The Contribution of Creative Industries to Development and the Inequalities They Reproduced in South Africa
Journal Title: Moment Dergi - Year 2018, Vol 5, Issue 2
Abstract
The topic of creative industries, which attained an important place in South African economy with policy regulations, is discussed generally with positive outputs in research reports and articles. However, some research data indicate that the inequalities caused by South African unique historical and social process are reproduced in creative industries. With reference to these, this study examines the topic, which has been discussed for a long time in the literature, in the context of South Africa, and tries to place creative industries’ contribution to the economy, affects on urban development and inequalities they contain within themselves in a historical and sociological context.
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Kardelen Erkmen, Busra Arı
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