Mapping vernacular creativity: the extent and diversity of rural festivals in Australia

Authors

Christopher R. Gibson, University of WollongongFollow
Christopher R. Brennan - Horley, University of WollongongFollow
Jim Walmsley

RIS ID

29671

Publication Details

Gibson, C. R., Brennan - Horley, C. & Walmsley, J. (2010). Mapping vernacular creativity: the extent and diversity of rural festivals in Australia. In T. Edensor, D. Leslie, S. Millington & N. M. Rantisi (Eds.), Spaces of Vernacular Creativity: Rethinking the Cultural Economy (pp. 89-105). Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge.

Abstract

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).

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Routledge