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Academic publishing as 'creative' industry and recent discourses of 'creative economies': some critical reflections
Journal Article
Overview
Abstract
his
paper
continues
recent
discussions
on
the
(geo)politics
of
the
production
of
academic
knowledges,
in
relation
to
the
recent
rise
of
narratives
of
'the
creative
economy'.
Creativity
and
the
'creative
industries'
are
increasingly
common
components
of
urban
economic
development
discourse,
especially
following
the
release
of
a
set
of
key
books
-
most
notably
Charles
Landry's
The
Creative
City
(2000),
and
Richard
Florida's
The
Rise
of
the
Creative
Class
(2002)
-
that
have
become
popular
among
economic
development
planners
and
cultural
policy
makers.
This
paper
focuses
on
the
traffic
of
these
books,
and
their
authors,
beyond
the
Anglo-American
core.
It
also
briefly
discusses
policy
discourses
interpreted
from
these
texts.
It
is
principally,
though,
a
critique
of
the
ways
in
which
academic
knowledges
circulate,
stemming
from
theorization
of
academics
as
creative
producers,
and
of
knowledge
production
as
part
of
the
creative
economy.
The
article
seeks
to
critique
the
means
by
which
particular
northern
economic
knowledges
become
normative,
framed
as
universal
and
'global',
and
are
distributed
and
absorbed
via
intellectual
'scenes'
and
an
academic
'celebrity'
circuit.
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Citation
Gibson, C. & Klocker, N. (2004). Academic publishing as ''creative'' industry and recent discourses of ''creative economies'': some critical reflections. Area, 36 (4), 423-434.
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Overview
Abstract
his
paper
continues
recent
discussions
on
the
(geo)politics
of
the
production
of
academic
knowledges,
in
relation
to
the
recent
rise
of
narratives
of
'the
creative
economy'.
Creativity
and
the
'creative
industries'
are
increasingly
common
components
of
urban
economic
development
discourse,
especially
following
the
release
of
a
set
of
key
books
-
most
notably
Charles
Landry's
The
Creative
City
(2000),
and
Richard
Florida's
The
Rise
of
the
Creative
Class
(2002)
-
that
have
become
popular
among
economic
development
planners
and
cultural
policy
makers.
This
paper
focuses
on
the
traffic
of
these
books,
and
their
authors,
beyond
the
Anglo-American
core.
It
also
briefly
discusses
policy
discourses
interpreted
from
these
texts.
It
is
principally,
though,
a
critique
of
the
ways
in
which
academic
knowledges
circulate,
stemming
from
theorization
of
academics
as
creative
producers,
and
of
knowledge
production
as
part
of
the
creative
economy.
The
article
seeks
to
critique
the
means
by
which
particular
northern
economic
knowledges
become
normative,
framed
as
universal
and
'global',
and
are
distributed
and
absorbed
via
intellectual
'scenes'
and
an
academic
'celebrity'
circuit.
Publication Date
Has Subject Area
Published In
Background
Citation
Gibson, C. & Klocker, N. (2004). Academic publishing as ''creative'' industry and recent discourses of ''creative economies'': some critical reflections. Area, 36 (4), 423-434.
Identity
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Number Of Pages
Start Page
End Page
Volume
Issue
Place Of Publication