This course explores the cultural and creative industries which take as their points of departure the strategies, themes and frameworks related to Media and Communication Studies. We examine the origins and development, possibilities and challanges of these industries, and deploy what we study towards practical assignments that put students in touch with real cultural and creative organisations.

The course begins with a series of seminars about various institutional and theoretical perspectives on the cultural and creative industries. As the semester progresses, students meet local and/or international creative and cultural actors, who visit our classroom to discuss their current work. Students produce projects, the results of which are presented in class.

After completing the course students shall:

The learning activities include lectures, seminars and presentations by guest speakers. Students peer-review each other’s work, and present their ongoing research to their teachers and fellow students in small-group feedback sessions dedicated to this purpose. Students may attend class on campus or online.

The course includes two exam papers which both require students to research global cultural and creative industries; to design, implement, and reflect upon projects on the cultural and creative industries; and to deliver their results both verbally and in writing.

The first exam paper (5 credits) takes a micro methods approach to the creative industries, and requires students to engage in dialogue with a concrete company or organization of their choosing (L.O. 1 and 3). The second exam paper (10 credits) asks students to contextualise the selected case in a macro-analysis by situating it within the broader international context of its corresponding creative industry, both historically and in the contemporary moment (L.O. 1 and 2).

A selection of journal articles and book chapters available via the university library's full-text databases will be added to the list of mandatory readings each term.

The University provides students who participate in or who have completed a course with the opportunity to make known their experiences and viewpoints with regards to

the course by completing a course evaluation administered by the University. The University will compile and summarize the results of course evaluations as well as informing participants of the results and any decisions relating to measures initiated in response to the course evaluations. The results will be made available to the students (HF 1:14).

If a course ceases to be available or has undergone any major changes, the students are to be offered two opportunities to retake the examination during the year following the change for re-examination, based on the syllabus which applied at registration.

The Language of Instruction is English