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In: | Media, Culture & Society, 39, 2017, 7, S. 1078-1088 |
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SAGE Publications
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Medientyp: | Artikel, E-Artikel |
Umfang: | 1078-1088 |
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ISSN: |
0163-4437
1460-3675 |
DOI: | 10.1177/0163443717692739 |
veröffentlicht in: | Media, Culture & Society |
Sprache: | Englisch |
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Kollektion: | SAGE Publications (CrossRef) |
<jats:p> This article critically examines the fundamental premise of the creative industries discourse: human creativity as a distinctive input in the production process is the core source of economic value generation. It points out that this discourse emerged within the political-economic context of our time where creativity and knowledge are celebrated, while human labour itself as a factor of production and social force is increasingly de-legitimised and marginalised. The article argues that the radical potential in the discourse (the labour-value nexus) has failed to be recognised, and asks how it can be rediscovered and linked to contemporary socio-economic debates. Turning its attention to the creativity residing in the cultural sector, this article also argues that we should better understand its economic characteristics (productivity-low) and social consequences (diversity-high), and their implications for cultural policy. </jats:p> |