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Cultural and creative work in rural and remote areas

An emerging international conversation

Bibliographic Data

ID12340887
AuthorsNancy Duxbury (0000-0002-5611-466X, University of Coimbra, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume27
Issue6
Pages753-767
Publication date2020-12-08
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Cultural Policy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1028-6632 • E-ISSN: 1477-2833
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10286632.2020.1837788
OpenAlexW3093170438
LanguageEN
Citations received36
References cited51

This article reports on the themes and trajectories of a multidisciplinary and international literature. It reveals how cultural and creative work in rural and remote areas has largely been examined and articulated through three storylines: (1) cultural vitality, that is, culture as a resource for community development; (2) the ‘rural creative class’, recently linked to rural innovation; and (3) rural creative economies and creative entrepreneurship in rural and remote areas. Over the past decade, these strands of discourse have become more intertwined in policy and planning documents, suggesting an opportunity for converging these discussions into a more comprehensive approach to fostering cultural and creative work in rural and remote areas. However, cultural policy directed to rural areas remains underdeveloped compared to its urban counterpart

Conversation · Creative class · Creative industries · Creativity · Cultural policy · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Multidisciplinary approach · Political science · Public relations · Resource (disambiguation · Rural area · Rural development · Rural management · Social science · Sociology · Vitality · Work (physics · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · Rural development and sustainability

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Unique citing works36
Citations per year9
Citation span2022 - 2026 (5)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 35
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