LIVE BLOG: Creative Industries in China The QUT Creative Industries Research Seminars – Creative Industries in China will be LIVE blogged from this platform on Friday the 10th of May from AEST 12-2pm. QUT Creative Industries Research Seminars present: The Tier 4 in Asian Creative Transformations book launch: Michael Keane, “Creative Industries in China: Art, …
Creative Industries in China is drawn from my research over the past decade on how Chinese policy makers, artists, designers and media practitioners are attempting to change a widespread perception that China is an uncreative nation. The ‘world factory’ portrayal is an uncomfortable reminder for many of economic dominance which is yet to be translated …
China’s growing economic, political, and military capacity is the most geopolitically significant development of the 21st century, one which is already being branded the ‘Asian century.’ Certainly the recent economic decline of the US and Europe plays directly into the hands of China’s nationalists, who yearn for a return to past glory and who seek …
How are East Asian film practitioners contributing to the professionalization of Chinese cinema? It is no secret that South Korean, Hong Kong, Taiwanese and Japanese film makers have advantages when it comes to producing ‘quality content.’ In recent times film makers in the People’s Republic of China have sought to catch up by drawing technological …
Over the past 30 years, the most successful films at the international box office have been laden with visual effects, so it’s no surprise that the number of VFX production facilities has grown dramatically. Asia is emerging as one of the global leaders with new facilities launching in such places as Mumbai, Beijing, and Kuala …
What makes a great city? This is the question that the construction of world city or global city indexes has sought to answer. The CCI Creative City Index (CCI-CCI) is a new approach to the measurement and ranking of creative global cities. It is constructed over eight principal dimensions, each with multiple distinct elements. Some …
The title of the bilingual book “Laa-sai cit-gai” (in Cantonese) or “Lesser Design,” written by SIU King-chung and published by a Hong Kong-based company, MCCM Creations, in July 2012, is evocative in either language. To Cantonese speakers, the phrase “laa-sai” commonly contains negative connotations. It can refer to a person or a way of doing …
If someone asked about your perception of the label ‘made-in-China’, what would you think: perhaps something that you see on the shelf in your local supermarket or hardware store? ‘Made-in-China’ often carries negative connotations such as the copycat phenomenon or cheap products. And yet that perception might not represent all the products of China’s cultural …
Public policy analysts sometimes make a distinction between the protective state and the enabling state. In media policy the protective state is concerned with protection of morals, children, social harmony, the integrity of news etc., through various means of controlling and classifying the flows of media content. The protective state has also had a cultural …
Indian Media:Global Approaches by Adrian Athique Polity Press (UK) The front cover of Adrian Athique’s new book is a succinct snapshot of what the contemporary media landscape in India is like – crowded! It features a photograph of Anil Ambani (Chairman of the Reliance ADAG conglomerate) surrounded by cameramen from some of the hundreds of …