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[ecrea] CFP: Creativity, Knowledge, Cities Conference

Tue Nov 21 09:05:06 GMT 2017




*Creativity, Knowledge, Cities*

*Hosted by the Digital Cultures Research Centre, UWE Bristol*

*4th-5th July 2018, Bristol, UK*

*CALL FOR CONFERENCE PAPERS*

For over twenty years, creativity has been hailed as a panacea for challenges as diverse as economic growth, urban regeneration, social cohesion and wellbeing. However, since the crash of 2008, it seems that there is no creative transformation of the economy on offer. The promise of digital has dissolved in the monopolisation of attention by companies like Google and Facebook. The gig economy has exploited the promise of technology by supporting precarity and unstable working conditions whilst arts and cultural infrastructure continue to face excessive cuts in the face of austerity. And yet, alternatives to capitalism continue to be cultivated through emancipatory network cultures, platforms of co-operation, and other creative practices geared towards generating radical social innovation.

Under these conditions, we argue that universities have become key brokers in the development of regional cultural clusters and networks. As well as talent pipelines for the creative sector, they offer knowledge, money, brokerage, and stability to dynamic creative sectors. In light of their ‘third mission’, universities are becoming enmeshed in more intimate relationships with creative and cultural industry partners, raising key questions. Who are the winners and losers in these new cultural sector-university relationships? What happens when arts organisations see universities as key investors? What policy directions can we develop that move us away from uncritical advocacy to critical engagement? How could the university intervene to support placemaking that is inclusive, anti-austerity, pro-enterprise, and encourages a common space to share knowledge, experience and skills?

/Creativity, Knowledge, Cities/invites academics, activists, and practitioners to contribute to critical and productive dialogue around these tensions. Sessions will be programmed as provocative panels organised around contrasting perspectives, followed by space for discussion.

*Abstracts due Friday, 2 February, 2018.*

Visit
https://creativeeconomies.dcrc.org.uk
for more information.


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