Supporting the creative industries in South Africa: creative intermediaries forum 

Date: 4th June 2019
Time: 10am – 4pm
Venue: To be confirmed

​Aims
This one-day workshop is aiming to bring together a range of stakeholders and intermediaries all working towards supporting the development of creative and cultural industries (CCIs) in Cape Town and South Africa. Creative intermediaries include profit and no-for-profit organisations facilitating a range of opportunities for creative individuals and companies such as: training and skills, space and business planning, access to finance and financial advice, access to markets, internationalisation and other opportunities.
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Long-term objectives
As part of the forum we hope to support creative intermediaries and facilitate communication and initiative across organisations, creating a local (and potentially national) network that facilitate information sharing for the benefit of creative and cultural industries and individuals. We hope to be able to facilitate this further via the creation of an app / web platform, after feedback from the participants

Participants
We plan to involve as many creative intermediaries as possible, to have a broad representation of organisations, public bodies, higher education institutions as well as private and n​ot for profit provider. We aim for this workshop to be open and inclusive, however, we only have a limited number of places to enable discussion and knowledge sharing. 

If you are interested in participating in the workshop, please complete the online form via this LINK

You will be contacted via email with a confirmation that you have been accepted to the workshop. You will receive an email confirmation of acceptance 

Research, ethics and recording:
We aim to audio-record the workshop in order to use the knowledge generated for academic research and papers. All information will be anonymised when transcribed and will not be shared with third-parties. We hope to publish also a blog and report about the initiatives that will be shared with all. If you are invited, you will be sent detailed information about the ethics guidelines followed by King’s College London.  

Who are creative intermediaries? Download our information sheet on CREATIVE INTERMEDIARIES. 

With the support of the South African Cultural Observatory

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Organisers
The workshop is organised by Dr Roberta Comunian (Department of Culture, Media and Creative Industries, King’s College London), Dr Brian Hracs (Department of Geography, University of Southampton) and The South African Cultural Observatory (Prof. Jen Snowball and Ms. Unathi Lutshaba) 

Researching the Creative Economy in South Africa

During June 2019 we are conducting a research visit and two workshops to collect data and explore the dynamics of the creative economy in Nigeria. We have partnered with some key organisations to reach across the sector and its activities. We will post more information soon. 

Local Partners & Researchers

Prof Jen Snowball, Rhodes University
Dr Irma Booyens, The Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC)
SACO - South African Cultural Observatory

Research review on the Creative Economy in South Africa (on-going)

Booyens, Irma. "Creative industries, inequality and social development: developments, impacts and challenges in Cape Town." In Urban Forum, vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 43-60. Springer Netherlands, 2012.
Collins, A. and Snowball, J., 2015. Transformation, job creation and subsidies to creative industries: the case of South Africa’s film and television sector. International Journal of Cultural Policy, 21(1), pp.41-59.
​De Beukelaer, C., 2014. Creative industries in “developing” countries: Questioning country classifications in the UNCTAD creative economy reports. Cultural Trends, 23(4), pp.232-251.
Gregory, J.J., 2016. Creative industries and urban regeneration–The Maboneng precinct, Johannesburg. Local Economy, 31(1-2), pp.158-171.
Oyekunle, O., 2014. Building the creative industries for sustainable economic development in South Africa. OIDA International Journal of Sustainable Development, 7(12), pp.47-72.
​Wenz, L., 2012. Changing tune in Woodstock: Creative industries and local urban development in Cape Town, South Africa. Gateways: International Journal of Community Research and Engagement, 5, pp.16-34.