The era of the cultural and creative industries, which can be said to date from 1997, brought together many different approaches to culture around an urgent call for recognition of a new reality that was «out there» and that represented the future, change, renewal and the revitalisation of the...

The cultural industry in Latin America is undergoing a period of redefinition, involving a thorough rethinking of its structure in terms of production, policy and consumption. Digitisation and increased state regulatory intervention are forcing the sector to rethink its development and its...

Arguments as to just what should be included under the definition of «creative industries» have limited their acceptance and the adoption of suitable policies. There are opposing analyses and statistical categories, such as the copyright industry, the content industry, the cultural industry,...

Digitisation and globalisation are leading not only to technical and cultural changes but also to social changes whose consequences are unpredictable. In this context, the culture industry and, on a different level, the creative industries (whose status needs to be determined) have a core role...

This article describes the current situation of the cultural industry and its different fields in Catalonia. Besides it analyzes the support policies of Instituto Catalán de las Industrias Culturales [«Catalonian Institute for Cultural Industries»]. Through data recollection we know the...

Arguments as to just what should be included under the definition of «creative industries» have limited their acceptance and the adoption of suitable policies. There are opposing analyses and statistical categories, such as the copyright industry, the content industry, the cultural industry,...

The topic of creativity emerged on the contemporary scene in the nineteen nineties, and has since imposed itself in organisational and institutional contexts and in the field of social discourse. Its origins lie in the particular political context of Blair-era Britain, and it has become an...

This paper examines some of the implications for China of the creative industries agenda as drawn by some recent commentators. The creative industries have been seen by many commentators as essential if China is to move from an imitative low-value economy to an innovative high value one. Some...

The topic of creativity emerged on the contemporary scene in the nineteen nineties, and has since imposed itself in organisational and institutional contexts and in the field of social discourse. Its origins lie in the particular political context of Blair-era Britain, and it has become an...

The era of the cultural and creative industries, which can be said to date from 1997, brought together many different approaches to culture around an urgent call for recognition of a new reality that was «out there» and that represented the future, change, renewal and the revitalisation of the...