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Chris Gibson

2012

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The Cultural Research Network: Opportunities For A Rhizomic Future For Geography In Australia?, Christopher Gibson Sep 2012

The Cultural Research Network: Opportunities For A Rhizomic Future For Geography In Australia?, Christopher Gibson

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Cultural Economy: Achievements, Divergences, Future Prospects, Chris Gibson Sep 2012

Cultural Economy: Achievements, Divergences, Future Prospects, Chris Gibson

Chris Gibson

This paper reflects on two decades’ scholarship in geography on cultural economy, assessing strides made against some of the expectations of early proponents. Cultural economy continues to be a polysemic term. In some quarters, it refers to a type of economic geography into which matters of ‘culture’ are absorbed. This work frequently focuses on the empirics of the so-called ‘cultural and creative industries’. Others see cultural economic research as an opportunity to move beyond the epistemological constraints of ‘culture’ and ‘economy’, questioning their status as foundational categories. This latter approach has been used in a broader set of empirical projects …