Innovation & Tradition: The Arts, Humanities and the Knowledge Economy (Eruptions: New Feminism Across the Disciplines) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0820471402 ISBN 13: 9780820471402

Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers, 2004

Synopsis

Knowledge economy policies typically seek to harness higher education to economic outcomes. Tensions between the arts and humanities and the commercial imperatives of the knowledge economy are growing. This book explores how these tensions are played out within international and national higher education policies, within university arts and humanities departments and within the process of writing itself. Essays in this collection investigate the impact of the knowledge economy phenomenon on the arts and humanities and suggest both practical and creative ways of responding to this global policy environment. This book is relevant to scholars who are re-thinking the theory and practice of the arts and humanities within the context of globalization, information technology and entrepreneurship. It will interest students and academics whose courses engage with notions of «the commodity», «knowledge», and «creativity» within the fields of cultural and media studies, education and sociology. It will be of particular interest to academics and postgraduates researching contemporary higher education policy, cultural policy and research policy.

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About the Author:

The Editors: Jane Kenway is Professor of Education at Monash University, Victoria, Australia. She received her Ph.D. in the sociology of education from Murdoch University, Western Australia. She is author of seven books and many contributions in edited collections and journals. Her research focuses on educational politics and socio-cultural change.
Elizabeth Bullen is Research Fellow in the School of Education at Monash University, Victoria, Australia. She received her Ph.D. in Australian literature from Flinders University, South Australia. She has published on various aspects of gender, education and popular culture and is co-author of Consuming Children: Education – Entertainment – Advertising (with Jane Kenway).
Simon Robb is Research Fellow in the School of Education at Monash University, Victoria, Australia. He received his Ph.D. in postmodernism and cultural studies from the University of Adelaide, and he is author of the fictocritical book The Hulk.

About this edition

• Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0820471402
• ISBN 13: 9780820471402
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 153
• Editor: Kenway Jane, Bullen Elizabeth, Robb Simon