The Third Way Between Culture and Economics: Early Stage Research on Taiwan Cultural Creative Industries.
Date Issued
2004
Date
2004
Author(s)
Wu, Han-Chung
DOI
zh-TW
Abstract
This research is focused on the beginning, promotion, effectiveness, and critiques on Taiwan culture creative industry's policies. By using its reciprocation between culture policies and industry policies theories to re-interpret the ideal culture and economic function of culture creative industries, and discuss the importance and correlation to give the same weight to ‘culture’ and ‘economic’ when act on the industry policy. Further on, reviewing the important policies of using culture creative industries to be the transformation for Taiwan economic and culture, and address the ideal policy for industry and goal for the society to emerge the third way top on culture and economic binary thoughts. However, the chaos in politics sets a pessimistic position which may give difficulties and even destroy the third way. The conclusion emphasizes on industry's ideals on applying culture and creativity into daily life,
At the beginning of culture creative industries promotion period, lacking of industry ‘knowledge capital’ and missing policy network ‘society capital’ cause chaos and coarseness on policies that Council for Cultural Affairs practice. Further, Council for Cultural Affairs enforces its leading power and goes beyond propriety result crises for art subsidy, community development and varies culture policies. On the other side, Ministry of Economic Affairs (MEA) works on revising industry policies. MEA approves the importance of culture and creativity when comes to industry upgrade and transformation, and makes adjustments over industrialized lead policy implement. Therefore, an ideal policy for cultural administration has finally got into shape.
Discussing the importance of culture creative industry to be the culture policy, ‘culture democratization’, ‘culture accessibility’, and culture policies apart from core value responds to the ideal policies of cultural administration. Moreover, it also coherence with the ideal Taiwan culture polices and the beliefs of ‘community development’ policies; and expands its effected level to daily life beauty and culture issues. In relation to industrial policies, the characteristic of using culture creative industry to be the economic policies and industry strategies will be discussed. Recognition the general application of ‘culture’ and ‘creativity’ in industry to become a part of ‘New Economy’, ‘Knowledge-based Economy’ and ‘Knowledge intensive Service, KIS’ will contribute to re-understand the characteristics and position for culture creative industry in economic level.
By using ‘diamond system’ for a preliminary analysis on the correlation between nation's policies and industry competitive advantages; and discuss that behind the integral of ‘culture economic’, the importance of ‘economic culture’ and ‘widespread culture policies’ concepts. Investment on ‘culture’ (general culture policies) is investment on ‘economic’ (culture creative industry). An unique ‘economic culture’ can be build to support ‘culture economic’(culture creative industry) and conclude the correlation between ‘left (culture)’, ‘right(economic)’in industry policy and the importance of same weight of both left and right in the policy . Then comes to criticize the long term contradiction of both culture creative industry policy and policy logic of heavy focused on hardware, little on software in Taiwan; and learn to relocate the position and value of culture creative industry in Taiwan society culture and economic development. The transformation in Taiwan society has the following forces: promoting industry upgrade in economic aspect, applying culture creativity in production, and raising add-on value; connecting community activity with daily life culture and art in culture aspect, and encourage and approve the value of culture and creativity. In addition, culture economic development is a positive influence for both economic and culture; emphasis on daily life culture and application on creativity are also essential for Taiwan society to transform.
Last, this research approves the new value inspire by culture creative industry. The ideals of ‘culture democratization’, ‘culture accessibility’, ‘culture capital’, ‘culture sustainability’, and ‘civil society’ allow culture creative industry succeeds ‘culture’ and ‘economic’ dualism and appear to the third way. However, there is still a pessimistic warning. Culture creative industry links to the complex entangling issues such as ‘local culture’, ‘politics’, and ‘identity’ in Taiwan. It might bring Taiwan to a crisis in order to warn the politicians. The ideal culture creative industry is the third way emerge from Taiwan culture and economic, but it a way that await us to adopt and work on hard. The whole idea behind all these complex and confusing culture creative industry theories is actually a simple living philosophy- culture and creativity occur, practice, and consume in daily life.
Subjects
產業政策
知識經濟
culture creative industries (industry)
cultural
Type
thesis