Cultural and Creative Entrepreneurship Education by Design Flashcards

Vocabulary terms and definitions based on Levine and Shtern (2015) covering creative entrepreneurship education, sector economic data, and key theoretical concepts.

Creative Industries

A distinctive group of creative fields pertaining to media, design, entertainment, and the visual and performing arts, originating as a term in the United Kingdom and Australia in the late 1990s.

BA in Creative Industries at Ryerson University

Canada's first undergraduate program in creative industries, launched in Fall 2013 by the Faculty of Communication & Design in partnership with the Ted Rogers School of Management.

Interactional Expertise

As defined by Collins and Evans (2007), a basic familiarity with not only the knowledge and skills required of creative talent, but an understanding of the world view, jargon, and discourse of their community of practice.

Contributory Expertise

As defined by Collins and Evans (2002; 2007), a higher-order form of expertise representing the capacity to contribute directly to the work of the community of practice.

'Suits' and 'Creatives' Polarization

The traditional higher education divide where business students are taught management without focus on creative contexts, and creative professionals are taught in fine arts or humanities with little to no business training.

Micro-businesses

In the context of creative enterprises, privately owned and operated businesses with under $10$ employees.

SMBs (Small and Medium-Sized Businesses)

Businesses categorized as small with under $50$ employees, or medium-sized with under $250$ employees.

Precarity and Self-Directed Portfolio Careers

Key characteristics described in literature (c.f. Campbell 2013) that define the nature of work and career patterns in the contemporary creative economy.

2008 UN Report on Creative Trade

A United Nations report highlighting that world exports of creative products grew from $\text{\\textdollar}227.5\text{ billion}$ in 1996 to $\text{\\textdollar}424.4\text{ billion}$ in 2005, with trade in creative goods and services increasing at an average annual rate of $8.7\%$.

Canadian Creative Sector Economic Impact (2007)

Data from the Conference Board of Canada indicating a sector output of $\text{\\textdollar}46\text{ billion}$ ($3.8\%$ of GDP) and a total economic impact of approximately $\text{\\textdollar}84\text{ billion}$ ($7.4\%$ of GDP), contributing over $1\text{ million}$ jobs.

Greater Toronto Area (GTA) Creative Sector (2007)

A regional sector employing more than $130{,}000$ workers across over $9{,}500$ enterprises, with creative occupation growth expanding at more than double the rate of the overall labor force.