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Resources of Hope? Creative Economy and Development in the Global South
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Abstract This paper sets out to challenge the dominant narrative of the creative economy as a new option for developing countries. The much-vaunted growth rates proclaimed by UNCTAD's Creative Economy Programme have slowed, and are seen to apply to a particular kind of manufactured good, as well as being ove... view more
This paper sets out to challenge the dominant narrative of the creative economy as a new option for developing countries. The much-vaunted growth rates proclaimed by UNCTAD's Creative Economy Programme have slowed, and are seen to apply to a particular kind of manufactured good, as well as being overwhelmingly dominated by Asia, and especially China. This paper tries to unpick the dominant creative economy model of entrepreneurship, creative human capital and open market opportunity and suggests that - other than in East Asia - it is business as usual for the Global North. The creative economy not only fails to deliver its promise of development but has profound consequences for local cultures, caught up in an ever more global web of exploitation driven by the new digital platforms. We need to return to the earlier concerns of 'culture and development' now fully aware of the downsides, as well as the potential, of cultural economies in an uncertain global landscape.... view less
Keywords
international relations; transnational relations; foreign policy; international cultural policy; international trade policy; cultural studies; culture; exploitation; international cooperation; internationalization; economic development (on national level); development policy; creativity; economic policy; culture industry; cultural economy; economy; transnationality; China; digital media; international economics
Classification
Economic Sectors
International Relations, International Politics, Foreign Affairs, Development Policy
Free Keywords
Kreativwirtschaft; digitale Plattformen; internationale Entwicklung
Document language
English
Publication Year
2019
City
Stuttgart
Page/Pages
12 p.
Series
ifa Input, 02/2019
DOI
https://doi.org/10.17901/AKBP2.02.2019
ISBN
978-3-948205-01-0
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0