A Critique of Definitions of the Cultural and Creative Industries in Public Policy

Kulttuuripolitiikka ja nationalismi kilpailuvaltio-Suomessa: innovatiivinen luova talous

“…(Ks. Kuusela 2014, 98;McGuigan 2009;Galloway & Dunlop 2007. ) Keskeisiä teemoja ovat olleet tietopohjainen tuotanto, puhe tietoyhteiskunnasta (esim.…”

The weakest link: Creative industries, flagship cultural projects and regeneration

“…5) Some of the arguments are also more broadly linked to a general economic intervention of the public sector in the creative economy. While the issue and argument for public investment in the arts are not the focus of this paper, it creates confusion between the argument of support based on artistic merits and the argument of support in reference to economic development which has speaks to some of the critiques of the 'creative industries' (Galloway & Dunlop, 2007;Garnham, 2005). The assumption that the public sector is here seen also as a testing ground for new business models is quite interesting but questionable in policy practice.…”

Social Policy and Cultural Services: A Study of Scottish Border Museums as Implementers of Social Inclusion

“…Concept definition has been an ongoing problem regarding academic cultural policy studies, with vague and debated terms such as culture, creative (cultural) industries and 'the museum' (Bennet, 1995;Hooper-Greenhill, 2000;Hesmondhalgh and Pratt, 2005;Galloway and Dunlop, 2007 are just some of the authors who discuss these). This paper, however, focuses on the academic concepts (that centre mostly on social exclusion) and the social inclusion policies introduced for museums since 1999.…”