The contribution of creative industries to sustainable urban development in South Africa

Oyekunle, Oluwayemisi Adebola

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“…Florida (2002) and other authors (e.g. Abisuga‐Oyekunle & Fillis, 2016; Oyekunle, 2017) make the connection between creative activity, creative industries and their subject creative class with economic stability, competitive advantage and social prosperity inseparable from sustainable livelihoods. One scholar (Throsby, 2015) argues that natural and cultural capitals, cultural and economic values and finally cultural sustainability, as well as environmental sustainability, are parallel.…”

Section: Literature Review: the Link Between The Creative Economy Andmentioning

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The creative economy and sustainable development: The Baltic States

Štreimikienė

Kačerauskas

2020

Sustainable Development

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The creative economy is one of the fastest developing sectors in the global economy, providing income growth, new jobs and export earnings. In addition to economic benefits that flow from cultural and creative industries, the aforementioned contribute to resolving issues of sustainable urban development, as well as contributing to the 2030 Agenda, which is the main initiative of the United Nations. Although it is acknowledged by scholars that creativity promotes inclusive social progress and empowers people to take responsibility for their own economic, social and personal development and encourages innovation, which contributes significantly to sustainable growth, there is lack of empirically tested results. The article aims to analyse the linkages between the implementation of sustainable development goals achieved by countries, and the development of the creative economy in such countries. The empirical data were collected for comparison of creativity and sustainability indexes by reference to the case study of the Baltic States. Policy implications

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Section: Literature Review: the Link Between The Creative Economy Andmentioning

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The creative economy and sustainable development: The Baltic States

Štreimikienė

Kačerauskas

2020

Sustainable Development

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“…Engaged in more craft research and development: In order to improve the quality of the products, there is a need for research and development. Oyekunle [39] believe this will aid the development of many new items and new designs.…”

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“…f. Collaboration with foreign artisans and designers: Foreign expert designers may be invited to render guidance and assistance to the craftsmen [39].…”

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“…It does not only generate income for groups or individual which have access to resources, but also offers employment opportunities to the underprivileged people in South Africa. Many South African rural areas have a low literacy rate, and low level of education, but have artistic skills [2]. These underprivileged people could survive through artistic or natural crafting skills, if the industry is well established.…”

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Protection of Craft Products Embodied in Cultural and Creative Industries in South Africa

Abisuga¹

2021

Sustainable Organizations - Models, Applications, and New Perspectives

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The Culture and Creative industries are commonly recognised as one of the strategic sectors. This sector has the potential for innovation and development which may lead to economic growth of a nation. Even though the culture and creative industries (CCIs) is the focus of several studies, precise consideration has not been given to the craft sectors as an essential component of the South African industrial development. The objective of this research is to identify the problems faced by crafts sectors, and to address those issues by providing policy intervention towards protection and sustainability of the sector. Also, the position of craft has been widely acknowledged, but the research regarding the protection of craft products is scarce. This gives rise to the research question: how can the crafts sectors be protected towards the sustainability and development of these sectors? This study provides an overview of the concept of craft and the CCIs focusing on the craft production and marketing activities. For this study, a qualitative research was conducted using a secondary data, and conducting an in-depth interview with crafters in the city of Durban South Africa. The results established some basic issues that need an urgent intervention towards the preservation of the craft sector in South Africa.

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“…Our conceptualization implies a porosity between creative practices and the urban field. Researchers of the creative economy favour the organizational analogy of an ecosystem to conceptualize this relationship: 3 an interdependent, iterative, heuristic and mostly heterarchic form (Grabher, 2001; Pratt, 2004; Gregory, 2015; Hutton, 2015; Oyekunle, 2017).…”

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Cities, Creativities and Urban Creative Economies: Re‐descriptions and Make+Shifts from Sub‐Saharan Africa

Mbaye¹,

Pratt²

2020

Int J Urban Regional Res

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The aim of this symposium is to examine the situation of the creative economy in cities—specifically cities of sub‐Saharan Africa. In this introduction we set out the case for the need to ‘re‐describe’ the (much derided) phenomenon of the creative city. This task requires clarification of what is understood in academe and policy communities by the term ‘creative economy’, the pronounced growth of this sector, particularly in the global South, and its particular urban character. Secondly, in the face of conceptual and policy confusion we argue for the actually existing, and growing, importance of the urban creative economy. Thirdly, with this ground clearing achieved, we seek to frame, and focus on, the emergence of new research on the urban creative economy. Finally, we use the evidence from the symposium contributions to argue for a reformulation of the creative economy within African sub‐Saharan urbanization.

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The contribution of creative industries to sustainable urban development in South Africa

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The creative economy and sustainable development: The Baltic States

The creative economy and sustainable development: The Baltic States

Protection of Craft Products Embodied in Cultural and Creative Industries in South Africa

Cities, Creativities and Urban Creative Economies: Re‐descriptions and Make+Shifts from Sub‐Saharan Africa

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