| CODE | IOT1024 | |||||||||
| TITLE | Understanding the Cultural and Creative Industries | |||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 01 - Year 1 in Modular Undergraduate Course | |||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | |||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | |||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | The Edward de Bono Institute for Creative Thinking and Innovation | |||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit explores the manifestation of creativity and innovation in the cultural and creative industries. It explores the role of creativity and innovation within the cultural sector, and examines the notion of 鈥榗reative cities鈥�. A special focus shall be on the influence of policies and strategies for culture and the arts, as illustrated in applied settings within the cultural and creative industries in general. Study-unit Aims: This study-unit aims to illustrate the dynamics that exist between different stakeholders, innovation and new technologies, national policies and strategies, users, organisations and other stakeholders within the cultural and creative industries. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Discuss the influence of national policies and strategies on creativity and innovation in the cultural and creative industries; - Identify the different stakeholders in the cultural and creative industries. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Discuss the role of policies and strategies within the cultural and creative industries; - Evaluate the role of different stakeholders within applied settings related to the cultural and creative industries. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: - A report on Malta鈥檚 Creative Economy & Draft National Strategy for the Cultural and Creative Industries (2012). Creative Economy Working Group, Malta. - UNCTAD Creative Economy Report 2010. - Jeffcut, Paul & Pratt Andy C. (2009), Creativity, Innovation and the Cultural Economy, Routledge. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | |||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Petra Caruana Dingli |
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