1st Edition

Caribbean Industries in Culture Developing Sustainable Actions for the Creative Ecology

By Suzanne Burke Copyright 2025
124 Pages 9 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

124 Pages 9 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

124 Pages 9 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Analysing the factors affecting the sustainable development of the Caribbean cultural industry, this concise volume explores how creatives operate within the cultural ecology of the region and the diverse range of tactics they use to mediate state and global policies to define cultural production and consumption in post-colonial small island states. Despite 30 years of government intervention,... Read more

Introduction. 1. Cartographies in Culture: Developing Ecological Responses to Caribbean Industries in Culture. 2. Reproducing Ideologies: Mimetic Actions in Decision-Making. 3. Differentiating Citizenship: Unhousing National Cultural Policies. 4. Framing Pedagogies in Cultural Entrepreneurship: Nurturing the Creatrepreneur. 5. Governing Creative Ecosystems: Leading the Cultureship. Conclusion.

Biography

Suzanne Burke is a lecturer in Cultural Studies at The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago.