European inventory of
societal values of culture

CREATIVE SELF AND CREATIVE LABOUR

The concepts ‘creative self’ and ‘creative labour’ came into prominence together with the notion of creativity, which has itself become central in the cultural sector over the last thirty years. During this period, the conception of culture as resulting from creative activity rather than a wider social investment has been key to the emergence of the idea of ‘creative industries’, itself occupying a central position in the recent dynamics of European cultural policy.

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McGuigan - Creative labour, cultural work and individualisation

McGuigan, J. (2012) Creative labour, cultural work and individualisation. In Bilton, C. (ed.) Creativity and Cultural Policy (pp. 93-105). Routledge. eBook ISBN 9781315872056  

McKinlay & Smith - Creative labour

McKinlay, A., & Smith, C. (2009). Creative labour: Working in the creative industries. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9780230222007

Hesmondhalgh & Baker - Creative labour

Hesmondhalgh, D., & Baker, S. (2013). Creative labour: Media work in three cultural industries. Routledge. ISBN 9780415677738

van Andel & Loots - Measures for the betterment of the labor market position of non-standard working regimes in the cultural and creative sector in the Netherlands

van Andel, W. & Loots, E. (2022) Measures for the betterment of the labor market position of non-standard working regimes in the cultural and creative sector in the Netherlands. International Journal of Cultural Policy, 28(4): 431-445.

Karwowski & Kaufman - The Creative Self: Effect of Beliefs, Self-Efficacy, Mindset, and Identity

Karwowski, M., & Kaufman, J. C. (Eds.) (2017). The Creative Self: Effect of Beliefs, Self-Efficacy, Mindset, and Identity. Elsevier Academic Press. ISBN: 978-0-12-809790-8

Karwowski & Lebuda - Creative Self-Concept

Karwowski, M., & Lebuda, I. (2017). Creative Self-Concept: A Surface Characteristic of Creative Personality. In Feist, G., Reiter-Palmon, R., & Kaufman, J (Eds.), The Cambridge Handbook of Creativity and Personality Research (pp. 84-101). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Smith, Pickering & Bhattacharya - The creative life

Smith, K., Pickering, A., & Bhattacharya. J. (2022). The creative life: A daily diary study of creativity, affect, and well-being in creative individuals. Creativity Research Journal, 34(4), 460–479.

Conor, Gill & Taylor - Gender and creative labour

Conor, B., Gill, R., & Taylor, S. (Eds). (2015). Gender and Creative Labour. Sociological Review Monograph Series (Vol. 63 S1). Wiley Online Library.

Anderson - Refining creative labour

Anderson, B. (2019). Refining creative labour: Precarity and autonomy in cultural and craft industries. Labour / Le Travail, 84, 325–331

McGuigan - Creative labour: Working in the creative industries

McGuigan, J. (2011). Creative labour: Working in the creative industries. Cultural Trends, 20(2), 213–214.

Banks & Deuze - Co-creative labour

Banks, J., & Deuze, M. (2009). Co-creative labour. International Journal of Cultural Studies, 12(5), 419–431.

Hartley, Potts, Cunningham, Flew, Keane & Banks - Key concepts in creative industries

Hartley, J., Potts, J., Cunningham, S., Flew, T., Keane, M., & Banks, J. (2013). Key Concepts in Creative Industries. London: Sage. ISBN 9781446202883  

David Gauntlett - Creativity Is A Thing That You Do

David Gauntlett - Creativity Is A Thing That You Do

Cvetičanin, Petrić & Koludrović - Towards a social turn in cultural policy: A policymaker’s guidebook

Cvetičanin, P.,  M. Petrić & I. Tomić Koludrović (2023). Towards a social turn in cultural policy: A policymaker’s guidebook. INVENT publication.

Pereira, Chymisz & Brumen – Les Machines de l’Île de Nantes. From the workshop of the craftsman and the artist to the event in the city

Pereira, L.P.,  Chymisz, M. & P. Brumen (2023). Les Machines de l’Île de Nantes. From the workshop of the craftsman and the artist to the event in the city