Value Construction in the Creative Economy: Negotiating Innovation and Transformation

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The book provides a critical and integrative analysis of value as it pertains to different aspects of creative and cultural industries. The notion of 'value' – a frequently used but rarely considered term – is deconstructed and considered as a spatial and structural impact, an active resource and process, and as soft institutions and embodied forms which collectively create a space through which value is constructed and negotiated. This book consists of three main sections: normative valuation, value and transformation from interactions and process, and embodied value. Together the contributions assess what value means in the creative and cultural industries, how it is constructed and added through process, and the way in which it is embodied in people and shaped through and by social space. Especially relevant for postgraduate study and research in the creative and cultural industries where critical studies are key, this book is also relevant for multiple disciplines which occupy the creative and cultural fields. Contents Notes on Contributors List of Figures List of Tables Part I: Defining the Creative Economy Through Value 1 Exploring Value in the Creative and Cultural Industries • Rachel Granger Introduction Deficits in the Creative Discourse Values in the Creative Economy Viewing Creative Value Through the Performing Lens References 2 Problematising Hidden Culture • Laura Parsons and Rachel Granger Introduction Defining Culture Homogenous Policy Approaches to Culture Languages Visual Arts Economic-Led Considerations Culture in Sociology Reaching a Cross-disciplinary Definition The Emergence of Hidden Culture Conceptualising Hidden Culture Power Relations and Value Allocation Material Culture and Embodied Meaning Subculture and Low Culture A Hidden Culture Approach to Value Capture References Part II: The Creative Self 3 Defining Excellence: Value in Creative Degrees • Pinky Bazaz Introduction The Creative Economy The Role of Creative Education Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Students and Differential Degree Outcomes The Educational Experience: Understanding the Contemporary Creative Student The Learning GAP: How We Are Taught and Who We Are Taught By Hard and Soft Creative Skills Student Identity and Voice (Value of Identity and Knowledge Diversity) Conclusion: Value for All References 4 Problematising Philanthropy in the UK Cultural Sector • Jennie Jordan and Ruth Jindal Introduction Policy and Social Context Leadership for the Future Problematising Philanthropy in Cultural Policy Conclusions References 5 Value Definition in Sustainable (Textiles) Production and Consumption • Claire Lerpiniere Introduction Sustainability Cultural Capital and Value Material Capital and Value Circular Textiles and Value Creation Design as a Professional and Tacit Value Fast Fashion in the Anthropocene Transition Design Emotional Design Phenomenology Conclusion References 6 A Cloth to Wear: Value Embodied in Ghanaian Textiles • Malika Kraamer Introduction Production, Customers and Cloth Use Production of Kente Cloth Customers and Cloth Use Cloth Use Geographical Differences and Economic Value Constructing and Problematising Value in Kente Economic Value Changing Value Everyday Value Dress, Fashion and Identity Dress Versus Cloth in Social Identity and Value Dress and Fashion Innovation and Patronage Conclusion References Part III: Collective Creative Spaces and Processes 7 Intercultural Entrepreneurship in Creative Place-Making • David Rae Introduction Culture and Its Role in Entrepreneurship Introducing Microcultures Microcultural and Intercultural Enterprise Microcultural Enterprise Leading to Value Creation Case 1: Leicester as a City of Intercultural Enterprise Case 2: Celtic Colours, Cape Breton, Canada Discussion: Towards Intercultural Entrepreneurship References 8 Co-creative Third Space, Maker Space and Micro Industrial Districts • Rachel Granger Introduction Structural and Spatial View of the Creative Economy The Triple Helix Model Localisation Economies The Working-Learning-Social Nexus of Creative Spaces Socialisation and Social Capital Structural, Cognitive and Relational Dimensions of Social Capital Copenhagen Creative Economy Copenhagen’s Lab Movement Underbroen Maker Space and Production Lab Analysis and Discussion References 9 Cultural and Creative Districts as Spaces for Value Change • Jennifer Garcia-Carrizo and Rachel Granger Introduction Activism The Ouseburn Valley Area Cultural and Creative Districts and the Ouseburn Valley Cultural and Creative Districts as Spaces for Activism Actor 1: Ouseburn Trust and the Involvement of Older Volunteers Actor 2: The Ouseburn Farm Activist 3: Chilli Studios and Chilli Bizarre The Value in the District Brand and Its Brand Notoriety Conclusions References 10 Silent Design and the Business Value of Creative Ideas • David Heap and Caroline Coles Introduction The UK Design Industry Silent Design in Business Silent Design and Value Creation in Practice Valorising Design Through Intellectual Property Copyright Infringement Remix Culture Conclusion: Problematising Value Creation and Design Ownership References 11 The Hidden Value of Underground Networks and Intermediaries in the Creative City • Rachel Granger Introduction Relational Geographies of Creativity Social Proximity and Value Relational Views of Leicester as a Creative City H1: Leicester Universities Produce Mode 1 Creative Knowledge H2: Leicester’s Ecosystem Does Not Support Knowledge Transfer H3: Leicester’s Creative Knowledge Transfer Occurs Through Alternative Pipelines Legitimating Value Through Cultural Intermediaries Value Construction Through Relational Mapping References 12 Value Transformation: From Online Community to Business Benefit • Tracy Harwood, Jason Boomer, and Tony Garry Introduction Conceptual Framework of Value Methodology Findings Economic Value Symbolic Value Social Value Cultural Value Discussion Conclusion References 13 Conclusion: Value Constructs for the Creative Economy • Rachel Granger Performing Value and Constructs for Conceiving Value Part I: Defining the Creative Economy Through Value Part II: The Creative Self Part III: Collective Creative Spaces and Processes Where Does This Leave Us? References Index