1st Edition
Creativity in Peripheral Places Redefining the Creative Industries
1. Introduction: Creative Geographies: tales from the ‘margins’,
Chris Gibson, University of Wollongong
2. Chapter 1. Postcards from Somewhere: ‘marginal’ cultural production, creativity and community,
Robyn Mayes, Curtin University, Perth
3. Chapter 2. Creativity without Borders? Rethinking remoteness and proximity,
Chris Gibson, University of Wollongong, Susan Luckman, University of South Australia & Julie Willoughby-Smith, University of South Australia
4. Chapter 3. The Spiral Gallery: gender, nonmarket creativity and alternative ruralities,
Gordon Waitt, University of Wollongong
5. Chapter 4. Multiple Work Sites and City-wide Networks: a topological approach to understanding creative work,
Chris Brennan-Horley, University of Wollongong
6. Chapter 5. Making Connections: creative industries networks in outer-suburban locations,
E. Felton, Christy Collis & Phil Graham, Queensland University of Technology
7. Chapter 6. Magic Light, Silver City: the business of culture in Broken Hill,
Lisa Andersen, University of Technology, Sydney
8. Chapter 7. Creating an Authentic Tourist Site? The Australian Standing Stones, Glen Innes,
John Connell, University of Sydney & Barbara Rugendyke, University of New England
9. Chapter 8. Australia’s Capital of Jazz? The (re)creation of place, music and community at the Wangaratta Jazz Festival,
Rebecca Curtis, Oxford University
10. Chapter 9. Creative Migration: a case study of classical musicians,
Dawn Bennett, Curtin University, Perth
11. Chapter 10. Creative Migration? The attraction and retention of the ‘creative class’ in Launceston, Tasmania,
Madeleine Verdich, WorleyParsons, Brisbane
12. Chapter 11. Indigenous Hip-hop: overcoming marginality, encountering constraints,
Andrew Warren & Rob Evitt, University of Wollongong
Index
Biography
Chris Gibson is Professor in Human Geography, and currently ARC Future Fellow and Deputy Director of the Australian Centre for Cultural Environmental Research at the University of Wollongong, Australia.






