Rooted from the renowned Frankfurt School’s cultural industry, to Bernard Miège’s cultural industries, to the UK Government’s creative industries and John Hopkins’ creative economy, creative industries as a concept is really known to be convoluted and blurry.
The creative industries have grown rapidly over the past two decades attracting the attention of non-profit arts leaders, government officials, and cultural entrepreneurs. Drawing on studies on Philippine and international case studies, this course examines the nature, principles, developments, issues and debates on creative industries. This course aims to critically analyze contemporary society cultural production and its practices. Identified as essential components of national economies, the creative industries are organized in sectors that have moved from the periphery to the inner city and are based on individual and collective talent. The course is hands-on and participation-based, enabling students to critically analyze and assess theories, examples, and trends from the creative industries through the introspection of the creative sectors (Theatre, and Performing Arts, Audio-Visual, and Game and Animation, amongst others).

- Teacher: Brian Jay de Lima Ambulo