R SOC355 Lecture Notes - Lecture 33: Fordism, Culture Industry, Chemainus

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Rural Sociology
• Course: R SOC355
• Professor: John Parkins

Document Summary

Cultural & creative economy strategies for community transformation: 4. More of a strict definition of cultural industries. There"s a lot of people involved in cultural industries, in vary different parts of the economy. Main point: employment in this sector is on par with the . These culture based jobs do contribute to the economy of the economy. Economic contribution, like media and broadcasting, has grew over time. Creative economy people who are paid to think of all sectors within the economy. Huge investment in facility and spaces for performing arts. Example: in edmonton- the arts barn, and the proposal of a new arts district in downtown. Even within our traditional sectors within the economy, you can see the creative class being present in the sectors. See the creative class that exists within all sectors. The development and expansion to create creative class. Talk about the changes that is going on in the economies.