital media era. Combining digital new media technology with cultural and creative industries, Zigong salt culture actively uses virtual technology to realize the innovative development of cultural and creative industries, promote the cultivation of cultural and creative brands based on digital new media technology. This article aims to give relevant strategies with reference value, so as to make corresponding contributions to the development path of Zigong salt culture in the future.

scholarly journals Creative city: Challenging concept

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 263-277
Author(s):  
Vesna Tomic ◽  
Aleksandra Djukic
Keyword(s):  
Urban Development ◽  
Creative Industries ◽  
Human Potential ◽  
Creative Cities ◽  
Creative City ◽  
Form Part ◽  
Urban Development Policy ◽  
Cultural And Creative Industries ◽  
Multicase Study

Culture and creativity were always an essential part of city growth, but today they are integrated in the life of cities as a part of official strategies or as an action of a group of artists and people, working in the cultural and creative industries. Culture and creativity form part of many concepts of urban development promoted as an acceptable response to the challenges of globalization. As a part of urban development policy, they are expected to enable sustainable development, and they rely on human potential, local comparative advantages and development of technologies. The main principles of these concepts are communication, social networks, technology, adaptability, concentration, synergy and inclusion. As any paradigm, creative cities are challenged on many levels, in theory and in practice. Using culture and creativity as a resource and marketing value should be thoughtful, since it can have a significant impact on society. This paper will present some arguments about policies and critics of creative cities, as well as the required preconditions, organizational forms, their development path and relation to inclusion. This paper will present the case study of Savamala, as an example of urban regeneration through creating a cultural and creative quarter in Belgrade, and within a method of multicase study, include two more examples of cultural and creative strategies, the cases of Shanghai and Copenhagen, and by analyzing top-down and bottom-up initiatives, some conclusions about potentials and risks of those strategies will be drawn.

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