Tarek E Virani
Biographic Data
| ID | 5437515 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tarek E Virani |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tarek E |
| FAMILY NAME | Virani |
| SIGNATURE | VIRANI T E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of the West of England |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2956-6043 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Intermediating policy affordances in creative clusters
Since 2012 UK policy surrounding regional development has increasingly prioritised the development of creative clusters to support and bolster the country's creative economy. The Creative Industries Clusters Programme (CICP) is one such example of the current models of support being enacted through this policy and is mainly delivered by universities who act as intermediaries between the creative sector and government. The primary mechanism of sup…
Universities as creative industry intermediaries
This introduction frames the special issue's focus on intermediaries and the expanding roles universities play in shaping urban cultural economies. Across diverse city-regions and institutional contexts, the papers examine how universities mediate relationships among: creative workers, cultural organisations, local government, funders, and communities. They thereby operate through formal knowledge-exchange infrastructures as well as informal, rel…
Social inclusion and SMEs
Proximity and knowledge sharing in coworking spaces
Micro-community engagement and area-based regeneration in east London
Coworking spaces in urban settings
Hip Hub? Class, Race and Gender in Creative Hubs
Creative Hubs in Question
The Production and Consumption of Music in the Digital Age
This volume examines the evolving conditions and spatial dynamics of music production, promotion, distribution, and consumption in the contemporary digital age. It explores how new technologies, organizational forms, market dynamics and consumer behavior are restructuring the music industry at multiple scales (from global firms to local entrepreneurs) and in multiple spatial settings (from established clusters and burgeoning scenes to online envi…
Reformatted
The music industry has been in a serious state of flux for almost 15 years, thanks primarily to what has been termed the ‘MP3 crisis’ (Hracs, 2012). It is only now that the industry seems to be marginally levelling out, although product sales are nowhere near the levels seen before the mainstream onset of digitization in the mid-to-late 1990s. This book provides an interesting and necessary road map chronicling the history of the monumental chang…
Reformatted
The music industry has been in a serious state of flux for almost 15 years, thanks primarily to what has been termed the ‘MP3 crisis’ (Hracs, 2012). It is only now that the industry seems to be marginally levelling out, although product sales are nowhere near the levels seen before the mainstream onset of digitization in the mid-to-late 1990s. This book provides an interesting and necessary road map chronicling the history of the monumental chang…
The Production and Consumption of Music in the Digital Age
This volume examines the evolving conditions and spatial dynamics of music production, promotion, distribution, and consumption in the contemporary digital age. It explores how new technologies, organizational forms, market dynamics and consumer behavior are restructuring the music industry at multiple scales (from global firms to local entrepreneurs) and in multiple spatial settings (from established clusters and burgeoning scenes to online envi…
Hip Hub? Class, Race and Gender in Creative Hubs
Creative Hubs in Question
Micro-community engagement and area-based regeneration in east London
Coworking spaces in urban settings
Social inclusion and SMEs
Proximity and knowledge sharing in coworking spaces
Intermediating policy affordances in creative clusters
Since 2012 UK policy surrounding regional development has increasingly prioritised the development of creative clusters to support and bolster the country's creative economy. The Creative Industries Clusters Programme (CICP) is one such example of the current models of support being enacted through this policy and is mainly delivered by universities who act as intermediaries between the creative sector and government. The primary mechanism of sup…
Universities as creative industry intermediaries
This introduction frames the special issue's focus on intermediaries and the expanding roles universities play in shaping urban cultural economies. Across diverse city-regions and institutional contexts, the papers examine how universities mediate relationships among: creative workers, cultural organisations, local government, funders, and communities. They thereby operate through formal knowledge-exchange infrastructures as well as informal, rel…
Cultural Industries and Urban Development (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Political science (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Geography (4 works) · Economic geography (3 works) · Facilities and Workplace Management (3 works) · Public relations (3 works) · Social science (3 works) · Art (2 works)