Review article
The Position and Perspectives of Cultural and Creative Industries in Southeastern Europe Položaj i perspektive kulturnih i kreativnih industrija u Jugoistočnoj Europi
Jaka Primorac
orcid.org/0000-0001-6969-4598
; Institut for development and International Relations (IRMO), Zagreb
Abstract
The article analyzes the current position and perspectives of cultural and creative industries in Southeastern Europe (SEE) in context of development of public policies. The proposition that SEE entered the post-transitional phase that includes an opening of the region and a creation of new cultural identities is tested through a desk research analysis of available research studies, reports and secondary data on cultural and creative industries in Southeastern Europe (SEE). The influence of imported models of cultural and creative industries is reviewed in parallel with an in-view of the global cultural and creative industries on the local production and distribution where their influence on the infrastructural as well as content level is taken into account. The article also highlights the lack of cultural and other public policies in the field of cultural and creative industries throughout the region - if they are present they are not attuned to the local situation. The analysis of the factors that, on the macro level, hinder development of cultural and creative industries is provided with the emphasis on the obstacles on the level of cultural as well as information and communication (ICT) infrastructure, educational level, as well as on the level of work and employment insecurity. The article shows how the situation in the region is still very diverse and that the conditions for the further enhancement of cultural and creative industries are still not developed. Taking into account the heterogenic situation throughout the SEE region the author outlines the necessity for the locally-founded policies for cultural and creative industries that would be created within the framework of strategies for sustainable cultural development.
Key words: creative industries, creative labour, cultural industries, cultural policies, cultural transition, public policies, Southeastern Europe (SEE).
Keywords
creative industries; creative labour; cultural industries; cultural policies; cultural transition; public policies
Hrčak ID:
126390
URI
Publication date:
23.7.2014.
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