Course overview
This course draws upon various perspectives from within creative arts, communication, cultural and media studies, sociology, and internet studies to explore the changing nature of creative labour. This course explores scholarly debates about work in the cultural and creative industries. Through studying theoretical and historical perspectives and empirical examples from research into work in the contemporary media and creative industries, students will consider how creative work is being imagined, understood, structured, and represented as a particular kind of work, and consider the importance of portfolio careers and networking to creative labour. Students will learn to interrogate the way the nature of work in this sector typically leads to a lack of social inclusion and diversity.
Course learning outcomes
- Outline research and critical debate about working practices in the cultural and creative industries
- To analyse, using relevant theoretical ideas, scenarios of creative work
- Identify a diverse range of working practices and evaluate how these impact on career pathways
- Analyse how the pathways into creative work impact the demographics of creative labour and be aware of relevant corrective interventions
- Recognise the impact of public and private funding contexts on work in the creative industries
- Critically reflect on the application of professional practices in the context of a creative career, including the impact of AI on creative work