Cultural Commodity Chains, Cultural Clusters, or Cultural Production Chains

The paper begins with a discussion of the definition of cultural industries. The paper's three main themes are concerned with, first: 1) a contestation of the generic application of the global commodity chain concept, 2) the need for a unique focus on cultural industries associated with the par...

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Published in:Growth and change 2008-03, Vol.39 (1), p.95-103
Main Author: PRATT, ANDY C
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Commodities
Cultural industry
Culture
Economic geography
Economies of scale
International market
Production
Social Reproduction
Spatial analysis
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Summary:The paper begins with a discussion of the definition of cultural industries. The paper's three main themes are concerned with, first: 1) a contestation of the generic application of the global commodity chain concept, 2) the need for a unique focus on cultural industries associated with the particular nature of its production process, and 3) the role of embedded judgments of quality is an integral part of this process. Second, the paper suggests that a restyled focus on production chains (involving the full cycle of production to use) might be more appropriate than "commodity chains" for this application. Finally, issues of spatiality and scale are discussed: it is argued that although global commodity chain debates explore linkages at a regional and national scale, they downplay linkages at the local level.
ISSN:0017-4815
1468-2257
DOI:10.1111/j.1468-2257.2007.00406.x