cultural economy

The Creative Economy and the Development Agenda

By Christiaan De Beukelaer / 1 November 2016 / Comments Off on The Creative Economy and the Development Agenda

What happens when the ‘fast policy’ discourse of the ‘creative economy’ interacts with older policy practices and ideas?

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The Social and Built Infrastructure of Cultural Policy

By Christiaan De Beukelaer / 26 October 2016 / Comments Off on The Social and Built Infrastructure of Cultural Policy

This paper explores how musicians and music workers make sense of the cultural policies that have shaped and will shape the built infrastructure (concert venues, clubs, etc.) they need.

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Toward an ‘African’ Take on the Cultural and Creative Industries?

By Christiaan De Beukelaer / 11 August 2016 / Comments Off on Toward an ‘African’ Take on the Cultural and Creative Industries?

Can African countries simply copy and paste European models of cultural industries? This article argues not and calls for greater empirical and theoretical engagement with existing cultural industries across the continent.

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Creating Malta Towards 2020 and Beyond

By Christiaan De Beukelaer / 8 May 2016 / Comments Off on Creating Malta Towards 2020 and Beyond

In December 2015, the Strategy Directorate of the Arts Council Malta published its Create 2020 Strategy. What do they intend to do and how?

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Cultural Industries in Kazakhstan

By Christiaan De Beukelaer / 1 May 2016 / Comments Off on Cultural Industries in Kazakhstan

This report on the cultural industries in Kazakhstan is published in three languages, and includes the first ever translation of the term ‘creative industries’ into Kazakh.

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Culture and Sustainable Development

By Christiaan De Beukelaer / 15 July 2015 / Comments Off on Culture and Sustainable Development

UNESCO’s 2005 Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions include explicit reference to sustainability. But what does the term mean in this text?

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Globalization, Culture, and Development (2015, Palgrave Macmillan)

By Christiaan De Beukelaer / 1 July 2015 / Comments Off on Globalization, Culture, and Development (2015, Palgrave Macmillan)

This edited collection outlines the accomplishments, shortcomings, and future policy prospects of the 2005 UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions.

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Developing Cultural Industries (2015, European Cultural Foundation)

By Christiaan De Beukelaer / 1 February 2015 / Comments Off on Developing Cultural Industries (2015, European Cultural Foundation)

In Developing Cultural Industries, Christiaan De Beukelaer offers a thorough exploration of how the concepts of cultural and creative industries are constructed and implemented across African countries and evaluates various policy implications of his findings.

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Cultural Policy: Management, Value and Modernity in the Creative Industries (Book Review)

By Christiaan De Beukelaer / 27 January 2015 / Comments Off on Cultural Policy: Management, Value and Modernity in the Creative Industries (Book Review)

My review of Dave O’Brien’s book Cultural Policy: Management, Value and Modernity in the Creative Industries in Cultural Trends

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Capital, State and Conflict

By Christiaan De Beukelaer / 26 January 2015 / Comments Off on Capital, State and Conflict

Under contemporary capitalism the extraction of value from the built environment has escalated, working in tandem with other urban processes to lay the foundations for the exploitative processes of gentrification world-wide.

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