| CODE | IOT5038 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | Creativity and Innovation in the Cultural and Creative Industries | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course | ||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 7 | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | The Edward de Bono Institute for Creative Thinking and Innovation | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit discusses the role of creativity and innovation within the cultural sector, with a special focus on the influence of policies and strategies for culture and the arts, as illustrated in applied settings within the cultural and creative industries in general. As stated in Malta's National Strategy for the Cultural and Creative Industries: "The creative economy plays a central role in stimulating innovation and growth in the wider economy. In addition to the important intrinsic value of culture, these industries which include heritage, arts, media and creative business services, are one of Europe's most dynamic sectors." Study-unit Aims: By discussing the role of creativity, innovation and the arts in different contextual settings, this study-unit illustrates the dynamics that exist between different stakeholders, innovation and new technologies, art forms, 'creatives', national policies and strategies, users, organisations and other stakeholders within the cultural and creative industries. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Explain the relationship between creativity, innovation and the cultural and creative industries; - Evaluate the influence of national policies and strategies on creativity and innovation in the cultural and creative industries; - Identify the different stakeholders in the cultural and creative industries. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to critically evaluate: - Sources and types of innovation within the cultural and creative industries; - The role of policies and strategies within the cultural and creative industries; - The role of different stakeholders within applied settings related to the cultural and creative industries. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: - A report on Malta’s Creative Economy & Draft National Strategy for the Cultural and Creative Industries (2012). Creative Economy Working Group, Malta. - UNCTAD Creative Economy Report 2010. - Amin A. & Thrift N. (2004), The Blackwell Cultural Economy Reader, Blackwell, Oxford. - Csikszentmihalyi, M. (2006), Creativity: The Psychology of Discovery and Invention, HarperCollins. - Florida, R. (2012), The Rise of the Creative Class, 2nd ed., Basic Books. - Jeffcut, P. & Pratt A.C. (2009), Creativity, Innovation and the Cultural Economy, Routledge. - Charles Landry (2012), The Creative City: A Toolkit for Urban Innovators, 2nd ed., Earthscan. - Sawyer, K.R. (2012), Explaining Creativity: The Science of Human Innovation, 2nd ed., Oxford University Press. |
||||||||||||
| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture, Seminar and Tutorial | ||||||||||||
| METHOD OF ASSESSMENT |
|
||||||||||||
| LECTURER/S | Petra Caruana Dingli |
||||||||||||
|
The University makes every effort to ensure that the published Courses Plans, Programmes of Study and Study-Unit information are complete and up-to-date at the time of publication. The University reserves the right to make changes in case errors are detected after publication.
The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2024/5. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
|||||||||||||