Peter Campbell on Persistent Creativity
Peter Campbell is Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Liverpool, UK.
Joel Waldfogel on Digital Renaissance
Joel Waldfogel is an American economist and the Frederick R. Kappel Chair in Applied Economics at the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management.
Steff Humm on the UK Comics Industry
Steff Humm is completing a PhD on value in the UK comics industry with University of Nottingham.
David Wright on Understanding Cultural Taste
David Wright teaches in the Centre for Cultural Policy Studies at the University of Warwick.
David Arditi on The Ideology of Getting Signed
David Arditi is Professor of Sociology with University of Texas at Arlington
How Minneapolis made Prince
Minneapolis’ story began with a struggle over land
Why are pop songs getting sadder than they used to be?
The rise of negative lyrics in popular English-language songs is a fascinating phenomenon
Brexit: research from Wales shows creative industry’s concern at leaving EU
Wales is particularly dependent on trade with the EU – more so than any other UK nation or region
African literary prizes are contested — but writers’ groups are reshaping them
Africa’s biggest prizes are awarded by foreign territories
‘The Wall’ cemented Pink Floyd’s fame – but destroyed the band
It marked the last time the four members of the band would record an album together
Tory and Labour cultural policies leave arts organisations squeezed
Neither party’s pledges offer much hope to organisations that actually produce art
Western Sydney is hot!
Community arts and changing perceptions of the West
Changing tune in Woodstock
Creative industries and local urban development in Cape Town, South Africa
Economic evolution, identity dynamics and cultural science
Economic evolution implies that agents become different as they adopt new ideas and knowledge
The Idea of the Creative Society and the Development of Creative Industries
The creative society is not a finished product but an emerging process
Occupations and Professionalism in Art and Culture
Occupations in art and culture in a broad sense are many and heterogeneous
Engaging creative communities in an industrial city setting
A question of enclosure
Wax & Gold
A visual poem evoking a nuanced narrative portrait of Ethiopia
DOWN TO START A RIOT
Vic Mensa Documentary
Jen Mann: The Self Practice
The process behind Jen Mann’s artworks
Live Fast, Draw Yung
The story of Yung Lenox: Rap’s most prolific (7-year-old) portraitist
God Is An Artist
What is vandalism? And how will the city define itself going forward?
Keep Dancing
A story through dance of the passing of time and the process of aging
Emiliano Treré on Hybrid Media Activism
Emiliano Treré is Lecturer in the School of Journalism, Media and Culture at Cardiff University, UK.