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
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
Local news outlets can fill the media trust gap – but the public needs to pony up
“It’s a slow-motion crisis, the effects of which we’re just beginning to see.”
The main problem with virtual reality? It’s almost as humdrum as real life
Many current offerings are sorely lacking in imagination
Not jobs and growth but post-capitalism
Creative industries show the way
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
Precarious Playbour
Modders and the Digital Games Industry
The Futurism of Hip Hop
Space, Electro and Science Fiction in Rap
Convergence, Creative Industries and Civil Society
Towards a New Agenda for Cultural Policy and Cultural Studies
Creative Clusters in the Czech Republic
Strategy for Local Development or Fashionable Concept?
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
I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!!
In 1977 David Boswell created comic book anti-hero Reid Fleming, the World’s Toughest Milkman
THE PUPPET LADY
Lillie Solomon is a professional in millinery, puppetry, costuming and theater
How To Act On Reality TV
The first day of class at the New York Reality TV School
Emiliano Treré on Hybrid Media Activism
Emiliano Treré is Lecturer in the School of Journalism, Media and Culture at Cardiff University, UK.