[ecrea] new book: Collaborative Production in the Creative Industries

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This is to announce the publication of:

/Collaborative Production in the Creative Industries/, edited by James 
Graham(Middlesex University), Alessandro Gandini(King’s College)

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.


The Editors: James Graham is Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Arts and 
Creative Industries, Middlesex University, London. Alessandro Gandini is 
Lecturer in Digital Media Management and Innovation in the Department of 
Digital Humanities, Kings College, London.

For more information, please visit:

http://www.uwestminsterpress.co.uk/site/books/10.16997/book4/

Format: Paperback/ePub/Pdf

Open Access / License: CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0


        DOI: *https://doi.org/10.16997/book4*

Publisher: Westminster University Press

Published Date: June 2017


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