Here’s an interesting piece from Graham Hitchem on CreativeIndustriesi.net suggesting it may be time to redefine the Creative Industry concept in the UK. He argues that although it was effective in the 90s it no longer fits the bill in the current UK policy debates. Times and technology evolve he says and so too should the concept.
I would agree with him to a certain extent. The concept must evolve but it also has to evolve and adapt according to local circumstances and infrastructure. What works in the UK may not work elsewhere. It’s a good debate and one that I will be following.
Here it is in Graham’s words.” A recent intervention in this space has been made by Justin O’Connor – who has recently moved to Queensland University of Technology, following his seminal work on the cultural economy at the Manchester Institute of Popular Culture in the North West. His essay ‘Arts and Creative Industries’ disaggregates what we have called the Creative Industries into Art, Media and Design – re-affirming a space for the cultural role of the arts, emphasising the economic value and technology-driven growth of ‘media’, and highlighting the importance of design as a cross-disciplinary process.”
