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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
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.
Real Sustainable Development Requires Change Through Culture
The United Nations are close to adopting the Sustainable Development Goals. What role will culture play?
Tourism and Imagining Musical Traditions at the East African Coast
This article presents an analysis of the invention of tradition within musics created by and related to Swahili culture. We focus on the ways the local tourist industry deals with musical heritage.
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?
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?
Gross Domestic Problem (Book Review)
There is a problem with gross domestic product (GDP) as a concept, but there is no easy way to replace it with an equally simple and clear-cut indicator. That is the bottom line of Lorenzo Fioramonti’s short and provocative book.
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.
The Future as a Cultural Fact (Book Review)
Arjun Appadurai tackles an important issue with this collection of essays: the future. More precisely, he engages with The Future as a Cultural Fact, expanding on what this means for social sciences in general and for anthropology in particular.
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.