CCI711 : Cultural and creative industries: key concepts and issues / College of Creative Arts

This course introduces students to a number of key concepts, issues and debates in relation to the cultural and creative industries. It explores the cultural and creative industries as an emerging concept that highlights the interface between creativity, culture, economics, and technology, as expressed in the ability to create and circulate intellectual capital, has the potential to generate income, jobs and exports while at the same time promote social inclusion, cultural diversity and human development. In particular, the course examines the relationship between cultural and creative values as an industry – in other words, the economy as a constructed socio-cultural phenomenon. This includes the emergence of arts and cultural policies, the rise of the cultural and creative industries, the rise of the creative cities, and the evolution of cultural and creative works. Students are introduced to several key sectors that are considered the bloodline of the cultural and creative industries such as: performing arts (music, dance and theatre); literature, creative writing and publishing; and, film, animation and digital content.