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Abstract:
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This paper looks at creative industry events – in particular fairs and festivals –
and at how they provide a venue for the (re)enactment of institutional
arrangements in a particular industry field, as well as for the negotiation and
affirmation of different values that underpin them. Tracing the study of such
field configuring events back to studies in economic anthropology and
sociology, the authors of the paper argue that it is the notion of values that
underpins fairs, festivals, awards, auctions and similar events. Going beyond
the economist’s notion of ‘Value’ in the singular, the paper posits that, in order
to understand the relationship between culture and economy, we need to
consider a plurality of material/technical, social, situational, appreciative and
functional values when examining how economic Value is derived from
creative products. It is these values that are continuously being (re)negotiated
and transacted by those participating in creative industry fairs and festivals. |
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