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This special issue of the International Journal of Cultural Policy sets out to address two related questions. Firstly, how can cultural policy address the complexities of creative processes and people? Secondly, to what extent can cultural policy be seen as a 'creative' process and how might such an approach to cultural policy play out in practi
List of contents
Introduction Chris Bilton 1. The study of creativity: from genius to cognitive science
Robert Weisberg 2. Manageable creativity Chris Bilton 3. ‘The most creative organization in the world’? The BBC, ‘creativity’ and managerial style Philip Schlesinger 4. The English model of creativity: cultural politics of an idea Jonothan Neelands and Boyun Choe 5. Craft labour and creative industries Mark Banks 6. Creative labour, cultural work and individualisation Jim McGuigan 7. The rise of ‘user creativity’ – Web 2.0 and a new challenge for copyright law and cultural policy Nobuko Kawashima 8. The rise of the Trojan horses in the creative industries Erich Poettschacher 9. Social creativity: re-qualifying the creative economy Nick Wilson
About the author
Dr Chris Bilton is Director of the Centre for Cultural Policy Studies at University of Warwick and course director of the Centre’s MA in Creative and Media Enterprises
Summary
This special issue of the International Journal of Cultural Policy sets out to address two related questions. Firstly, how can cultural policy address the complexities of creative processes and people? Secondly, to what extent can cultural policy be seen as a ‘creative’ process and how might such an approach to cultural policy play out in practi
