Discover startups, spin-offs, and non-profit organisations from the ZHdK ecosystem The ZHdK Startup Finder is a new online database launched under the label of the Zurich Centre for Creative Economies (ZCCE). It offers an overview of the various startups, spin-offs and non-profit organisations that have emerged in the ZHdK ecosystem in recent years. The Startup Finder also showcases the innovative potential and diversity…
In “The Future of the Creative Economies” (2021), Deloitte predicts that “most people would welcome a world in which a larger share of the workforce is engaged with creative work.” According to an in-depth UNESCO report “Creative Economies are one of the youngest and fastest growing economic sectors in the world” (Re-Shaping Policies for Creativity – Addressing culture as a…
Major urban centres are the sorts of places we would expect to find creative businesses clustered together. Yet go beyond London’s Shoreditch, Manchester’s Northern Quarter, or Edinburgh’s Cowgate, and you can find microclusters of creative firms in places that we wouldn’t necessarily expect them to be. SEE PUBLICATION
Artistic works, processes and methods often do not take place in contexts that are classical artistic terrain. What are the consequences — not only for artists but also for their environment? What does “management through art” or “artistic management” mean? Which “artistic” competences and skills are used and needed in the “non-artistic” world? And what does this mean for understanding…
As an official research partner of the KKKW (Competence Centre for Cultural and Creative Industries of the Federal Government), the CreativeEconomies Research Venture has produced a three-part series of non-papers for 2018 and 2019. These non-papers are dedicated to the current state of research on important phenomena, developments and controversies related to the creative economies. The focus lies on the…
The international workshop on “Mapping Creativity,” held on 25 and 26 March 2019, examined narrative strategies for promoting the creative ecosystem in Hong Kong and on a global level. The event was recognised as an associated partner programme of Art Basel Hong Kong 2019. Publications Mapping creativity: A rather global mission (PDF)Workshop Description (PDF)
This essay by Simon Grand and Christoph Weckerle was published in PHASE XI, a 2017 publication of the Competence Centre for Cultural and Creative Industries of the Federal Government (Germany). Simon Grand, Christoph Weckerle, "What if? The Creative Economies as a central research field of the future" (2017)
Does the future of cultural criticism lie in the hands of “machines”? Is this future generated by the recommendation algorithms of Spotify, YouTube, Amazon, etc.? No, what is required is the combination of algorithms with human judgment. This line of thought was discussed in a research initiative titled “Smart Curation” based at Zurich University of the Arts. Frédéric Martel, «Le…