Knowledges of the creative economy: Towards a relational geography of diffusion and adaptation in Asia

By Lily Kong, Chrissie Gibson, L. Khoo, A. Semple. 2006

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Abstract:  Recent dialogues in geography and the social sciences have reminded researchers of the extent to which academic and policy knowledges are socially and spatially embedded – that is, they circulate through formal and informal systems of publishing, exchange, commodification and cultural influence. Academic and policy knowledges are, in short, very much a part of the creative economy. In light of this, our paper surveys knowledges of the creative economy itself, as reflected in a geography of industry reports and government policy statements in selected Asian countries. Using a post-positivist framework adapted from diffusion theory, we critically interpret the circulation, mutation and adaptation of knowledges of the creative economy, claims to its significance, areas of emphases and notable silences.

Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Urban Studies

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• Creative Industries after the First Decade of Debate (2010, background): “…for export growth and successful branding of global city-region in the highly competitive Asia-Pacific region, while at the same time challenging long-held orthodoxies about instrumentalist education and the dominance of the ICT sectors in driving economic growth (cf. Kong et al. 2006).”
• After the creative industries (2009, background): “In diverse territories across Western and Northern (and increasingly Eastern and Southern) Europe, in Australasia, China, Singapore, Taiwan and South Korea, the rise of creative industries has also been marked (Hartley 2005, Kong et al. 2006, O’Connor and Gu 2006, Primorac 2006).”