The Unesco/UNDP 2013 Creative Economy Report

Perks and Perils of an Evolving Agenda

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ID23211325
AutoresChristiaan De Beukelaer (0000-0002-9045-9979, University of Leeds, autor correspondente)
Ano2014
Volume44
Fascículo2
Páginas90-100
Data de publicação2014-04-03
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoThe Journal of Arts Management Law and Society (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1063-2921 • E-ISSN: 1930-7799
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10632921.2014.895789
OpenAlexW1967123966
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas9
Referências citadas11

This article develops a critical appraisal of the UNESCO Creative Economy Report (2013). It dis-cusses continuity and change in the focus and message of the UNCTAD Creative Economy Reports. The UNESCO Report aims at Widening Development Pathways and provides a balanced engagement with the relation between culture and development. It is a welcome addition to the creative economy debate that is now uncontestably global in scope. In spite of many perks, there is always room for improvement. First, there is a need for more critical engagement with examples, including bad ones. Second, mobility and visa issues among artists remain a concern. Third, the problematic opposition of developed and developing countries is no longer useful. Finally, the limited historical framing of (cultural) policy issues often leads to myopic thinking.

Creative economy · Creativity · Economic growth · Economics · Economy · Framing (construction) · Opposition (politics) · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Scope (computer science) · Sociology · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · Engineering · Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences · International Business and FDI · Law