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on Cultural Economics |
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Issue of 2025–02–24
six papers chosen by Roberto Zanola, Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale |
| By: | Park, Ji Hye (Korea Institute for Industrial Economics and Trade) |
| Abstract: | In 2022, South Korea exported USD 12.5 billion worth of cultural content, a 4.4 percent increase compared to the previous year, and good for 7th place worldwide. Key to this performance were profitable intellectual properties (IPs) in music (K-Pop), online comics (webtoons), television series (dramas), and film. Global over-the-top (OTT) streaming powerhouse Netflix has made and continues to make large-scale investments in original Korean IP to grow its subscriber base and recently has focused these investments on securing video game and webtoon IPs. Recently, players in the content industry are paying increasingly more attention to trends in subculture and are now looking to secure IPs related to various subcultures to preempt the market as competition for IPs between existing market players intensifies. Subcultures have formed around webtoons and virtual novellas, games, animations, and internet stars (content creators and streamers), and this buzz has piqued the mainstream content industry’s interest. In this paper, I examine some major subcultures active in Korea and explore how industry players could leverage them for export and continued growth. |
| Keywords: | K-Pop; K-Drama; hallyu; 한류; Korean wave; manwha; webtoons; cartoons; manga; video games; phone games; streaming; Netflix; subculture; indie culture; otaku; V-Tubers; Genshin Impact; fandom; South Korea; China; content industry; KIET |
| JEL: | L82 L86 L88 |
| Date: | 2024–12–31 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ris:kieter:2024_031 |
| By: | Louadi, Mohamed (Institut Supérieur de Gestion) |
| Abstract: | In this paper we delve into the historical evolution of data as a fundamental element in communication and knowledge transmission. The paper traces the stages of knowledge dissemination from oral traditions to the digital era, highlighting the significance of languages and cultural diversity in this progression. It also explores the impact of digital technologies on memory, communication, and cultural preservation, emphasizing the need for promoting a culture of the digital (rather than a digital culture) in Africa and beyond. Additionally, it discusses the challenges and opportunities presented by data biases in AI development, underscoring the importance of creating diverse datasets for equitable representation. We advocate for investing in data as a crucial raw material for fostering digital literacy, economic development, and, above all, cultural preservation in the digital age. |
| Date: | 2024–03–07 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:osf:africa:xqtcs_v1 |
| By: | Basile Michel (PLACES - EA 4113 - PLACES - Laboratoire de géographie et d'aménagement - CY - CY Cergy Paris Université, ESO - Espaces et Sociétés - UNICAEN - Université de Caen Normandie - NU - Normandie Université - UM - Le Mans Université - UA - Université d'Angers - UR2 - Université de Rennes 2 - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - Nantes Univ - IGARUN - Institut de Géographie et d'Aménagement Régional de l'Université de Nantes - Nantes Université - pôle Humanités - Nantes Univ - Nantes Université - Institut Agro Rennes Angers - Institut Agro - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement) |
| Abstract: | The aim of this article is to contribute to the conceptual framework of arts in the city so as to improve the understanding of the role of arts and culture in urban spaces and the tensions that run through them, by dealing more specifically with the artistic and cultural dynamics in inner suburbs. Using the case of the Canal de l'Ourcq in the northeastern suburbs of Paris, the article addresses three issues: (1) the way in which the arts contribute to the creation of centralities in the inner suburbs, (2) the role they play in the local cultural and social life of these spaces, and (3) their connection to urban production and transformation. Two main findings are highlighted. Firstly, the Canal de l'Ourcq is experiencing a spatial clustering of cultural venues, collaborative art-world networks, events and other artistic activities, which are changing the atmosphere of the area, attracting audiences, and producing a positive image that radiates out to Paris and beyond. This brings out a form of centrality associated with an area usually categorized as a periphery – both spatially as well as socially, symbolically or culturally – and allows the concept of peripheral centrality to emerge. Secondly, the identification of this peripheral centrality in the case of the Canal de l'Ourcq highlights the ambivalence of the role of arts and culture in the city. On the one hand, they contribute to the local cultural vitality, to the social ties and to the well-being of the residents in order to build an inclusive and cohesive city. On the other hand, they contribute to enhancing the attraction of urban spaces and to their insertion into the rationale of real estate and tourism development and the phenomena of gentrification – caused by urban projects and public and private investments – which feed the socio-spatial fragmentation of the neoliberal city. These results raise new conceptual perspectives for urban studies. Peripheral centrality calls into question the traditional center-periphery model in urban studies and provides a conceptual and empirical framework for understanding "peripheral" spaces, their forms of centrality, their realities, and the issues at stake, particularly in their reciprocal relations with the "central" areas. |
| Keywords: | Art, Peripheral centrality, Cultural vitality, Inner suburbs, Urban transformation, Gentrification, Canal de l'Ourcq, northeastern Paris, City |
| Date: | 2024 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hal:journl:halshs-04679994 |
| By: | Patrice Ballester (M.E.N.E.S.R. - Ministère de l'Education nationale, de l’Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche) |
| Abstract: | Tourism, heritage and crafts are intertwined to shape the tourism economy, culture and identity of territories. This third volume of Cité et Tourisme, City & Tourism explores these themes through two European studies exploring the links between urban cultural tourism and crafts. Caught between modernization, globalization and health crisis, territories benefit from the opportunities offered by tourism and events, while being forced to adapt. The importance of preserving know-how to maintain authentic local production requires adapting the means of training and craft sales. In this issue, heritage is associated with sustainable mobility and the rehabilitation of historic buildings. The image of the destination is a challenge for European metropolises that must reconcile the fact of being ever more attractive while being respectful of their environment, their history and local craft resources. Finally, innovation and training are the pillars of the return to authenticity in a redesigned heritage framework as for the restoration and reopening of the Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris in December 2024 showing the heritage and sociological stake of national pride. Cultural identity is valued and by ricochet becomes an instrument to think about new sustainable mobility and the fact of rethinking the financing of architectural rehabilitations. This volume brings new issues and analyses concerning the risks and the relevance of sustainable solutions committed to tangible and intangible heritage, this for a local development of small towns and the emergence of a circular artisanal economy generating economic growth. |
| Abstract: | Le tourisme, le patrimoine et l'artisanat s'entrelacent pour façonner l'économie touristique, la culture et l'identité des territoires. Ce troisième volume de Cité et Tourisme, City & Tourism explore ces thèmes à travers deux études européennes parcourant les liens entre tourisme culturel urbain et l'artisanat. Pris entre modernisation, mondialisation et crise sanitaire, les territoires bénéficient des opportunités offertes par le tourisme et l'évènementiel, tout en se voyant contraint à des adaptations forcées. L'importance de préserver les savoir-faire pour maintenir une production locale authentique impose d'adapter les moyens de formation et de vente artisanale. Dans ce numéro, le patrimoine est associé aux mobilités durables et à la réhabilitation des bâtiments historiques. L'image de la destination est un enjeu pour les métropoles européennes qui doivent concilier le fait d'être toujours plus attractive tout en étant respectueuses de leur environnement, de leur histoire et des ressources artisanales locales. Enfin, l'innovation et la formation sont les piliers du retour à l'authenticité dans un cadre patrimonial repensé comme pour la restauration et la réouverture de la Cathédrale de Notre-Dame de Paris en décembre 2024 montrant l'enjeu patrimonial et sociologique de fierté nationale. L'identité culturelle s'en trouve valorisée et par ricochet devient un instrument pour penser les nouvelles mobilités durables et le fait de repenser le financement des réhabilitations architecturales. Ce volume apporte de nouvelles problématiques et analyses concernant les risques et la pertinence de solutions durables engagées autour du patrimoine matériel et immatériel, ceci pour un développement local des petites villes et l'éclosion d'une économie circulaire artisanale génératrice de croissance économique. |
| Keywords: | Tourism, heritage, crafts, transport, events, innovation, Tourisme, patrimoine, artisanat, événementiel |
| Date: | 2024–12–11 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hal:journl:hal-04881176 |
| By: | Resuf Ahmed; Paul Brimble; Akhila Kovvuri; Alessandro Saia; Dean Yang |
| Abstract: | This study examines the long-term social and political impacts of mass media exposure to religious content in India. We study the impact of "Ramayan, " the massively popular adaptation of the Hindu epic televised in 1987-88. To identify causal effects, we conduct difference-in-difference analyses and exploit variation in TV signal strength driven by location of TV transmitters and topographical features inhibiting electromagnetic TV signal propagation. We find that areas with higher exposure to Ramayan (higher TV signal strength when the show aired) experienced significant cultural and political changes. First, we document a strengthening of religious identity among Hindus: parents in these areas became more likely to give their newborn sons traditionally Hindu names, and households showed increased adherence to orthodox Hindu dietary practices. In the short term, this cultural shift led to an increase in Hindu-Muslim communal violence through 1992. Over the longer term, through 2000, the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) became more likely to win state assembly elections. Analyses of changes in local TV signal strength in India over decades indicate that these effects are not due to general access to TV but are due to exposure to the Ramayan TV show in 1987-1988. Our findings reveal that media portrayal of religious narratives can have lasting effects on cultural identity, intergroup violence, and electoral outcomes. |
| JEL: | D72 L82 Z12 |
| Date: | 2025–01 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:nbr:nberwo:33417 |
| By: | Corona, Sara |
| Abstract: | The interplay between cultural heritage and group identity is a multifaceted phenomenon that gains particular significance in the case of ethnic identities. Nation-building policies of cultural homogenisation haven’t always succeeded in incorporating ethnic minorities within the nation-state by replacing their sense of belonging with that of national identity. The Mediterranean island of Sardinia, a region of Italy, presents a compelling case study in this regard. The Sardinian population’s enduring sense of ethnic identity—distinctive and potentially in conflict with national identity—appears to be ignited around issues of heritage, in particular in response to a perceived threat coming from the outside. This research seeks to investigate the role of heritage in this conflict between Sardinian and Italian identity, taking as a case study the ongoing grassroots mobilisation against large-scale wind energy projects on the island. Here, I focus on the land and landscape as forms of heritage for the Sardinian people and investigate the development of their ethnic identity through this crucial experience of living-in-the-place. With this research, I aim to deepen our understanding of the persistence of ethnic minorities within nation-states, despite national assimilationist policies. |
| Date: | 2024–11–06 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:osf:thesis:zgpsq_v1 |