Beyond the creative industries.

MacDonald, Stuart

Abstract

Although Creative Industries as engines of post-industrial economies have assumed an increasing global priority with implications for art education at all levels few studies exist. Nomenclature here is contested, especially when arts role appears freighted with alien concepts of industry and commerce. But much of this debate concerns visual and performing arts, only part of a larger cluster comprising, amongst others, architecture, design, fashion and games. And, Creative Industries are now seen as important socially as economically. This article takes classification as least problematic, concentrating instead on people working in the Creative Industries (largely in Glasgow and Scotland), their interactions and networking within a creative ecology, and real-world interactions with education. It presents examples of collaboration, co-creativity and co-design, and cross-disciplinarity, arguing for a strategic role for design and design thinking linked to social and economic innovation, where educational gains are prime, and revisiting earlier debates about postmodern art education.

Citation

MACDONALD, S. 2013. Beyond the creative industries. International journal of education through art [online], 9(3), pages 293-309. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1386/eta.9.3.293_1

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Oct 1, 2013
• Online Publication Date: Oct 1, 2013
• Publication Date: Oct 1, 2013
• Deposit Date: Jul 22, 2014
• Publicly Available Date: Jul 22, 2014
• Journal: International Journal of Education through Art
• Print ISSN: 1743-5234
• Electronic ISSN: 2040-090X
• Publisher: Intellect
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 9
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 293-309
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1386/eta.9.3.293_1
• Keywords: Creative industries; Design; Design thinking; Codesign; Creative ecology; Cross disciplinarity
• Public URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10059/998