Andy Pratt
Biographic Data
| ID | 6009397 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Andy Pratt |
| GIVEN NAMES | Andy |
| FAMILY NAME | Pratt |
| SIGNATURE | PRATT A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of London |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 520 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Formality as exception
In this commentary piece, we are reminded that naming (in-formality) is an inherently political act. Informality is discussed through a number of dimensions: conceptually in relation to the term ‘formal’; considering its (ordinary) presence in the city; discussing the recognition and devaluation of the informal economy; and pointing to the contribution it makes to the global economy. Analytically, it is argued that informality requires a balancin…
Gentrification, artists and the cultural economy
This chapter examines the changing nature of the relationship between gentrification and the cultural economy in theory and practice, it also highlights a gap in debates about gentrification. Whilst the role of culture in the gentrification process has received much attention, the cultural economy has not. The gap stems from tendencies to instrumentalise culture, to reduce it to consumption, and to ignore its value(s) and the means of its product…
Creative Industries and Development
This article examines the relationship between the creative industries, culture, and development. It characterizes the debate in two parts: development debates in relation to the creative industries; and the ideas underpinning them, including that of culture. The first, which is termed culture in development, is characterized as being shaped by instrumental and idealist motivations. The second, cultures of development, draws upon a concern with t…
In the Social Factory
This article introduces a special section concerned with precariousness and cultural work. Its aim is to bring into dialogue three bodies of ideas - the work of the autonomous Marxist 'Italian laboratory'; activist writings about precariousness and precarity; and the emerging empirical scholarship concerned with the distinctive features of cultural work, at a moment when artists, designers and (new) media workers have taken centre stage as a supp…
Digitisation and Face-to-Face Interactions
In the Social Factory
This article introduces a special section concerned with precariousness and cultural work. Its aim is to bring into dialogue three bodies of ideas - the work of the autonomous Marxist 'Italian laboratory'; activist writings about precariousness and precarity; and the emerging empirical scholarship concerned with the distinctive features of cultural work, at a moment when artists, designers and (new) media workers have taken centre stage as a supp…
Formality as exception
In this commentary piece, we are reminded that naming (in-formality) is an inherently political act. Informality is discussed through a number of dimensions: conceptually in relation to the term ‘formal’; considering its (ordinary) presence in the city; discussing the recognition and devaluation of the informal economy; and pointing to the contribution it makes to the global economy. Analytically, it is argued that informality requires a balancin…
Digitisation and Face-to-Face Interactions
In the Social Factory
This article introduces a special section concerned with precariousness and cultural work. Its aim is to bring into dialogue three bodies of ideas - the work of the autonomous Marxist 'Italian laboratory'; activist writings about precariousness and precarity; and the emerging empirical scholarship concerned with the distinctive features of cultural work, at a moment when artists, designers and (new) media workers have taken centre stage as a supp…
Creative Industries and Development
This article examines the relationship between the creative industries, culture, and development. It characterizes the debate in two parts: development debates in relation to the creative industries; and the ideas underpinning them, including that of culture. The first, which is termed culture in development, is characterized as being shaped by instrumental and idealist motivations. The second, cultures of development, draws upon a concern with t…
Gentrification, artists and the cultural economy
This chapter examines the changing nature of the relationship between gentrification and the cultural economy in theory and practice, it also highlights a gap in debates about gentrification. Whilst the role of culture in the gentrification process has received much attention, the cultural economy has not. The gap stems from tendencies to instrumentalise culture, to reduce it to consumption, and to ignore its value(s) and the means of its product…
Formality as exception
In this commentary piece, we are reminded that naming (in-formality) is an inherently political act. Informality is discussed through a number of dimensions: conceptually in relation to the term ‘formal’; considering its (ordinary) presence in the city; discussing the recognition and devaluation of the informal economy; and pointing to the contribution it makes to the global economy. Analytically, it is argued that informality requires a balancin…
Sociology (5 works) · Cultural Industries and Urban Development (4 works) · Social science (4 works) · Economics (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works)