cultural economy

Creative Industries in ‘Developing’ Countries

By Christiaan De Beukelaer / 24 May 2014 / Comments Off on Creative Industries in ‘Developing’ Countries

UNCTAD’s Creative Economy Reports argue the share of ‘developing’ countries in global trade is growing. But what if their analysis is based on flawed country classifications?

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The UNESCO/UNDP 2013 Creative Economy Report

By Christiaan De Beukelaer / 19 May 2014 / Comments Off on The UNESCO/UNDP 2013 Creative Economy Report

UNCTAD’s ‘special edition’ of the Creative Economy Report promises a new take on the subject. What does it well and where is room for improvement?

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Music Piracy: a Rich but Narrow History (Book Review)

By Christiaan De Beukelaer / 15 April 2014 / Comments Off on Music Piracy: a Rich but Narrow History (Book Review)

Kernfeld convincingly argues that one cannot simply posit pop song piracy as the illegal counterpart of the legitimate music businesses. In fact, piracy has often prompted much-needed innovations in the music business in technical and commercial terms.

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Culture and Development in Burkina Faso: Social and Economic Impacts Explored

By Christiaan De Beukelaer / 22 July 2013 / Comments Off on Culture and Development in Burkina Faso: Social and Economic Impacts Explored

The Burkinabè Ministry of Culture commissioned a report on its cultural industries with funding from UNESCO’s International Fund for Cultural Diversity. This article analysis the document as part of Burkina Faso’s engagement with cultural industries.

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Intimate Distance (Book Review)

By Christiaan De Beukelaer / 16 May 2013 / Comments Off on Intimate Distance (Book Review)

Intimate Distance engages with a seemingly unusual cultural interaction: Bolivian and Japanese performances of the indigenous music of Bolivia, framed as ‘Andean’ music.

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Corporations and Cultural Industries (Book Review)

By Christiaan De Beukelaer / 18 March 2013 / Comments Off on Corporations and Cultural Industries (Book Review)

Several authors have previously explored the concept, nature, and functions of the cultural industries. Fitzgerald makes a most valuable contribution to this body of literature with an excellent theoretically informed and empirically rich account of a particular section of the cultural industries: corporations.

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The Cosmopolitan Homo Economicus and the Global Cultural Economy

By Christiaan De Beukelaer / 1 June 2012 / Comments Off on The Cosmopolitan Homo Economicus and the Global Cultural Economy

This chapter builds on postcolonial studies, through which greater understanding of the complexity of ‘culture’ in cultural and creative industries might be achieved.

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