The Creative Industries, Manchester, 27Feb08

The Creative Industries: Ten Years After

Walton Hall, Manchester, UK
Wednesday 27 Feb08, 9am - 6pm

Organisers:
Mark Banks, Department of Sociology/CRESC, The Open University
Justin O'Connor, Cultural and Media Industries Research Centre, University of Leeds

"The Creative Economy Programme sets out an ambitious strategy which once again places the creative industries at the heart of the UK’s economic future. The ‘UK model’ has been internationally exported, across Europe, and into territories as diverse as Australia, China and South Korea, shaping and being shaped by pre-existing policy frameworks, contributing to the rapid globalization of creative industry debate. Yet there are some hard questions to be asked and key issues to be addressed – this symposium attempts to address these issues and in doing so take forward an agenda for critical debate on the creative industries. A series of invited key speakers will address the following themes:

· the historical formation and context of 'creative' industries
· creative industry policy and the legacy of ‘New Labour’
· creative industries and local and regional development
· creative industries in comparative international contexts
· the changing politics of creativity and creative industry work
· the future policy agenda for creative industries

Speakers include: Justin O’Connor, David Hesmondhalgh (Leeds), Andy Pratt (LSE), Kate Oakley (City), Chris Bilton (Warwick), Mark Banks, Jason Toynbee (Open)"

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