Posts by Christiaan De Beukelaer
Développer les Industries Culturelles (2018, Peter Lang)
À travers un engagement empiriquement fondé au sein de ce débat, ce livre montre comment le recours à la catégorie des « industries culturelles et créatives » dans les politiques publiques reconfigure les limites des politiques culturelles.
Read MoreThe Political Economy of Intellectual Property Rights in Ghana
Ghana, like many other countries, tries to eliminate media piracy. But what does this mean for distributors working in the margins of the formal economy? And, more fundamentally, what does this means for the tension between copyright and cultural rights?
Read MoreGhana’s War on Piracy
Ghana, like many other countries, tries to eliminate media piracy. But what does this mean for distributors working in the margins of the formal economy? And, more fundamentally, what does this means for the tension between copyright and cultural rights?
Read MoreAllan Sekula: Okeanos (Book Review)
The book OKEANOS illustrates, documents, and discusses several projects that focus on shipping by Allan Sekula (1951–2013), an American documentary photographer and theorist.
Read MorePlain Sailing: How Traditional Methods Could Deliver Zero-Emission Shipping
Sailing ships have been around for thousands of years – long before the advent of fossil fuels. With the global shipping sector now attempting to cut its greenhouse gas emissions, could sails be due a renaissance?
Read MoreCultural Policies for Sustainable Development (2018, Routledge)
This book contributes to a better understanding of the role of culture in achieving sustainability, focusing on the particular roles for cultural policy in this context.
Read MoreOrdinary Culture in a World of Strangers
Can societies deal with difference within a methodologically nationalist framework for cultural policy? This article argues it can’t and calls for a methodologically cosmopolitan approach to cultural policy instead.
Read MoreCreative Economy and Culture (Book Review)
The book claims to be about the creative economy and culture, but does not engage much with what culture means exactly.
Read MoreCultural Policies for Sustainable Development
Many people and organisations argue there is an intrinsically positive link between culture and sustainability. We argue not. Though we propose four strategic paths through which connections can be strengthened and put to use.
Read MoreIntroduction: Cultural Policies for Sustainable Development
Sustainable development has long conceptual roots, and international organisations have played a significant role in articulating the meaning of the term and the content of the dominant discourses. This article and special issue examine culture and sustainable development in ways that articulate and contemplate different roles for cultural policy.
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