Cultural Studies and the urgency of interdisciplinarity: Sooner, not later, we’re going to need a Cultural Science

Authors

  • John Hartley Universidade de Tecnologia de Queensland

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1982-8160.v5i1p11-44

Keywords:

Cultural Studies, Communication, Culture, Science Culture, interdisciplinary

Abstract

Most of the creativity in the digital universe passes unnoticed by the industry practices and policies, and it isn´t taken into account in the cultural and economic strategies of the creative industries. We should find ways to catalyze this creative production, showing how the user´s contribution may contribute to social learning, cultural and economic advancement. To that effect, we must know what is a open creative system and how it works. Based on this diagnosis, the author claims that interdisciplinarity is urgent and that there is also a need for a science of culture. What is at stake is a strategy of integrated development, as regards the upcoming innovation in its complex, productive and learning aspects.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Author Biography

  • John Hartley, Universidade de Tecnologia de Queensland
    Professor emérito da Universidade de Tecnologia de Queensland e editor do Jornal Internacional de Estudos Culturais1 (Sage editora, Londres). Suas obras mais recentes são: títulos originais das obras: Digital Futures for Cultural and Media Studies (Wiley-Blackwell, 2012); Communication, Cultural and Media Studies: The Key Concepts 4th edn (Routledge, 2011); The Uses of Digital Literacy (UQP, 2009; Transaction, 2010); Story Circle: Digital Storytelling Around the World (ed. with K. McWilliam Wiley- Blackwell 2009). E-mail: j.hartley@qut.edu.au

Downloads

Published

2011-12-15

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 1 (2011)

Section

Dossier

License

Authors who publish in this journal agree to the following terms:

    1. Authors retain the copyright and grant the journal the right to first publication, with the work simultaneously licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) which allows sharing of the work with acknowledgment of authorship and initial publication in this journal for non-commercial purposes.

    2. Authors are authorized to assume additional contracts separately, for non-exclusive distribution of the version of the work published in this journal (eg, publishing in institutional repository or as a book chapter), with acknowledgment of authorship and initial publication in this journal.

How to Cite

Hartley, J. (2011). Cultural Studies and the urgency of interdisciplinarity: Sooner, not later, we’re going to need a Cultural Science. MATRIZes, 5(1), 11-44. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1982-8160.v5i1p11-44