Creative Labour: Towards a Renewed Research Agenda

This article focuses on the role of creative labour, which has figured prominently in narratives of ‘new capitalism’ that promise to change standard employment relations and generate new modes of innovation. To move beyond such broad claims a more detailed picture of the characteristics and dynamics...

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Main Authors: Fitzgerald, Scott, Rainnie, Al, Bennett, Dawn, Coffey, Jane
Other Authors: Raj Pillai
Format: Conference Paper
Published: ANZAM 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/17908
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description This article focuses on the role of creative labour, which has figured prominently in narratives of ‘new capitalism’ that promise to change standard employment relations and generate new modes of innovation. To move beyond such broad claims a more detailed picture of the characteristics and dynamics of work and employment of creative workers in different industries and groups is required. In this paper we begin by outlining our theoretical approach based on a combination of global production analysis, labour process analysis and a relational view of territorial networks. We proceed by examining the definitions used to define particular industries and workers as cultural or creative and then review recent analysis of work and employment relations in the cultural sector.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-179082023-02-02T07:57:39Z Creative Labour: Towards a Renewed Research Agenda Fitzgerald, Scott Rainnie, Al Bennett, Dawn Coffey, Jane Raj Pillai Mustafa Ozbilgin Bill Harley Charmine Hartel design and creativity critical political economy theories of identity labour process talent management organisations and popular culture knowledge and power place and location This article focuses on the role of creative labour, which has figured prominently in narratives of ‘new capitalism’ that promise to change standard employment relations and generate new modes of innovation. To move beyond such broad claims a more detailed picture of the characteristics and dynamics of work and employment of creative workers in different industries and groups is required. In this paper we begin by outlining our theoretical approach based on a combination of global production analysis, labour process analysis and a relational view of territorial networks. We proceed by examining the definitions used to define particular industries and workers as cultural or creative and then review recent analysis of work and employment relations in the cultural sector. 2012 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/17908 ANZAM fulltext
spellingShingle design and creativity
critical political economy
theories of identity
labour process
talent management
organisations and popular culture
knowledge and power
place and location
Fitzgerald, Scott
Rainnie, Al
Bennett, Dawn
Coffey, Jane
Creative Labour: Towards a Renewed Research Agenda
title Creative Labour: Towards a Renewed Research Agenda
title_full Creative Labour: Towards a Renewed Research Agenda
title_fullStr Creative Labour: Towards a Renewed Research Agenda
title_full_unstemmed Creative Labour: Towards a Renewed Research Agenda
title_short Creative Labour: Towards a Renewed Research Agenda
title_sort creative labour: towards a renewed research agenda
topic design and creativity
critical political economy
theories of identity
labour process
talent management
organisations and popular culture
knowledge and power
place and location
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/17908