Creating a niche, building a community
A case study of young small-scale creative workers in Daegu, South Korea
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12339999 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Joowon Yuk (0000-0002-4960-4193, Kyungpook National University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Pages | 1-13 |
| Publication date | 2017-06-26 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Cultural Policy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1028-6632 • E-ISSN: 1477-2833 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10286632.2017.1343308 |
| OpenAlex | W2658657002 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 25 |
The global trend of garnering the innovative potential of creative economy has also accelerated in South Korea where ‘creativity’ has recently become a nationwide buzz word. While economic instrumentality underpins the global proliferation of creativity discourse, it has been argued that the contemporary cultural sector is affected by neoliberal norms and hyper-competitive individualism. Notwithstanding such disciplining of creativity, this paper attempts to look into the complexity of cultural work which cannot be solely explained by the ascendant neoliberal ethos. To this end, the paper draws upon interviews carried out in 2016 with youth cultural workers, particularly who commit to independent, small scale creative work, in the city of Daegu. Based on an exploration of their locally oriented moral motivations and how they describe and practice their own work, the paper aims to discuss the ways in which they contribute to local cultural ecologies through their socially engaged creative work
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |