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Advanced Introduction to Creative Industries
As the world faces extreme economic, environmental and political crises, this bold and accessible Advanced Introduction argues for a future-facing approach to the creative economy and creative innovation. The book analyses contemporary and historical arts and culture whilst assessing historical shifts from national to global cultures; analogue to digital technologies; and individualist to systems thinking.
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Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world’s leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas.
As the world faces extreme economic, environmental and political crises, this bold and accessible Advanced Introduction argues for a future-facing approach to the creative economy and creative innovation. The book analyses contemporary and historical arts and culture whilst assessing historical shifts from national to global cultures; analogue to digital technologies; and individualist to systems thinking.
Key features include:
• a new approach to the creative industries based on complex systems and evolutionary dynamics
• combining humanities-based analysis with economics of innovation
• a critique of important theorists and intellectual traditions involved in the study of modern mediated creativity
• reconceptualizing arts, copyright, cities, time, global media and social agency
• a thought-provoking reassessment of modernity to pivot creative enterprise for the challenges of the Anthropocene era.
Scholars and students of media and communications studies, political economy and economics will benefit from the new approach to creative media and culture, and its proposals to rethink the economics of creativity and innovation. This book will be a helpful guide for policy-makers, consultants and freelancers who work across the borderlines of art, media, technology, business and regulation.
As the world faces extreme economic, environmental and political crises, this bold and accessible Advanced Introduction argues for a future-facing approach to the creative economy and creative innovation. The book analyses contemporary and historical arts and culture whilst assessing historical shifts from national to global cultures; analogue to digital technologies; and individualist to systems thinking.
Key features include:
• a new approach to the creative industries based on complex systems and evolutionary dynamics
• combining humanities-based analysis with economics of innovation
• a critique of important theorists and intellectual traditions involved in the study of modern mediated creativity
• reconceptualizing arts, copyright, cities, time, global media and social agency
• a thought-provoking reassessment of modernity to pivot creative enterprise for the challenges of the Anthropocene era.
Scholars and students of media and communications studies, political economy and economics will benefit from the new approach to creative media and culture, and its proposals to rethink the economics of creativity and innovation. This book will be a helpful guide for policy-makers, consultants and freelancers who work across the borderlines of art, media, technology, business and regulation.
Critical Acclaim
‘In Advanced Introduction to Creative Industries, John Hartley provides a new understanding of the creative industries and how they have evolved, drawing on real-life examples and case studies. In making the creative economy tangible and relatable, this book is a relevant and practical resource for those with an existing interest in the creative industries as well as those who are new to the landscape.’
– Sarah Ramadhita, LSE Review of Books
‘John Hartley''s Advanced Introduction to Creative Industries is a simple but magnificent take on the idea of “creative industries”; it is less an introduction than a pithy synopsis of the author''s life-long thinking on how to make critical inquiries a creative instrument of social change.’
– Wen Jin, International Comparative Literature
‘John Hartley''s Advanced Introduction to Creative Industries is a simple but magnificent take on the idea of ''creative industries''; it is less an introduction than a pithy synopsis of the author'' s life-long thinking on how to make critical inquiries a creative instrument of social change.’
– Jin Wen, International Comparative Literature
‘20 years ago, John Hartley was at least partly responsible for establishing the creative industries as an academic field; his ongoing project to understand them deeply, and advocate for them passionately, finds new expression here. This characteristically ambitious, wide-ranging and, above all, lively book is - much like the creative industries themselves – bubbling with unruly ideas, unlikely connections, and hope for the future.’
– Jean Burgess, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
‘Not all writing about the creative industries practises what it preaches! So how exciting to read a creative analysis of these industries. This book sidesteps expectations by offering an imaginative and highly thought-provoking engagement with its puzzling subject matter.’
– Sonia Livingstone, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK
‘Every single human being is creative, and every industry must become a creative industry. John Hartley’s Advanced Introduction to Creative Industries provides the research and data we need to better understand the creative industries that increasingly power our economy and shape our society.’
– Richard Florida, University of Toronto, Canada and author of The Rise of the Creative Class
‘John Hartley always was and continues to be the very best guide to how to think about the creative industries, how to really understand its cosmological significance as well as its practical use. This book explores a fascinating range of topics, from digital art and intellectual property to the nature of cities, existence, class wars, and deep time. Self-recommending, as they say.’
– Jason Potts, RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia
– Sarah Ramadhita, LSE Review of Books
‘John Hartley''s Advanced Introduction to Creative Industries is a simple but magnificent take on the idea of “creative industries”; it is less an introduction than a pithy synopsis of the author''s life-long thinking on how to make critical inquiries a creative instrument of social change.’
– Wen Jin, International Comparative Literature
‘John Hartley''s Advanced Introduction to Creative Industries is a simple but magnificent take on the idea of ''creative industries''; it is less an introduction than a pithy synopsis of the author'' s life-long thinking on how to make critical inquiries a creative instrument of social change.’
– Jin Wen, International Comparative Literature
‘20 years ago, John Hartley was at least partly responsible for establishing the creative industries as an academic field; his ongoing project to understand them deeply, and advocate for them passionately, finds new expression here. This characteristically ambitious, wide-ranging and, above all, lively book is - much like the creative industries themselves – bubbling with unruly ideas, unlikely connections, and hope for the future.’
– Jean Burgess, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
‘Not all writing about the creative industries practises what it preaches! So how exciting to read a creative analysis of these industries. This book sidesteps expectations by offering an imaginative and highly thought-provoking engagement with its puzzling subject matter.’
– Sonia Livingstone, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK
‘Every single human being is creative, and every industry must become a creative industry. John Hartley’s Advanced Introduction to Creative Industries provides the research and data we need to better understand the creative industries that increasingly power our economy and shape our society.’
– Richard Florida, University of Toronto, Canada and author of The Rise of the Creative Class
‘John Hartley always was and continues to be the very best guide to how to think about the creative industries, how to really understand its cosmological significance as well as its practical use. This book explores a fascinating range of topics, from digital art and intellectual property to the nature of cities, existence, class wars, and deep time. Self-recommending, as they say.’
– Jason Potts, RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia
