Higher Education and Policy for Creative Economies in Africa (eBook, ePUB)

Developing Creative Economies
Redaktion: Comunian, Roberta; England, Lauren; Hracs, Brian J.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The book reflects on the role of the creative economies in a range of African countries (namely Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa and Uganda). Chapters explore how creative economies emerge and can be supported in African countries.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 186
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. November 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000318838
• Artikelnr.: 60349466

Autorenporträt

Roberta Comunian is Reader in Creative Economy at the Department for Culture, Media and Creative Industries at King's College London, UK. Brian J. Hracs is an Associate Professor of Human Geography at the University of Southampton, UK. Lauren England is Baxter Fellow in Creative Economies at Duncan Jordanstone College of Art & Design at the University of Dundee, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction Part 1: Higher education and creative economies development
2. Creative higher education in Nigeria and the case of University of Lagos
3. Collaborations for creative arts higher education delivery in Ghana: A
case of the University of Cape Coast 4. Fashion designers and education in
Nairobi: Challenges and opportunities 5. Uganda film and television:
Creative skills development and skills gap for the sector Part 2: The role
of policy for creative economies 6. Importance of arts and culture in
community development in Nigeria: The place of the Councils for Arts and
Culture 7. The historical evolution of the cultural and creative economy in
Mahikeng, South Africa: Implications for contemporary policy 8. Finance for
creative and cultural industries in Africa 9. Developing the handicraft
sector in South Africa: The role of policy 10. Conclusions