Towards creative da-tong

An alternative notion of creative industries for China

Bibliographic Data

ID12601697
AuthorsHan‐Teng Liao (0000-0003-1081-5599, Academia Sinica, corresponding author), Han-Teng Liao (Academia Sinica, Taiwan)
Year2006
Volume9
Issue3
Pages395-406
Publication date2006-08-29
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Cultural Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1367-8779 • E-ISSN: 1460-356X
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1367877906066885
OpenAlexW2123283641
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited8

This article offers an alternative notion of creative industries. It refocuses the idea of intellectual property as ‘property’ to processes associated with the generation and exploitation of creativity. The article introduces the notion of ‘creative da-tong’, which brings intellectual property reforms now taking place in the West closer to the traditional Chinese idea of ‘Confucian utopia’ ( da-tong). The article also posits a link with xiaokang (‘a well-off or lesser utopia’], which defines official social and economic reform policies in China. In taking into account reformers’ insight into intellectual rights and collaborative production, creative da-tong can assist China in rethinking its conglomeration and privatization agenda, now evident in media and cultural industries. For various strategic reasons, the article further suggests that creative industries, as a policy term, should be differentiated from the established ‘cultural industries’ conglomerates to refer specifically to small and medium enterprises

China · Creative industries · Creativity · Intellectual property · Law and economics · Political science · Sociology · Utopia · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences · Law · Private Equity and Venture Capital

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