SWG 13 Collective Powers for Renewal in Creative Industries
The creative industries are a 'fascinating forest of power plays' (Hirsch, 2000). The nature and dynamics of power in the creative industries is being redefined, with new forms of organizing and managing collaboration emerging at different levels. Organizations, such as Creative Commons, provide creators with free legal tools to share and facilitate the use of their creative work. Intermediaries such as Kickstarter offer artists a funding platform that connects them to backers. Artistic squats such as Le Laboratoire de la Création, professionalize and connect creative efforts. Collective governance shape decisions, such as Ogilvy and Mather's Worldwide Creative Council or Pixar's Braintrust. Power, however, has been rarely examined in the study of creative industries and offers opportunity for contribution and conversation.
This sub-theme offers space for dialogue on the collaborative powers in and of creative industries, and the role of creative entrepreneurs and collectives in them (Hargadon and Bechky, 2006; Svejenova et al, 2010, 2015). It seeks to revisit seminal texts, such Becker (1982), Caves (2000), Hirsch (2000), or Lampel et al. (2000) and to extend insights on recent transformations (Jones, Maoret, Massa and Svejenova, 2012; Jones, Lorenzen, and Sapsed, 2015).
We invite contributions that examine power manifestations such as:
- How do traditional entertainment and media conglomerates sustain their power?
- What forms of collaboration ensure funding, development, and diffusion of creative work? What capabilities do creatives develop to advance their collaborations, especially when those involve different art forms, disciplines, and logics?
- How are creative collectives governed? What conflicts and challenges plural forms of leadership entail?
- What are the current network structures that sustain artistic work and careers? What originates and sets them in motion?
Co-convenors:
Candace Jones, University of Edinburgh, Scotland
jonescq@gmail.com
Amélie Boutinot, ISG International Business School, France Amelie.BOUTINOT@grenoble-em.com
Massimo Maoret, IESE Business School, Spain
mmaoret@iese.edu
Candace Jones
Associate Professor, Organization and Management Dept, Boston College
By Courtesy, Sociology Dept
140 Commonwealth Ave, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467 USA