scholarly journals Francophone Perspectives on Creative Industries and the Creative Economy

2014 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Philippe Bouquillion
Keyword(s):  
Critical Theory ◽  
Creative Industries ◽  
The Other ◽  
Creative Economy ◽  
Nous Proposons ◽  
Critical Research ◽  
The One ◽  
Supranational Institutions ◽  
Ideological Construction

Research on the socio-economics of culture, collaborative Web, and the creative economy converge today in an ideological construction: the notions of creative industries and creative economy, at least as they are presented by national or supranational institutions and experts. Most of these themes have been introduced in the Francophone research works by the Anglophone ones. In this regard, the distinction between the various forms of critical research on the one hand, and non-critical, on the other, seems much more fundamental. As such, we propose taking seriously the notion of creative industries, deviating from the definitions given by experts, building a critical theory of creative industries that reflect the dynamics of the economy of symbolic goods.Les travaux sur la socio-économie de la culture, le Web collaboratif et l’économie créative convergent aujourd’hui dans la construction idéologique que forment les problématiques des industries et de l’économie créatives, du moins telles qu’elles sont présentées par des institutions nationales ou supranationales et par des experts. La plupart de ces thèmes ont été introduits dans la recherche francophone par des travaux anglophones. À cet égard, la distinction entre les diverses formes de recherche critique, d’un côté, et acritique, de l’autre, semble beaucoup plus fondamentale. À ce titre, nous proposons de prendre au sérieux la notion d’industries créatives, en s’écartant des définitions qu’en donnent les experts, pour construire une théorie critique des industries créatives rendant compte de la dynamique de l’économie des biens symboliques.

scholarly journals TECHNOLOGIES IN CREATIVE ECONOMY AND CREATIVE SOCIETY

2015 ◽  
Vol 21 (6) ◽  
pp. 855-868 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomas KAČERAUSKAS
Keyword(s):  
New Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Creative Industries ◽  
The Other ◽  
Creative Economy ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Political Media ◽  
The One ◽  
Media And Communication

The article deals with issues of technologies in the environment of creative economy and creative society, mostly focusing on the following topics: 1) invasion of technologies, which is accompanied by technical illiteracy or simplification of intellection presupposed by a certain technique (e.g. computers); 2) new technologies emerge in the environment dominated by consumption in order to boost consumption; 3) political, media and communication technologies are intertwined to the extent that allows us to speak about the technologized society; 4) technologies are inseparable from creative activities: on the one hand, development of technologies needs creativity, on the other hand, every branch of creative industries needs certain technologies; 5) technologic development is conditioned by their syncretism, i.e. their ability to serve the art (technē) of life and creative intentions; 6) in the creative society, happiness does not depend on constantly upgraded (i.e. consumed) technologies but is rather possible in spite of them; 7) unlimitedness is the greatest limitation of global technologies: unconnected with any existential region, they billow in the wind of ever newer technologies.

scholarly journals Reviewing the cultural industry: from creative industries to digital platforms

1970 ◽  
pp. 135-145
Author(s):  
Fausto Colombo
Keyword(s):  
Creative Industries ◽  
The Other ◽  
Cultural Industry ◽  
International Debate ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
Traditional Definition ◽  
Radical Critique ◽  
Culture Production ◽  
The One ◽  
Definition Of

The goal of the present study is to broadly reconstruct the international debate on the cultural industry, from its origins to today. In particular, the links with other related concepts (creative industries and digital platforms) will be highlighted. The article is divided in three sections: the first reconstructs the origin of the concept, from the 1930s and 1940s, highlighting the theoretical heritage of Adorno and Horkheimer and, more generally, the scholars of the Frankfurt School. Together with Marcuse, those scholars identified, on the one hand, the consonances between industrial mass production and new forms of culture production and, on the other, formulated a radical critique of this change. In the same years in which the theories of this school were disseminated, Morin proposed a less pessimistic view of the same transformation. In the second section, the evolution of the concept of cultural industry during the end of the 1970s and the beginning of the 2000s is studied. During this period, the classical theories –after a phase of partial obscurity– were taken up. On one hand a socio-historical perspective emphasized the role played by national industries in shaping contents and styles. On the other hand, a series of scholars enlarged the definition to the creative industries. In the third section, some hypothesis are built about the evolution of the digital platforms and their links with the traditional definition of cultural industry.

scholarly journals Die Ordnung des Wissens

2008 ◽  
Vol 38 (151) ◽  
pp. 255-270 ◽  
Author(s):  
Florian Kappeler
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Theory ◽  
Social Theory ◽  
Karl Marx ◽  
The Other ◽  
Critical Social Theory ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Archaeology Of Knowledge ◽  
The One ◽  
Critical Social

In its first part, the article deals with Michel Foucaults "discourse analysis", as developed in his "Archaeology of knowledge". The second part considers the concept of discourse in relation to Foucaults "analytic of power" and to a critical theory of society inspired by Karl Marx, especially Louis Althussers notion of ideology. Thus, on the one hand, some propositions for a methodology of discourse analysis are being made, and, on the other hand, its position within a project of critical social theory is discussed.

scholarly journals Editorial: Why affirmative critique?

1970 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Karin Gunnarsson ◽  
Riikka Hohti
Keyword(s):  
Gender Discrimination ◽  
The Other ◽  
Main Question ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Research Subjects ◽  
Critical Research ◽  
Everyday Practices ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
The One

We begin this special issue by relating to two affective events situated in academia and education. These moments, and many similar, have stayed with us and kept us thinking about what kind of research we want to advance. These moments are laden with ambivalence. On the one hand, there was the joy of learning about power: being able to distract what was “behind” the everyday practices we had grown used to. After all, it was our uncompromised responsibility as researchers to uncover processes of oppression and discrimination. On the other hand, there were disturbing feelings as this kind of critical research seemed to drive both research subjects and researcher into positions that failed to connect: positions that did not facilitate dialogue or the creation of something different. For us, the main question arising was: how might we investigate pressing problems such as racial or gender discrimination while fostering the opportunity to make a difference? How can we raise these issues while at the same time creating possibilities for movement and change?

scholarly journals An der Oberfläche der Tauschgesellschaft

2015 ◽  
Vol 45 (180) ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian Lotz
Keyword(s):  
Critical Theory ◽  
Capitalist Society ◽  
The Other ◽  
Natural Basis ◽  
Normative Concept ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Social Totality ◽  
The One ◽  
Ethical Idealism

In this paper I argue that we should not accept the normative turn that major contemporary critical theorists, such as Habermas, Honneth, and Jaeggi, have introduced to critical theory. On the one hand, the introduction of a communicative and ultimately ethical paradigm led to a loss of a dialectical concept of society. On the other hand, this turn led to a loss of a non-normative concept of critique. Accordingly, I argue that we should return to a Marxian concept of critique as analysis of (capitalist) social totality, which, in turn, enables us to re-introduce a concept of society that is not based on abstract moral or normative assumptions, but, instead, functions as their basis. For only a non-normative concept of critique can help us to see the finite and historical limits of capitalist society. Moreover, this return to Marx not only helps us understand that capitalist social totality is not established on ethical grounds but that it is constituted by money and labor. As a consequence, the return to a Marxist paradigm allows critical theory to include an analysis of the natural basis of capitalist sociality, of which it has lost sight due to its ethical idealism.

scholarly journals Indústrias criativas: alternativa de desenvolvimento regional | Creative industries: regional development alternatives

2011 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Cláudia Sousa Leitão ◽  
Luciana Lima Guilherme ◽  
Luiz Antônio Gouveia de Oliveira ◽  
Raquel Viana Gondim
Keyword(s):  
Regional Development ◽  
Creative Industries ◽  
Northeastern Brazil ◽  
Creative Economy ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
De Se ◽  
The One ◽  
Development Alternatives ◽  
Brazilian Northeast ◽  
Physical Spaces

Resumo O presente artigo tem por objetivo apresentar uma proposta de fomento às cadeias produtivas das indústrias criativas no nordeste do Brasil, na perspectiva de uma discussão acerca de modelos alternativos de desenvolvimento regional. Para concretizar esse propósito, foi realizada uma pesquisa do tipo bibliográfica em livros, artigos de periódicos e documentos eletrônicos. O estudo inicia-se com a reflexão sobre os significados do desenvolvimento e suas conexões com a criatividade e a inovação. A pesquisa está estruturada em dois grandes eixos: o primeiro trata do conceito de indústrias criativas e do relato de suas potencialidades na geração de impactos econômicos, culturais, sociais e tecnológicos positivos na alavancagem do comércio doméstico e externo de bens e serviços criativos; o segundo apresenta uma discussão sobre desenvolvimento local e regional a partir do conceito de ‘bacia criativa’ com vistas a um novo enfoque territorial do nordeste brasileiro. A partir desses eixos, é proposto o Programa Nordeste Criativo que se constitui de duas linhas de ação fundamentais: o primeiro refere-se à estruturação e operacionalização de um o Observatório das Indústrias Criativas do Nordeste (OICNE) voltado a produção e difusão do conhecimento sobre a economia criativa da região; o segundo diz respeito à criação e operacionalização dos Birôs de Negócios Criativos (BNC), ou seja, espaços físicos para o fomento de empreendimentos criativos sustentáveis e fortalecimento da cadeia produtiva das indústrias criativas. Assim, este estudo vem contribuir para a construção de um novo pensamento sobre o nordeste brasileiro. Por um lado, a institucionalização do Observatório das Indústrias Criativas se propõe a identificar o potencial criativo daquela região; do outro, os Birôs de Negócios Criativos objetivam consolidar as cadeias produtivas das indústrias criativas, enfatizando a profissionalização de empreendedores, a formação de gestores, a construção de novas habilidades e competências para os agentes do campo criativo. Trata-se, enfim, de se construir e consolidar uma alternativa de superação do atraso social e econômico pelo viés do fomento a empreendimentos criativos, onde o desenvolvimento regional é compreendido como sendo um processo multidimensional, envolvendo a comunidade impregnada de história, suas relações, suas instituições e capaz de conduzir o seu próprio destino.Palavras-chave desenvolvimento regional. economia criativa. políticas públicas. bacia criativa. Programa Nordeste CriativoAbstract This article aims to describe a proposal to promote the productive chains of the creative industries in northeastern Brazil, in the context of a discussion about alternative models of regional development. To achieve this purpose, we performed a literature search in books, journal articles and electronic documents. The study begins with a reflection on the meanings of development and its connections to creativity and innovation. The research is structured in two main areas: the first one deals with the concept of creative industries and the report of its potential to generate economic, cultural, social and technological leverage the positive domestic and foreign trade of creative goods and services; the second one presents a discussion of local and regional development from the concept of 'creative bassin' with a view to a new territorial approach in northeastern Brazil. From these lines, we propose the creative Northeast Program which consists of two fundamental lines of action: the first one refers to the structure and operation of the Centre for Creative Industries in the Northeast (OICNE) facing the production and dissemination of knowledge about the creative economy in the region; the second one concerns the establishment and operation of Creative Business Bureaus (BNC), ie, physical spaces for the promotion of sustainable creative enterprises and strengthening of the productive chain of creative industries.Thus, this study contributed to the construction of a new way of thinking about the Brazilian northeast. On the one hand, the institutionalization of the Centre for Creative Industries aims to identify the creative potential of that region; on the other, the Creative Business Bureaus aim to consolidate the supply chains of the creative industries, emphasizing the professionalization of entrepreneurs, the training of managers, the building of new skills and competencies for those involved in the creative field. It is, finally, to build and consolidate an alternative for overcoming the social backwardness and economic bias by fostering creative endeavors, where regional development is understood as a multidimensional process, involving the community steeped in history, their relations, their institutions and able to conduct their own destiny.Keywords regional development. creative economy. public policies

Caring Critique. Exploring Pedagogical Spheres Between Critical and Post-Critical Approaches

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Iris Laner
Keyword(s):  
Critical Theory ◽  
Critical Pedagogy ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Political ◽  
The Core ◽  
Present Experience ◽  
Living Together ◽  
Critical Action ◽  
Critical Approaches ◽  
The One

Preservation, positive affection, hope and experience are some of the core concerns of post-critical pedagogy. In order to highlight them, post-critical approaches regard it as necessary to refuse critical action on the one hand and separate the pedagogical from the political sphere on the other. In my paper I will suggest that there is a possibility to stress post-critical ideas and the need to rethink what pedagogical thinking and action is about without abandoning the critical attitude and the orientation towards the political. This possibility is bound to an inverse perspective on critique and politics. In this inverse view, which I develop engaging with recent debates in critical theory, critique can be framed as a situated engagement that faces the other within a lively present experience. Politics can be understood as variable forms of living together with humans and non-humans on the basis of shared times and spaces. Bringing in this perspective, makes it possible to go beyond the critique-post-critique-struggle and introduce an approach that is sympathetic with both critical and post-critical concerns.

From Neo-Republicanism to Critical Republicanism

2020 ◽  
pp. 23-46
Author(s):  
Dorothea Gädeke
Keyword(s):  
Critical Theory ◽  
The Other ◽  
Critical Potential ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The One ◽  
Republican Theory

The aim of this chapter is to show how what I call critical republicanism can be developed by rethinking the neo-republican theory of domination on the basis of a more continental line of republicanism. On the one hand, I argue that with regard to all three of the most important elements of a theory of non-domination, its normative core, the conception of domination, and its institutional implications, Pettit’s neo-republicanism does contain a powerful critical potential, too easily dismissed by some of his critics. On the other hand, I show how this critical potential can be strengthened by reconceptualizing each of the elements of his theory of domination from a perspective inspired by the Kantian line of republican thought and contemporary critical theory.

Permanent Alien Residence: On Reading Baudrillard in Taiwan

2013 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 364-376
Author(s):  
Teri Silvio
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture ◽  
Critical Theory ◽  
Lived Experiences ◽  
The Other ◽  
Active Member ◽  
Disciplinary Boundaries ◽  
Research And Teaching ◽  
The One ◽  
Post Industrial

I am a US citizen working as an anthropologist (research and teaching) in Taipei. I live and work in Taiwan primarily because it allows me to work on local/globalizing and global/localizing popular culture simultaneously from the ethnographic inside and outside. On the one hand I have become an active member of the interpretive and creative communities I study, yet on the other, my foreigner status is irreducible and I am constantly reminded of the differences between my perspectives and those of my informants. For most anthropologists, those we represent and those to whom we represent them are different, and to be ethical we have to acknowledge their differences. But now the groups of my informants, students, colleagues and readers all overlap to varying degrees. In this paper, I will discuss the problems of addressing a public of informant-interlocutors – how to construct a “we” that can engage with shared problematics while recognizing the different positionalities of “I” and “you.” Trying to create such a “we” has forced me to challenge disciplinary boundaries, and to ponder what the lived experiences of globalization in the post-industrial non-West mean for the politics of both ethnography and critical theory.

scholarly journals International legal structuralism: a primer

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 201-235 ◽  
Author(s):  
Justin Desautels-Stein
Keyword(s):  
Critical Theory ◽  
International Law ◽  
Second Generation ◽  
International Politics ◽  
The Other ◽  
Law And Politics ◽  
The One ◽  
The Way ◽  
International Thought

International legal structuralism arrived on the shores of international thought in the 1980s. The arrival was not well received, perhaps in part, because it was not well understood. This essay aims to reintroduce legal structuralism and hopefully pave the way for new, and more positive, receptions and understandings. This reintroduction is organized around two claims regarding the broader encounter between international lawyers and critical theory in the 1980s. The first was a jurisprudential claim about how the critics sought to show how international law was nothing more than a continuation of international politics by other means. The second was a historical claim about how the critics wanted to show that international law had never been anything but politics, and that it always would be. In the view of this essay, both of these claims about international legal structuralism were wrong, and they are still wrong today. For despite the tendency to think of it as a cover for postmodern nihilism or relentless deconstruction or both, legal structuralism offers international theorists an enriching and edifying method for rethinking the relation between law and politics on the one hand, and law and history on the other. It is in the effort to carry a brief for a reawakened legal structuralism that the essay brings focus to some of the early works of Koskenniemi and Kennedy, identifies the semiotic foundations of that work, and ultimately suggests the possibility of a second generation of international legal structuralism.

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