Units

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Sample subject outline - Semester 2 2013

Note: Subject outlines often change before the semester begins. Below is a sample outline.

Rationale

The Asian region has been one of the most dynamic regions in the world over the last three decades. Economic growth and industrialisation, greater openness to the global economy, and the rise of mass media and consumer society, have led to dramatic changes in the media and cultural industries throughout the region. Forces associated with the rise of creative industries, such as globalisation, the knowledge-based economy, and media and communications networks are significantly shifting public policy, and raising new challenges, tensions and contradictions in politics, economics and culture.

Aims

This unit aims to provide you with:
1. An understanding of the historical development of media and creative industries in Asia;
2. A capacity to map creative industries developments in the region, and the policy responses of governments, civil society organizations, and creative practitioners in Asia;
3. An understanding of how developments in the creative industries will affect the economics, politics and cultural development of nations and people in the Asian region.

Objectives

On completion of this unit, you should be able to:
1. Explain the concept of creative industries in the Asian region, and how it has developed conceptually, historically, and in terms of industry and policy development;
2. Identify regions and cities that provide leading roles for the development of creative industries in Asia through most recent technological advancements and as scenarios for the future;
3. Apply an understanding of the East and West debate in the development of creative industries in relation to current issues in Asian politics, culture and economics;
4. Use case study methodology to examine specific issues in developing creative industries in Asia.

Content

This unit addresses the development of creative industries in Asia through the analytical frameworks of economic and cultural geography. It also provides an historical analysis of creativity and innovation in Asia as well as recent debates that adapt intrenational creative industries models to Asian contexts. The content for this unit will draw on the Asian Creative Transformations web site.

The term Asia in this unit refers broadly to Asian cultural heritage and includes East Asia (PR China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan, and Hong Kong), South-east Asia (Thailand, Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, and Indonesia etc), south Asia (India and Pakistan etc.) and the Asia-Pacific (Australia, New Zealand etc). However, course lectures and discussion will invariably reflect the make-up of the class.

Approaches to Teaching and Learning

The unit will be based upon an intensive seminar format with the involvement of guest lectures from both academic and industrial perspectives. Students will be encouraged to use critical inquiry research methods in understanding key unit concepts. This unit is designed to foster students' research interests in Creative Industries agendas in Asia. Students will be able to demonstrate an in-depth understanding of relevant issues as they relate to specific social, cultural and political circumstances in Asia. This unit is also important for the understanding of international discourses which are applied to debates in Asia. The unit is designed to encourage critical inquiry, creativity, a commitment to professionalism and ethical practice, and intellectual debate.

Assessment

LATE ASSIGNMENTS
An assignment submitted after the due date without an approved extension will not be marked. If you are unable to complete your assignment on time, you should submit on time whatever work you have done.

Faculty Assessment Information
To access complete Creative Industries Faculty Assessment Information please refer to the Blackboard site for this unit.FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT
This unit will use a combination of lectures, group discussions, structured workshops, international case studies and group project to achieve the unit objectives, Students will receive formative feedback on your progress in this unit during tutorials and discussions throughout the semester. Formative assessment occurs with extensive feedback on assignment and debate, in conjunction with lecture, tutorial and online guidance with continuing assessment tasks.

SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT
Summative assessment occurs with each piece of assessment. You will be awarded a final grade on a 1 to 7 scale.

Assessment name: Essay
Description: This will be a 1000 word written essay outlining models and approaches to 'creative transformation' in the Asian region/country students are most familiar with. The essay will discuss key issues related to economic and social development as it impacts upon the take-up of creative industries policy and business. Making references to key unit concepts is crucial.
Relates to objectives: 1, 2
Weight: 40%
Internal or external: Internal
Group or individual: Individual
Due date: Mid Semester

Assessment name: Essay
Description: A 3,000 word written essay selected from the theme Asian Creative Transformations. In answering the questions student may use a case study in the region/area in Asia. Students will incorporate key unit concepts.

A: Describe and discuss how a particular policy approach to creative development adopted in a region, district or city has the potential to transform the livelihood of residents, businesses and creative practitioners.

B: Describe how a Pan-Asian creative industries value chain is being extended and exploited in a particular creative industry sector (e.g. music, film, mobile).

C: Discuss the concept and implementation of the 'creative city' with evidence from recent policy in Asia.

D: Discuss the potential for web-based networks and devices to enhance a sense of creative community and identity in a particular Asian country or across the Asian region.
Relates to objectives: 1, 2, 3, 4
Weight: 60%
Internal or external: Internal
Group or individual: Individual
Due date: End of Semester

Academic Honesty

QUT is committed to maintaining high academic standards to protect the value of its qualifications. To assist you in assuring the academic integrity of your assessment you are encouraged to make use of the support materials and services available to help you consider and check your assessment items. Important information about the university's approach to academic integrity of assessment is on your unit Blackboard site.

A breach of academic integrity is regarded as Student Misconduct and can lead to the imposition of penalties.

Resource materials

Recommended References:

Anderson, B. et al (1991) Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism. Rev. and extended ed. London; New York; Verso,

Bell, G., and Dourish, P. (2007) 'Yesterdays Tomorrows: Notes on Ubiquitous Computings Dominant Vision' Personal and Ubiquitous Computing 11(2): 133-43.

Choi, J. H. -j. (2008). The New Korean Wave of U. In H. K. Anheier & Y. R. Isar (Eds.). The Cultures and Globalization Series: The Cultural Economy. London: Sage.

Chua, Beng Huat (2004). 'Conceptualizing an East Asian Popular Culture'. Inter-Asia Cultural Studies 5(2): 200-21.

Cox, Rupert (2008). 'Introduction', in R. Cox (ed.) The Culture of Copying in Japan: Critical and Historical Perspectives. London: Routledge, pp. 1-19.

Curtin, M. (2003) 'Media Capital: Towards the Study of Spatial Flows', International Journal of Cultural Studies 6(2): 202-228.

'De Muynck, B. (2009) 'Architecture on the move: Urban and architectural design in Inner Mongolia', Continuum:Journal of Media and Cultural Studies 23(2): 209-219.

Enright, M. (2006) 'Rethinking China's Competitiveness', Far Eastern Economic Review, 169(9): 16-20.

Fung, A. and Lee, M. (2009) 'Localizing a global amusement park: Hong Kong Disneyland', Continuum: Journal of Media & Cultural Studies 23(2): 197-208.

Greenfield, Adam (2006) Everyware: The Dawning Age of Ubiquitous Computing. Berkeley, Calif: New Riders.

Ha-Joong, Chang (2007) 'Lazy Japanese and Thieving Germans', Chapter 9 of Bad Samaritans: Rich Nations, Poor Policies & the Threat to the Developing World. London: Random House Business Books, pp. 182-202.

Hall, Kenji (2007) 'Mobile-Phone Manga Storms Japan', Businessweek .

Hui, D. (2006) 'From Cultural to Creative Industries: Strategies for Chaoyang District, Beijing', International Journal of Cultural Studies 9 (3): 317-333.

Jean, Kumagai and William, Sweet (2004) 'East Asia Rising', IEEE Spectrum.

Keane, Michael, Created in China: the Great New Leap Forward, Routledge, London 2007.

Keane, M. (2009) 'Great adaptations: China's creative clusters and the new social contract', Continuum: Journal of Media & Cultural Studies 23 (2), 221-230.

Kong, L. (2005) 'The Sociality of Cultural Industries: Hong Kong's Cultural Policy and Film Industry', International Journal of Cultural Policy 11(1) 61-76.

Kong, L., Gibson, C., Khoo, L-M., and Semple, A-L. (2006) 'Knowledge of the creative economy: towards a relational geography of diffusion and adaption in Asia', Asia Pacific Viewpoint 47 (2) 173-194.

Landes, D. (2006) 'Why Europe and the West? Why not China', Journal of Economic Perspectives 20(2) 3-22.

Leadbeater, C. and Wilsdon, J. (2007) The Atlas of Ideas: How Asian Innovation Can Benefit Us All. London: Demos.

Malmberg, A. and Power, D. (2005) 'How do firms in clusters create knowledge?', Industry and Innovation 12(4): 409-431.

Mahbubani, Kishore (2008) 'Why Asia is Rising Now', Chapter 2 of The New Asian Hemisphere: the Irresistible Shift of Power to the East. New York: Public Affairs pp. 51-100.

O'Connor, J. and Gu, X. (2009) 'A new modernity? The arrival of 'creative industries' in China', International Journal of Cultural Studies 9 (3): 271-283.

Ozawa, T., Castello, S. and Phillips, R. J. (2001) 'The Internet Revolution, the 'Mcluhan Stage' of Catch-up, and Institutional Reforms in Asia', Journal of Economic Issues 2: 289-298.

Scott, A. J. (2006) 'Entrepreneurship, innovation and industrial development: geography and the creative field revisited', Small Business Economics 26: 1-24.

Woodside, Alexander (2006) 'Questioning Mandarins', Chapter 1 of Lost Modernities: China, Vietnam, Korea and the Hazards of Wood Histroy. Cambridge Mass: Harvard University Press, pp. 17-37.

Yue, Audrey (2006) 'The regional culture of new Asia: Cultural governance and creative industries in Singapore', International Journal of Cultural Policy, Vol. 12, No. 1, pp. 17-33.

Yusuf Shahid (2003) 'Making Clusters Innovative' Chapter 6 in Innovative East Asia: the Future of Growth. Washington DC, The World Bank (http://tinyurl.com/5kjcg2)

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Risk assessment statement

There are no out of the ordinary risks associated with this unit. No responsibility will be taken for absence incurred in other QUT course units as a result of this program.

Disclaimer - Offer of some units is subject to viability, and information in these Unit Outlines is subject to change prior to commencement of semester.

Last modified: 28-Mar-2013