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Developing Creative Economies in Africa: Spaces and Working Practices book cover

1st Edition

Developing Creative Economies in Africa Spaces and Working Practices

Edited By Brian J. Hracs, Roberta Comunian, Lauren England Copyright 2022
178 Pages 20 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

178 Pages 20 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

178 Pages 20 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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Bringing together the experience of academics and practitioners, this book discusses creative economies in Africa, focusing on changing dynamics related to working, co-working and clustering. The contributors in this volume examine how strategies and opportunities such as co-working spaces, clustering and hubs facilitate the emergence of creative industries in a range of African countries... Read more
  1. Introduction

    2. Brian J. Hracs, Roberta Comunian, Lauren England

    Part I: Creative Work: Networks, Careers and Finance

  2. Promoting the Film Industry in Kenya: State Support versus Entrepreneurial Innovation

    3. Robin Steedman

  3. Making a Living through and for Visual Artists in East Africa

    4. Andrew Burton, Lilian Nabulime, Robert Newbery, Paul Richter, Anthony Tibaingana, Andrea Wilkinson

  4. Financing Creative Industries in Kenya: Challenges, Opportunities and the Case of HEVA

    5. Wakiuru Njunga, Roberta Comunian, Brian J. Hracs and Denderah Rickmers

  5. Creative Coworking in Nigeria: Emerging Trends, Opportunities and Future Scenarios

    6. Damilola Adegoke and Roberta Comunian

    Part II: Coworking: Policy and Development

  6. Coworking, Gender and Development: The Case of Tribe XX Lab

    7. Lauren England, Emalohi Iruobe and Roberta Comunian

  7. Ahead of Policy? Creative Hubs in East African Cities

    8. Ayeta Anne Wangusa, Roberta Comunian and Brian J. Hracs

    Part III: Clustering and Creative spaces

  8. Rural Cultural and Creative Industry Clustering: The Sarah Baartman District, South Africa

    9. Fiona Drummond and Jen Snowball

  9. The Cultural Centre of GugaS’thebe as a Transformative Creative Space

    10. Irma Booyens, Ndipiwe Mkuzo and Marco Brent Morgan

  10. Conclusions

Lauren England, Brian J. Hracs and Roberta Comunian

Biography

Brian J. Hracs is an Associate Professor of Human Geography at the University of Southampton, UK.

Roberta Comunian is Reader in Creative Economy at the Department for Culture, Media and Creative Industries at King’s College London, UK.

Lauren England is Baxter Fellow in Creative Economies at Duncan Jordanstone College of Art & Design at the University of Dundee, UK.

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