CRI 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Cultural Imperialism, Neoliberalism, Anthony Giddens
17 Jan 2017
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Globalization in the creative industries: globalization has allowed for economies to become increasingly and intimately connected and integrated. Globalization: the intensification of worldwide social relations which link distant localities in such a way that local happenings are shaped by events occurring many miles away and vice versa (anthony. International: exchanges between cultures and states; sum = parts. Global: cosmopolitan mix, something new and unique created; sum > parts: current moment of culture/politics/economics is highly internationalized, evidence of global unprecedented amongst previous internationalized moments. Increased sharing of cultures and creativity: reduction in national protection of culture, collapse of mass publics/rise of niche audiences: Movement + global communication platforms = engagement with hybrid identities (eg. korean/canadian) Digital icts: more touch points for distributing creativity, more choices for audiences. People want to be engaged personally: changing politics of creativity: Concerns about power of developed countries, multi-national firms and cultural imperialism (the neoliberal critique)
