MAKING CREATIVE INDUSTRIES POLICY: THE MALAYSIAN CASE
With the launch of the Dasar Industri Kreatif Negara (DIKN) document in 2009, the creative industries have become a policy focus area for the Malaysian government in line with Wawasan 2020 (Vision 2020). By critically analysing the institutional background of the DIKN and creative industries poli...
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Universiti Sains Malaysia
2017
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.usm.my/38734/1/MAKING_CREATIVE_INDUSTRIES_POLICY-_THE_MALAYSIAN_CASE.pdf http://eprints.usm.my/38734/ http://web.usm.my/km/35(2)2017/km35022017_2.pdf |
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| Institution: | Universiti Sains Malaysia |
| Language: | English |
| Summary: | With the launch of the Dasar Industri Kreatif Negara (DIKN) document in 2009, the
creative industries have become a policy focus area for the Malaysian government
in line with Wawasan 2020 (Vision 2020). By critically analysing the institutional
background of the DIKN and creative industries policies implemented to date, this
paper shows how the DIKN has been translated into subsequent policy. This paper
argues that creative industries policy has largely narrowed to funding schemes and
resulted in a proliferation of government agencies. Due in part to the legacy of
the Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) and Multimedia Development Corporation
(MDEC), "digital" has increasingly come to be synonymous with "creative". We
argue that this raises questions as to how the creative industries are perceived
and supported and ultimately the meaning of creativity in the Malaysian creative
industries policy context |
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