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Hughes, Christina (2012) Gender, craft labour and the creative sector. International Journal of Cultural Policy, Vol.18 (No.4). pp. 439-454. doi:10.1080/10286632.2011.592187 ISSN 1028-6632.

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Abstract

This paper responds to a resurgence of interest in craft labour as an integral aspect of policy generation in the creative sector. It highlights the local, and industrial, cultural, and political histories and processes that create divisions and distinctions within craft economies. Drawing on research with designer makers in Birmingham Jewellery Quarter, the paper demonstrates how gender infuses the responses of policy actors in their regeneration plans for the local economy. It notes the significance of local meanings of craft and how this leads to misrecognition and devaluation. It also illustrates how the economic importance of designer makers is diminished within a policy environment that has had a long-standing focus on large-scale manufacturing. This leaves designer makers occupying a role that is predominantly focused on their symbolic and decorative value. This bodes ill for cultural policy reformulation that is based on the economic significance of flexible specialisation within small-scale, networked businesses.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor
T Technology > TT Handicrafts Arts and crafts
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Sociology
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Handicraft -- Political aspects, Great Britain -- Cultural policy, Artist-designed jewelry -- England -- Birmingham
Journal or Publication Title: International Journal of Cultural Policy
Publisher: Routledge
ISSN: 1028-6632
Official Date: 2012
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2012UNSPECIFIED
Volume: Vol.18
Number: No.4
Number of Pages: 16
Page Range: pp. 439-454
DOI: 10.1080/10286632.2011.592187
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access
Date of first compliant deposit: 20 December 2015
Date of first compliant Open Access: 20 December 2015

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