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Moving Convergence Cultures Beyond ‘Speculative Fiction’ to Grounded Experience: Embedded cultural
research
Jonathon Hutchinson
University of Sydney
@dhutchman
Why?
• Perspectives of cultural studies• Historical rhetoric/debates• Highlight potential for embedded cultural
research• Case study – the ABC• Impact on the creative economy?
Cultural studies…
“the making of society” which “requires the finding of common meanings and direction”
(Williams 1958: 93).
Creative Industries
Convergence cultures
to investigate the impact of media and communication and the potential
democratising effects of greater participation
But…
“they have little in the way of an independent academic or intellectual agenda, but rather see
themselves as serving the demands of an industry that seems magically to have shed its
association with capital and become unproblematically identified with the people”
(Turner 2012: 95)
The need for empirical data, then?
The problem with participation
“One has to feel invited, com- mitted and/or empowered to enter into a participatory
process. But the presence of a participatory culture cannot be conflated with participation
itself and its logics of equal(ised) power relations” (Carpentier & Dahlgren 2009: 7)
Creative economy
In the recent UNCTAD Creative Economy report (2013), a call for the input between cultural
practice and local, national and regional governance policy has been expressed,
traditionally labelled ‘cultural policy’
Point of departure
Embedded cultural practice provides us with rich, qualitative research empirical data
This data in turn helps us to understand the cultural tapestry of states, nations & regions
This knowledge assists in creating highly nuanced policy and regulation
Thank you