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Showing 1 to 20 of 36 for “"cultural industries"”.
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The gendering of work in Sheffield's Cultural Industries Quarter (CIQ)
<p>Cultural and creative activities have been part of life since the earliest periods of human history. Their meanings and roles in society have changed over time and have been interpreted in a variety of ways by different groups of people around the world. In this thesis, I focus on the 'creative …
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Historic mills and cultural industries : a two-pronged approach to revitalization
… support the development and sustainability of cultural facilities in historic mills as part of culture-led regeneration efforts. This thesis addresses the relationship between historic preservation and the cultivation of cultural industries. Drawing upon six case studies of arts and …
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The Transcultural Production of Creative Subjectivity:London Art, Design, and Communication Education in Mumbai and Shanghai Cultural Industries
… education now active in Mumbai and Shanghai cultural industries, drawing on interviews with 51 practitioners. It proposes a framework emphasising the dialectical roots of Leon Trotsky’s concept of uneven and combined development in Hegelian dialectics to study creative labour in transnational …
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The Transcultural Production of Creative Subjectivity: London Art, Design and Communication Higher Education in Mumbai and Shanghai Cultural Industries
… education now active in Mumbai and Shanghai cultural industries, drawing on interviews with 51 practitioners. It proposes a framework emphasising the dialectical roots of Leon Trotsky’s concept of uneven and combined development in Hegelian dialectics to study creative labour in transnational …
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The growth of cultural industry and the role of government : the case of Korea
The 21 st century is the age of culture. Cultural industry is rapidly internationalizing and a number of countries seeking a new source of economic growth are now turning their attention to cultural industries. In Asia, there is a phenomenon called the "Korean wave," which refers to the popularity …
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The Celebrity Scientists
… their images commodified and marketed by the cultural industries, their mediated personae embodying abstract ideas of truth and reason. The celebrity scientists base their authority on their scientific credentials, achieve public appeal through popularisation, particularly publishing popular …
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The record industry and competition law in the twenty-first century
… argues for recognition of the importance of cultural industries and cultural diversity and their special treatment by competition law. It uses the record industry as a tool to demonstrate how independent music labels contribute to diversity in a record business dominated by four major …
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The representation and mediation of national identity in the production of post-apartheid, South African cinema
… society and placed emphasis on equality, multiculturalism, reconciliation and freedom. The state targeted the cultural industries, including cinema, to carry this new vision to the nation. The problem, however, was that the production, exhibition and distribution infrastructure inherited from …
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SIF and the emergence of independent film and video in Sheffield
… policy and entrepreneurial activity in the cultural industries and, for the first time, unveil the neglected history of an independent moving image praxis in South Yorkshire.
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Class, gender and cultural work in British documentary film production: Experiences, subjectivities and policy discourses
This thesis explores class, gender and cultural work in British documentary film production. It investigates documentary filmmaking as creative labour by using interview, ethnographic observation, and discourse analysis. The methods allow analysing experiences of class and gender and modes of …
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Omani crafts as an expression of culture and heritage : an investigation of Omani craft and pottery challenges
… a framework for understanding andmanaging the cultural, artistic, marketing and consumption influences that affect craftenterprises in general and pottery in particular. It is the first attempt on record toaddress this important aspect of the cultural industry of Oman, and it concludes …
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Fashion, city, people
… aesthetic realm. Fashion affected the social and cultural formations appearing during industrialization after the French Revolution, beyond its obvious function in the production and distribution of clothing. In this thesis, I will focus on how, where, and when fashion's influence on social habits …
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Unmasking Masks An Analysis of Psychological Physical and Virtual Masks as applied to Intellectual Property(IP) Character Design in Branding and Marketing Strategies
… and virtual forms, to explore their enduring cultural relevance and transformative potential in the digital age. Here, "masks" are understood not as literal facial coverings, but as symbolic constructs that mediate identity, representation, and interaction. On a psychological level, the study …
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In the shadow of the church: Irish and Quebec cinema
… similarities. Issues of religion, language and cultural identity have marked their history and influenced their relationship with their former English colonizer. The Catholic Church was a formidable force in both societies and shaped the public and private spheres. Quebec's 'Quiet Revolution' of …
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Iphungwa Ngezithebe: Exploring Umaskandi in The Fourth Industrial Revolution Threats and Opportunities
… monetised. Social advancement has meant that cultural industries, such as umaskandi, could not resist technological advances that have determined its production, dissemination, and reception. The production side of umaskandi has seen the introduction of new technologies that created entirely …
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Cultural policy and the local state : Sheffield, 1960-1987.
… the organisation and development of local state cultural policies in post-war Britain, taking as the central focus the policy concerns of Sheffield City Council in the period 1960-1987.The concept of the local state is developed to discuss local policies as constructed within a framework set by …
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British National Identity and Maritime Film and Television, 1960-2012
… argues that the maritime remains a vibrant cultural site of British national self-examination and re-examination despite the precipitous decline of both Empire and Royal Navy within this time period. The specific audio-visual properties of the filmic and televisual forms and their position …
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International Film Festivals as Field-Configuring Events
… of organizational field evolution, especially on cultural field's, have found that some events shape the process by acting as 'purveyors of legitimacy' (Anand and Peterson, 2000). However, no research is forthcoming on events such as international film festivals that serve a similar function. A …
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Lamas and Followers: Doing Tibetan Buddhism in Contemporary Chengdu
… and state policy that reconfigures religious and cultural industries as developmental resources, the thesis contributes to broader debates on religious revival, ethnic relations, and urban religiosity in post-reform China. This study challenges conventional binaries of modernization versus …
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The Protection of television formats: intellectual property and market based strategies.
… based on theories from the diverse fields of cultural theory (production of culture perspective), marketing (brand identity, innovation and extensions) and media economics (distribution dynamics and scale of production). These propositions then are exposed to semi-structured interviews with …
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