Davies and Sigthorsson (2013): What are the Creative Industries?

Vocabulary flashcards covering core concepts, theories, and scholars from Davies and Sigthorsson (2013) regarding creative labor, precarity, cultural policy, and the creative class.

Creative Industries

An umbrella term that covers a range of different but related economic activities (products and services) for which creativity is important, particularly concerning symbolic production and the generation of intellectual property.

Social Network Markets Proposition

The proposition advanced by Potts and Cunningham (2008) stating that creative industries are defined by innovative activities rather than where those activities take place, linking business, education, industry, and the arts.

Cultural Policy

The political mechanism used to decide how the resources and power of the state are used to support creative goods based on their intrinsic cultural value and contribution to active citizenship.

Intrinsic Value of Creative Goods

Justin O'Connor's concept that creative goods possess value centered around pleasure, meaning, identity, and expression, extending far beyond exchange value or commercial utility.

Moment 'After the Creative Industries'

A shift identified by Mark Banks and Justin O'Connor (2009) where creative industries are viewed less as distinct sectors needing support and more as inputs of innovation for the wider economy.

Precarity

A condition of employment where workers take on business risks and responsibilities otherwise borne by employers, characterized by risk, insecurity, project-by-project work, and unpredictable income.

Organizational Creativity

Chris Bilton's (2007) theoretical position arguing that creativity is spread across organizations and teams as a product of sector-specific systems and processes rather than individual genius.

Moral Economy of Creative Work

Mark Banks' (2006) concept describing how social and political values can be as important or more important to cultural entrepreneurs than purely financial rewards.

Instrumental Leisure of the Creative Class

Mark Banks' (2009) concept referring to the erosion of personal free time caused by the ongoing workplace demands placed on creative workers.

Knowledge Workers

Workers relying on specialist training, skills, or scientific knowledge to provide services within an advanced economy shifted away from raw material processing toward high-skilled manufacturing and services.

Creative Class

A broad occupational category defined by Richard Florida that includes workers who add economic value through their intangible creative capacity across technology, business, healthcare, law, and arts.

Bohemian Index

A metric devised by Richard Florida (2010a) that charts the geographical concentration of working artists, musicians, writers, designers, and entertainers across metropolitan areas.

Doing a Florida Thing

A phrase noted by McGuigan (2009) describing urban policy consultancies hired to advise struggling post-industrial cities on attracting creative class workers to former industrial spaces.

Beatific Notion of Creative Work

A critique by Hesmondhalgh and Baker (2011) targeting Florida's romanticized view of creative employment, which obscures low pay, insecurity, and poor work-life balance.

Creative Clusters

Specific urban neighborhoods or cities (such as London's Hoxton, Berlin's Prenzlauer Berg, or Singapore) where creative workers and firms congregate to form local social and economic networks.