CS250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Creative Industries, Railways Act 1921, Richard Florida
13 Jun 2018
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What are the creative industries? What is the creative economy?
1. What does creativity mean to you?
2. How are the creative industries defined?
○ Classic definition comes from Westminster in the UK
○ 1998 usage of word began under British govt - creative industries mapping
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○ Creative industries: are those industries which have their origin in individual
creativity, skill and talent and which have a potential for wealth and job creation
through the generation and exploitation of intellectual property
○ Main ideas...
■ 1. Ideas are rooted in human creativity (talent)
■ 2. Industries said to generate employment
■ 3. Industries said to produce economic wealth
○ Label that groups together individual sectors (visual/performing arts, music,
fashion, film/tv, design, architecture…)
○ The creative industries (combine) individual creativity and the mass production of
symbolic cultural goods
○ Meaning changes over time, can be different around the world (eg diff sectors
included)
3. Where does the creative industries idea come from?
○ Initially developed as policy term by UK govt
○ Policy: positions or priorities that guide how the state uses its resources,
institutions and taxpayers money to intervene in, shape or otherwise affect the
creative industries as a sector
○ Grouping sectors gives indication of how economy is doing
○ UK in late 1990s worried about consequences of globalization, outsourcing,
declining traditional manufacturing, unemployment
○ Creative industries term first introduced by politicians who wanted to improve
funding for traditional and performing arts
○ “It was during the 1980s in countries such as the UK and Australia that
advocates for the arts took to arguing the economic importance of the cultural
sector as a means of justifying public funding.”
○ UK govt began creating reports about creative industries etc, making sure govt
decisions reflect needs of creative sectors
○ Focus emerged in unis and colleges on creative sectors
○ Term adopted by global institutions like UN
4. What are the approaches to the creative industries that are outlined by Davies and
Sigthorsson?
○ 3 key approaches to creative industries
○ 1. Economic data approach
■ Aim to tell us about scale of industries (stats on revenue for eg)
■ What they add to a country’s overall output
■ Industries growing faster, including employment in creative industries
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Document Summary
Classic definition comes from westminster in the uk. 1998 usage of word began under british govt - creative industries mapping document. Creative industries: are those industries which have their origin in individual creativity, skill and talent and which have a potential for wealth and job creation through the generation and exploitation of intellectual property. Label that groups together individual sectors (visual/performing arts, music, fashion, film/tv, design, architecture ) The creative industries (combine) individual creativity and the mass production of symbolic cultural goods. Initially developed as policy term by uk govt. Policy: positions or priorities that guide how the state uses its resources, institutions and taxpayers money to intervene in, shape or otherwise affect the creative industries as a sector. Grouping sectors gives indication of how economy is doing. Uk in late 1990s worried about consequences of globalization, outsourcing, declining traditional manufacturing, unemployment. Creative industries term first introduced by politicians who wanted to improve funding for traditional and performing arts.
