TY - CHAP
T1 - Mapping vernacular creativity
T2 - The extent and diversity of rural festivals in Australia
AU - Gibson, Chris
AU - Brennan-Horley, Chris
AU - Walmsley, Dennis J
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - The idea that creativity is vital to regional economies has been increasingly debated in Australia, as elsewhere. Although creativity has been taken more seriously by governments, it has often been 'folded into' normative ideas of market-led place competition, with biases towards commodifiable forms of creativity (that produce copyright/content) and urban, middle-class neighbourhoods and aesthetics (see Gibson, 2009 for extended critique). ... In the first part of this chapter we overview the manner in which normative discourses of creativity have infused policy talk. In the second part, the chapter draws on one project which has sought to map the extent and diversity of creativity in rural areas, specifically, community festivals held in rural parts of three Australian states (Tasmania, New South Wales (NSW), Victoria). We discuss in detail one festival: the Elvis Revival festival in the country town of Parkes.
AB - The idea that creativity is vital to regional economies has been increasingly debated in Australia, as elsewhere. Although creativity has been taken more seriously by governments, it has often been 'folded into' normative ideas of market-led place competition, with biases towards commodifiable forms of creativity (that produce copyright/content) and urban, middle-class neighbourhoods and aesthetics (see Gibson, 2009 for extended critique). ... In the first part of this chapter we overview the manner in which normative discourses of creativity have infused policy talk. In the second part, the chapter draws on one project which has sought to map the extent and diversity of creativity in rural areas, specifically, community festivals held in rural parts of three Australian states (Tasmania, New South Wales (NSW), Victoria). We discuss in detail one festival: the Elvis Revival festival in the country town of Parkes.
KW - Social and Cultural Geography
UR - http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/31858255
UR - http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415480956
M3 - Chapter
SN - 9780415480956
SN - 9780203886441
SN - 0415480957
SN - 0203886445
T3 - Routledge Studies in Human Geography
SP - 89
EP - 105
BT - Spaces of Vernacular Creativity: Rethinking the cultural economy
A2 - Edensor, Tim
A2 - Leslie, Deborah
A2 - Millington, Steve
A2 - M Rantisi, Norma
PB - Routledge
CY - New York, United States of America
ER -