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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"culture industries"”.
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Vital Traditions: Assessing the Status of Skilled Trades Work in Toronto’s Heritage Policy
… heritage conservation sector, and Toronto's culture industries outside of architecture conservation, it argues for a re-evaluation of Toronto's heritage policy to support a robust skilled workforce and ensure that the city can continue to sustainably rehabilitate and maintain its existing …
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When Subcultures Become Careers: Working in Indie Rock
… is known about how workers transition from subculture participants to industry workers. Expanding upon research on workers in culture industries, I conducted twenty-six qualitative interviews with workers in the industry, asking open-ended questions about their careers and experiences to …
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Culture Industry Policy in China and the United States: A Comparative Analysis
It is a consensus that culture industry is assuming a more important economic development function in most countries of the world today. As a result of this consensus, the purpose of this paper is to investigate, through a comparative analysis, how China can improve its existing public policies to …
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Playing with Power: An Autoethnographic Study of "The Last of Us" as a Black Gamer
… participants in the realm of digital media culture. This dissertation argues that embodied play as viewers and audiences has the potential to relieve the alienation caused by capitalism and its desire to strip individuals of their humanity through reification. This study contributes to …
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Politics of popular creativity and popular knowledge: on the case of adbusters and Harry Potter fans
<p>My research looks at and investigates popular creativity and the politics involved in two different cases. I situate popular creativity and the politics involved in the context of cultural studies. </p> <p>My first case looks at advertisements that are placed under attack, or busted. I …
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La gestión, organización y producción de eventos culturales. Un estudio de caso:: Festival Sónar. Music, Creativity & Technology (1994-2013)
The present thesis aims to review the current situation of events in Spain, focusing on one specific type within the cultural sector: music festivals. This cultural sector, especially when focusing on music festivals, is usually more organized and has more impact on the venues than other types. …
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We are in Convergence: Intergenerational Synergies in Twenty-First-Century Children's Media Franchises
… by franchised media and entertainment, the media industries of the twenty-first century are increasingly turning to children’s media content as a means of generating secure and dependable revenue over the long term. Despite the increasing dominance of children’s media properties within …
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"""Painting with faces"": The casting director in American theatre, cinema, and television"
… what constitutes a decision-maker in three major culture industries by arguing that casting directors, often devalued as feminized clerical labor, exercise more control over the creative and economic aspects of production than we usually acknowledge. Chapter one, “The Pre-Professional Casting …