The humanities, creative arts and the innovation agenda
(2004) The humanities, creative arts and the innovation agenda, in Wissler, Rod and Haseman, Brad and Wallace, Sue-Anne and Keane, Michael, Eds. Innovation in Australian arts, media and design: Fresh Challenges for the Tertiary Sector, chapter 19, pages pp. 221-232. Post Pressed.
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Abstract
This time, the debate about the humanities is different. This time the broad context is the relation of the humanities and creative arts to the innovation agenda and the knowledge economy. It is about the humanities and the creative arts, a crucial but little thought-through connection that is assuming centre stage for reasons that are the burden of this paper but also, and relatedly, because of the growth and integration of creative arts courses and staff into the university system over the last decade. It’s not, then, a debate about the humanities and creative arts as the ding an sich - the imponderable thing in itself. The current debate is empirical, it’s evidence-based, and it’s about a wider set of issues about the new knowledge economy that humanists and creatives are joining, not initiating amongst ourselves. My discussion follows these lines: • What’s wrong with the standard innovation and R&D agendas in a knowledge-based economy? • Why should the humanities and creative arts disciplines be in innovation and R&D agendas? • How innovation and R&D policies are evolving that show a way ahead.
| Item Type: | Book Chapter |
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| Status: | Published |
| Place of Publication: | Flaxton, Qld |
| Keywords: | innovation; arts; media; creative industries, tertiary education |
| Subjects: | 420000 Language and Culture > 420300 Cultural Studies 400000 Journalism, Librarianship and Curatorial Studies > 400100 Journalism, Communication and Media |
| ID Code: | 2464 |
| Deposited By: | Cunningham, Stuart D |
| Deposited On: | 09 November 2005 |
| Alternative Locations: | http://www.postpressed.com.au/ |
| Copyright Owner: | Copyright 2004 Post Pressed |
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