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The international journal of social, political and community agendas in the arts, 2014
The creative industries sector is recognised as an economic growth area in many parts of the worl... more The creative industries sector is recognised as an economic growth area in many parts of the world, feeding on the innovation, technological development, and networks that are part of creative cities. But do creative industries need the metropolitan context to thrive, or are they viable in regional settings away from the major urban centres? Using regional settings in New South Wales, Australia as an example, this paper argues that creative industries have long been part of the fabric of the regional and rural environment. The identity of communities and their sense of place have always been associated with the arts practice of the place. Policy in new creative industries growth arguably needs to acknowledge the importance that places do not only consume culture, they also should produce culture. While technology continues to change the nature of geographic location in relation to markets and innovation, the examples of the New South Wales context show that creative industries in regional settings may have their own set of conditions for success.
Videoconferencing is increasingly being used as a medium to connect people in education. There ar... more Videoconferencing is increasingly being used as a medium to connect people in education. There are many reasons for choosing to use videoconferencing for education, and in Australia the geographical isolation experienced by remotely located regional students can be partly overcome by using this medium. In recent years music educators have started to use the medium to teach group and individual music lessons. Research in the field of videoconferencing use in music education has to date been limited. This study investigated the teaching of instrumental music through the videoconferencing medium, using Sydney Conservatorium's VideoLink program as its focus. Using observation and interview to study the delivery of instrumental music lessons by Sydney Conservatorium teachers to students in four regional centres in New South Wales, the study identified important issues for music teaching through videoconferencing. Three broad areas were established relating to videoconferencing music programs: (1) organisational issues within a program, (2) effective teaching approaches and (3) technological issues, and the study found many areas in which teachers and students need to make adaptations to maximise the benefits of instrumental music lessons by videoconference.
The International Journal of Social, Political and Community Agendas in the Arts, 2014
The creative industries sector is recognised as an economic growth area in many parts of the worl... more The creative industries sector is recognised as an economic growth area in many parts of the world, feeding on the innovation, technological development, and networks that are part of creative cities. But do creative industries need the metropolitan context to thrive, or are they viable in regional settings away from the major urban centres? Using regional settings in New South Wales, Australia as an example, this paper argues that creative industries have long been part of the fabric of the regional and rural environment. The identity of communities and their sense of place have always been associated with the arts practice of the place. Policy in new creative industries growth arguably needs to acknowledge the importance that places do not only consume culture, they also should produce culture. While technology continues to change the nature of geographic location in relation to markets and innovation, the examples of the New South Wales context show that creative industries in regional settings may have their own set of conditions for success.
The creative and cultural industries have an image of being open, progressive workplaces. However... more The creative and cultural industries have an image of being open, progressive workplaces. However statistics show that the sector actually has far less diversity in its workforce, including less women employed, and even less in management roles. This paper looks at the issues of underrepresentation of women in the creative and cultural industries and investigates how being located in a non-metropolitan setting can be both a benefit and a challenge for women working as creative practitioners. The paper will also investigate why this gender imbalance has, until so recently, been largely absent from creative and cultural industries discourse. By working away from the hothouse of city-based enterprises often associated with informal recruitment practices and connections, can working in the smaller scale of regionally based enterprises benefit women? Using an approach that moves away from the tendency to align the sector with a neo-liberal position, this paper will instead take a wider view of the way the creative and cultural industries can provide regional locations with social capital and identity of place in addition to the economic benefits that the sector can offer. Space and Place for women in regional creativity This paper focuses on bringing a feminist perspective to issues of employment within the creative industries, and in particular, the way that practitioners working in regional, non-metropolitan settings may have a different experience of the way gender issues manifest themselves. The perspective that I offer has emerged from my PhD research into regional creative industries in which I argue that creative practitioners located regionally operate differently to their metropolitan counterparts. It is therefore important to understand this way of working and support it differently, although current policy and practice does little to acknowledge this difference and associated needs. The place of women within this regional creative ecology was something that gradually emerged in the course of interviews and observations with creative practitioners from the NSW central west region. Place is therefore central in the research that has led to the themes in this paper.
Videoconferencing is increasingly being used as a medium to connect people in education. There ar... more Videoconferencing is increasingly being used as a medium to connect people in education. There are many reasons for choosing to use videoconferencing for education, and in Australia the geographical isolation experienced by remotely located regional students can be partly overcome by using this medium. In recent years music educators have started to use the medium to teach group and individual music lessons. Research in the field of videoconferencing use in music education has to date been limited. This study investigated the teaching of instrumental music through the videoconferencing medium, using Sydney Conservatorium's VideoLink program as its focus. Using observation and interview to study the delivery of instrumental music lessons by Sydney Conservatorium teachers to students in four regional centres in New South Wales, the study identified important issues for music teaching through videoconferencing. Three broad areas were established relating to videoconferencing music ...
At last year’s Regional Arts Australia Summit in Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Attorney-General George Bran... more At last year’s Regional Arts Australia Summit in Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Attorney-General George Brandis announced more than A$1 million in funding for regional arts projects across Australia, asserting that regional arts was one of the few areas to be quarantined from budget cuts. But what are “regional” arts, exactly, and why do they matter? Given the widespread usage of the term, you’d think it was clearly understood. But definitions vary considerably.
The creative industries sector is recognised as an economic growth area in many parts of the worl... more The creative industries sector is recognised as an economic growth area in many parts of the world, feeding on the innovation, technological development, and networks that are part of creative cities. But do creative industries need the metropolitan context to thrive, or are they viable in regional settings away from the major urban centres? Using regional settings in New South Wales, Australia as an example, this paper argues that creative industries have long been part of the fabric of the regional and rural environment. The identity of communities and their sense of place have always been associated with the arts practice of the place. Policy in new creative industries growth arguably needs to acknowledge the importance that places do not only consume culture, they also should produce culture. While technology continues to change the nature of geographic location in relation to markets and innovation, the examples of the New South Wales context show that creative industries in regional settings may have their own set of conditions for success.
The creative and cultural industries have an image of being open, progressive workplaces. However... more The creative and cultural industries have an image of being open, progressive workplaces. However statistics show that the sector actually has far less diversity in its workforce, including less women employed, and even less in management roles. This paper looks at the issues of under representation of women in the creative and cultural industries and investigates how being located in a non-metropolitan setting can be both a benefit and a challenge for women working as creative practitioners. The paper will also investigate why this gender imbalance has, until so recently, been largely absent from creative and cultural industries discourse. By working away from the hothouse of city based enterprises often associated with informal recruitment practices and connections, can working in the smaller scale of regionally based enterprises benefit women? Using an approach that moves away from the tendency to align the sector with a neo-liberal position, this paper will instead take a wider view of the way the creative and cultural industries can provide regional locations with social capital and identity of place in addition to the economic benefits that the sector can offer.
The international journal of social, political and community agendas in the arts, 2014
The creative industries sector is recognised as an economic growth area in many parts of the worl... more The creative industries sector is recognised as an economic growth area in many parts of the world, feeding on the innovation, technological development, and networks that are part of creative cities. But do creative industries need the metropolitan context to thrive, or are they viable in regional settings away from the major urban centres? Using regional settings in New South Wales, Australia as an example, this paper argues that creative industries have long been part of the fabric of the regional and rural environment. The identity of communities and their sense of place have always been associated with the arts practice of the place. Policy in new creative industries growth arguably needs to acknowledge the importance that places do not only consume culture, they also should produce culture. While technology continues to change the nature of geographic location in relation to markets and innovation, the examples of the New South Wales context show that creative industries in regional settings may have their own set of conditions for success.
Videoconferencing is increasingly being used as a medium to connect people in education. There ar... more Videoconferencing is increasingly being used as a medium to connect people in education. There are many reasons for choosing to use videoconferencing for education, and in Australia the geographical isolation experienced by remotely located regional students can be partly overcome by using this medium. In recent years music educators have started to use the medium to teach group and individual music lessons. Research in the field of videoconferencing use in music education has to date been limited. This study investigated the teaching of instrumental music through the videoconferencing medium, using Sydney Conservatorium's VideoLink program as its focus. Using observation and interview to study the delivery of instrumental music lessons by Sydney Conservatorium teachers to students in four regional centres in New South Wales, the study identified important issues for music teaching through videoconferencing. Three broad areas were established relating to videoconferencing music programs: (1) organisational issues within a program, (2) effective teaching approaches and (3) technological issues, and the study found many areas in which teachers and students need to make adaptations to maximise the benefits of instrumental music lessons by videoconference.
The International Journal of Social, Political and Community Agendas in the Arts, 2014
The creative industries sector is recognised as an economic growth area in many parts of the worl... more The creative industries sector is recognised as an economic growth area in many parts of the world, feeding on the innovation, technological development, and networks that are part of creative cities. But do creative industries need the metropolitan context to thrive, or are they viable in regional settings away from the major urban centres? Using regional settings in New South Wales, Australia as an example, this paper argues that creative industries have long been part of the fabric of the regional and rural environment. The identity of communities and their sense of place have always been associated with the arts practice of the place. Policy in new creative industries growth arguably needs to acknowledge the importance that places do not only consume culture, they also should produce culture. While technology continues to change the nature of geographic location in relation to markets and innovation, the examples of the New South Wales context show that creative industries in regional settings may have their own set of conditions for success.
The creative and cultural industries have an image of being open, progressive workplaces. However... more The creative and cultural industries have an image of being open, progressive workplaces. However statistics show that the sector actually has far less diversity in its workforce, including less women employed, and even less in management roles. This paper looks at the issues of underrepresentation of women in the creative and cultural industries and investigates how being located in a non-metropolitan setting can be both a benefit and a challenge for women working as creative practitioners. The paper will also investigate why this gender imbalance has, until so recently, been largely absent from creative and cultural industries discourse. By working away from the hothouse of city-based enterprises often associated with informal recruitment practices and connections, can working in the smaller scale of regionally based enterprises benefit women? Using an approach that moves away from the tendency to align the sector with a neo-liberal position, this paper will instead take a wider view of the way the creative and cultural industries can provide regional locations with social capital and identity of place in addition to the economic benefits that the sector can offer. Space and Place for women in regional creativity This paper focuses on bringing a feminist perspective to issues of employment within the creative industries, and in particular, the way that practitioners working in regional, non-metropolitan settings may have a different experience of the way gender issues manifest themselves. The perspective that I offer has emerged from my PhD research into regional creative industries in which I argue that creative practitioners located regionally operate differently to their metropolitan counterparts. It is therefore important to understand this way of working and support it differently, although current policy and practice does little to acknowledge this difference and associated needs. The place of women within this regional creative ecology was something that gradually emerged in the course of interviews and observations with creative practitioners from the NSW central west region. Place is therefore central in the research that has led to the themes in this paper.
Videoconferencing is increasingly being used as a medium to connect people in education. There ar... more Videoconferencing is increasingly being used as a medium to connect people in education. There are many reasons for choosing to use videoconferencing for education, and in Australia the geographical isolation experienced by remotely located regional students can be partly overcome by using this medium. In recent years music educators have started to use the medium to teach group and individual music lessons. Research in the field of videoconferencing use in music education has to date been limited. This study investigated the teaching of instrumental music through the videoconferencing medium, using Sydney Conservatorium's VideoLink program as its focus. Using observation and interview to study the delivery of instrumental music lessons by Sydney Conservatorium teachers to students in four regional centres in New South Wales, the study identified important issues for music teaching through videoconferencing. Three broad areas were established relating to videoconferencing music ...
At last year’s Regional Arts Australia Summit in Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Attorney-General George Bran... more At last year’s Regional Arts Australia Summit in Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Attorney-General George Brandis announced more than A$1 million in funding for regional arts projects across Australia, asserting that regional arts was one of the few areas to be quarantined from budget cuts. But what are “regional” arts, exactly, and why do they matter? Given the widespread usage of the term, you’d think it was clearly understood. But definitions vary considerably.
The creative industries sector is recognised as an economic growth area in many parts of the worl... more The creative industries sector is recognised as an economic growth area in many parts of the world, feeding on the innovation, technological development, and networks that are part of creative cities. But do creative industries need the metropolitan context to thrive, or are they viable in regional settings away from the major urban centres? Using regional settings in New South Wales, Australia as an example, this paper argues that creative industries have long been part of the fabric of the regional and rural environment. The identity of communities and their sense of place have always been associated with the arts practice of the place. Policy in new creative industries growth arguably needs to acknowledge the importance that places do not only consume culture, they also should produce culture. While technology continues to change the nature of geographic location in relation to markets and innovation, the examples of the New South Wales context show that creative industries in regional settings may have their own set of conditions for success.
The creative and cultural industries have an image of being open, progressive workplaces. However... more The creative and cultural industries have an image of being open, progressive workplaces. However statistics show that the sector actually has far less diversity in its workforce, including less women employed, and even less in management roles. This paper looks at the issues of under representation of women in the creative and cultural industries and investigates how being located in a non-metropolitan setting can be both a benefit and a challenge for women working as creative practitioners. The paper will also investigate why this gender imbalance has, until so recently, been largely absent from creative and cultural industries discourse. By working away from the hothouse of city based enterprises often associated with informal recruitment practices and connections, can working in the smaller scale of regionally based enterprises benefit women? Using an approach that moves away from the tendency to align the sector with a neo-liberal position, this paper will instead take a wider view of the way the creative and cultural industries can provide regional locations with social capital and identity of place in addition to the economic benefits that the sector can offer.