ABSTRACT

This collection brings together international experts from different continents to examine creativity and innovation in the cultural economy. In doing so, the collection provides a unique contemporary resource for researchers and advanced students. As a whole, the collection addresses creativity and innovation in a broad organizational field of knowledge relationships and transactions. In considering key issues and debates from across this developing arena of the global knowledge economy, the collection pursues an interdisciplinary approach that encompasses Management, Geography, Economics, Sociology and Cultural Studies.

part 1|19 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|17 pages

Creativity, innovation and the cultural economy

Snake oil for the twenty-first century?

part 2|33 pages

Advertising

chapter 2a|18 pages

Relocating creativity in advertising

From aesthetic specialisation to strategic integration

chapter 2b|13 pages

Provincial parvenus

The subaltern sensibility of London advertising creatives

part 4|46 pages

Film and TV

chapter 4a|26 pages

Creativity in context

Content, cost, chance and collection in the organization of the film industry

part 5|42 pages

New Media

chapter 5a|22 pages

Cultural production in the transnational city

A study of new media in Vancouver

chapter 5b|18 pages

Creative biographies in new media

Social innovation in web work

part 6|38 pages

Design

chapter 6a|19 pages

Fostering a culture of design

Insights from the case of Montréal, Canada

part 7|45 pages

Museums/Visual Arts/Performance

chapter 7a|22 pages

Creativity and innovation in the cultural economy

Museums, galleries and the visual arts

chapter 7b|21 pages

Does Hamlet have to be naked?

Art between tradition and innovation in German theatres

part 8|14 pages

Conclusion