Culture is Not an Industry : Reclaiming Art and Culture for the Common Good

Name: Culture is Not an Industry : Reclaiming Art and Culture for the Common Good
Brand: Manchester University Press

Manchester University Press

Culture is at the heart of what it means to be human. But twenty-five years ago, the British government rebranded art and culture as \u2018creative industries\u2019, valued for their economic contribution, and set out to launch the UK as the creative workshop of a globalised world.\nWhere does that leave art and culture now? Facing exhausted workers and a lack of funding and vision, culture finds itself in the grip of accountancy firms, creativity gurus and Ted Talkers. At a time of sweeping geo-political turmoil, culture has been de-politicised, its radical energies reduced to factors of industrial production. This book is about what happens when an essential part of our democratic citizenship, fundamental to our human rights, is reduced to an industry.\nCulture is not an industry argues that art\n\nCulture is Not an Industry\nReclaiming Art and Culture for the Common Good\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery using Royal Mail trac;