The Markets of the Cultural and Creative Industries

Recommended Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Teaching Methods

The classes are organized in order to stimulate the collective discussion based on: i) the presentation of the concepts and the methodologies by the teacher; ii) selected texts; (iii) empirical materials resulting from research. Besides the intervention in the collective discussions, students also participate in the sessions through oral presentations. The sessions benefit from the teacher's research experience and from the occasional participation of invited researchers or specialists. Whenever possible, study visits will be sought.

Learning Outcomes

The course discusses the place of cultural industries and creative industries in the context of the cultural and economic spheres of contemporary societies, as well as the specifics of the functioning of their markets. It intends to develop the following competencies:

- The acknowledgement of the fundamental concepts and theoretical-analytical models to the understanding of the cultural and creative industries and the structuring of their markets.

- The ability to apply the analytical methodologies and the instruments of diagnosis of the social sciences to the the sectors of cultural and creative industries and the functioning of their markets.

- The knowledge of up-to-date data on the development of cultural and creative industries, their different sectors and markets, as well as the consumer trends sustaining them.

- The ability to analyse and reflect critically on the models of industrial production and diffusion of cultural goods, as well as on the processess of value formation;

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. The production of culture and the cultural industries;

2. From the concept of cultural industries to the concept of creative industries;

3. The organizational models of cultural industries;

4. The markets for cultural goods as devices of creation of economic and cultural values;

5. Employment markets and careers of culture workers;

6. The economic, cultural and social impacts of cultural industries;

Head Lecturer(s)

Maria Paula Abreu Pereira da Silva

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Periodic or by final exam as given in the course information: 100.0%

Bibliography

 

Adorno, Theodor W. (2003), Sobre a indústria da cultura. Coimbra: Angelus Novus.

Caves, Richard (2000), Creative Industries. Cambridge, Massachussets: Harvard University Press.

Hesmondhalgh, D (2012), The Cultural Industries. (3rd edition) Londres, Los Angeles e Nova Deli: SAGE.

Hesmondhalgh, D e Baker, S. (2011), Creative Labour: Media Work in Three Cultural Industries. Londres e Nova Iorque: Routledge.

Power, D.; Scott, A. J. (eds) (2004), Cultural Industries and the Production of Culture. Londres e Nova Iorque: Routledge.

Menger, P.M. (2005), Retrato do artista enquanto trabalhador: metamorfoses do capitalismo. Lisboa: Roma Editora.

Oakley, K. e O’Connor, J. (2015), The Routledge Companion To The Cultural Industries. Londres e Nova Iorque: Routledge

Throsby, D., 2001. Economics and culture. Cambridge: Cambridge: University Press.


Throsby, D., 2010. The Economics of Cultural Policy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.