Katherine Gough
Professor
Promoting culture and creativity in Ghana : bottom-up strategies for creative industries development
Författare
Summary, in English
The neoliberal turn in the cultural and creative industries has led to two distinct bodies of work. Global North scholars focus on the tension between the emphasis on the creative industries as an engine of growth and the unequal access to the means of cultural production and consumption that neoliberalism presents. Global South scholars face a different reality; the increasing inability of governments to provide institutional support, particularly finance, for growing these industries. This article documents grassroots alternatives to financial support from the state for growing a cultural and creative industry in the global South. Drawing on data generated from multiple sources about the work of two private institutions in Ghana, this article shows how private institutions and individuals can fundamentally shape the creative and cultural industries in ways that allow them to make their mark globally, even in the absence of financial support from the government.
Publiceringsår
2024-05
Språk
Engelska
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Cultural Trends
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Routledge
Ämne
- Human Geography
Nyckelord
- creative industries
- Ghana
- Global South
- government
- neoliberalism
- private sector
Aktiv
Epub
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 0954-8963