[ecrea] New book: Collaborative Production in the Creative Industries (UWP) - free to download

We are pleased to announce the publication of /Collaborative Production 
in the Creative Industries /(University of Westminster Press, 2017) 
available in paperback and as an open access download: 
https://doi.org/10.16997/book4 
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Overview:

In recent years research into creative labour and cultural work has 
usually addressed the politics of production in these fields, but the 
sociotechnical and aesthetic dimensions of collaborative creative work 
have been somewhat overlooked.

This book aims to address this gap. Through case studies that range from 
TV showrunning to independent publishing, from the film industry to 
social media platforms such as Tumblr and Wattpad, this collection 
develops a critical understanding of the integral role collaboration 
plays in contemporary media and culture. It draws attention to diverse 
kinds of creative collaboration afforded via the intermediation of 
digital platforms and networked publics. It considers how these are 
incorporated into emergent market paradigms and investigates the 
complicated forms of subjectivity that develop as a consequence. But it 
also acknowledges historical continuities, not least in terms of the 
continued exploitation of ‘support personnel’ and of resulting artistic 
conflicts but also of alternative models that resist the precarious 
nature of contemporary cultural work.


Finally, this volume attempts to situate creative collaboration in 
broader social and economic contexts, where the experience and outcomes 
of such work have proved more problematic than the rich potential of 
their promise would lead us to expect.


Contents:

*1. Introduction: Collaborative Production in the Creative Industries*

James Graham (Middlesex University) and Alessandro Gandini (King’s 
College, London)


*2. Collaborating, Competing, Co-working, Coalescing: Artists, 
Freelancers and Social Entrepreneurs as the ‘New Subjects’ of the 
Creative Economy*

Alessandro Gandini (King’s College, London), Carolina Bandinelli (King’s 
College, London) and Alberto Cossu (University of Milan)


*3. Beyond ‘Collaborative Economy’ Discourse: Present, Past and 
Potential of Digital Intermediation Platforms*

Jacob T. Matthews (Cemti / Paris 8 University)


*4. Collaborative Production and the Transformation of Publishing: The 
Case of Wattpad *

Rosamund Davies (University of Greenwich)


*5. The Cultural Economy of Auteurship in Independent Publishing: The 
Symbolic Success of the Photobook /Ponte City/*

James Graham (Middlesex University)


*6. From the Workshop of J. J. Abrams: Bad Robot, Networked 
Collaboration, and Promotional Authorship*

Leora Hadas (University of Nottingham)


*7. Elegies to Cinematography: The Digital Workflow, Digital Naturalism 
and Recent Best Cinematography Oscars*

Jamie Clarke (Southampton Solent University)


*8. Improbable Curators: Analysing Nostalgia, Authorship and Audience on 
Tumblr Microblogs*

Dinu Gabriel Munteanu (Bournemouth University)


*9. Expertise and Collaboration: Cultural Workers’ Performance on Social 
Media*

Karen Patel (Birmingham City University)


*10. Girls Rock! Best Practices and Challenges in Collaborative 
Production at Rock Camp for Girls*

Miranda Campbell (Ryerson University)


*11. Work In The Creative Economy: Living Contradictions Between the 
Market and Creative Collaboration*

Ashley Lee Wong (School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong)


The Editors: James Graham ((j.graham /at/ mdx.ac.uk) 
<mailto:(j.graham /at/ mdx.ac.uk)>) is Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Arts 
and Creative Industries, Middlesex University, London. Alessandro 
Gandini ((a.gandini /at/ kings.ac.uk) <mailto:(a.gandini /at/ kings.ac.uk)>) is 
Lecturer in Digital Media Management and Innovation in the Department of 
Digital Humanities, Kings College, London.

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