Knowledges of the Creative Economy: Towards a Relational Geography of Diffusion and Adaptation in Asia

• Main Authors: Kong, Lily, Gibson, Chris, Khoo, Louisa-May, Semple, Anne-Louise
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2006
• Subjects: Academic knowledges; Asia; Creative economy; Diffusion theory; Policy discourses; Relational geographies; Asian Studies; Sociology of Culture; Urban Studies
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/1791; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/3048/viewcontent/Kong_2006_KnowledgesCreativeEconomyAsia.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Recent dialogues in geography and the social sciences have reminded researchers of the extent to which academic and policy knowledges are socially and spatially embedded-that is, they circulate through formal and informal systems of publishing, exchange, commodification and cultural influence. Academic and policy knowledges are, in short, very much a part of the creative economy. In light of this, our paper surveys knowledges of the creative economy itself, as reflected in a geography of industry reports and government policy statements in selected Asian countries. Using a post-positivist framework adapted from diffusion theory, we critically interpret the circulation, mutation and adaptation of knowledges of the creative economy, claims to its significance, areas of emphases and notable silences.