Creativity is said to be the fuel of the contemporary economy.
Dynamic industries such as film, music, television and design have
changed the fortunes of entire cities, from Nashville to Los
Angeles, Barcelona to Brisbane and beyond. Yet creativity remains
mercurial it is at the heart of industrial innovation and can
attract investment, but it is also an intangible, personal quality
and experience. What exactly constitutes creativity?
Drawing on examples as diverse as postcard design, classical
music, landscape art, tattooing, Aboriginal hip-hop, and rock
sculpture, this book seeks to explore and redefine creativity as
both economic and cultural phenomenon. Creativity also has a
peculiar geography. Beyond Hollywood, creativity is evident in
suburban, rural and remote places a quotidian, vernacular, eclectic
enterprise. In seeking to redefine the creative industries, this
book brings together geographers, historians, sociologists,
cultural studies scholars and media/communications experts to
explore creativity in diverse places outside major cities. These
are places that are physically and/or metaphorically remote, are
small in population terms, or which because of old industrial
legacies are assumed by others to be unsophisticated or marginal in
an imaginary geography of creativity. This book reveals the
richness and depth, the challenges and surprises of being creative
beyond city limits.
This book was originally published as a special issue of
Australian Geographer."
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