Australian cultural and innovation policies
Never the twain shall meet?
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23237674 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ben Eltham (0000-0003-4639-460X, Centre for Policy Development, Sydney NSW; and Centre for Cultural Research, University of Western Sydney, Parramatta NSW, Australia, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 230-239 |
| Publication date | 2009-08-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Innovation (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2666-6758 • E-ISSN: 2666-6758 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.5172/impp.11.2.230 |
| OpenAlex | W2023383881 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 14 |
n\t\t\t\t\t In recent years, Australian cultural policy-makers have begun to pay more attention to innovation policy. Several of the Australian states specifically address issues of innovation in their formal cultural policies, and the Australia Council for the Arts has published an Innovation Strategy which purports to constitute 'a coordinated approach to supporting creativity as one of Australia's most valuable assets' (Australia Council 2006). However, despite this prima facie policy commitment to supporting and fostering innovation in the arts and cultural industries, there remains a disconnect between cultural and innovation policies in Australia. On the one hand, cultural policies in Australia are confused and incoherent in their approach to cultural innovation, and many policy settings as they apply to cultural industries are antithetical to the aims of fostering innovation and R&D. Meanwhile, innovation policies continue to pay only marginal attention to the creative arts and cultural industries. This disconnect will be briefly examined in three fields of cultural policy: arts and cultural funding; copyright and intellectual property policy; and broadcast media policy. It is argued that rather than promoting innovation, existing policy frameworks in all three areas, when not specifically framed around the protection of vested interests, are often contradictory and inimical to the disruptive influence of innovative artists, technologies and firms. Possible reasons for the disconnect include pragmatic matters of busy ministers and low policy priorities, and conceptual confusion over the status and value of culture.\n\t\t\t\t
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| Citations per year | 0.31 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2010 - 2023 (14) |
| Highly cited | No |