The Roles of IP and Diversity in the Creative Industries

近几十年来，创意和文化产业一直是南非和英国政策关注的焦点。一个共同的主题是创意产业对财富创造的贡献。争论的核心有两个问题：第一个问题是创意产业如何使用知识产权，第二个问题是创意产业的参与如何更加多样化和包容性。这些都是相互联系的，因为两者都通过潜在的直接经济回报和深化社会和文化代表性来解决该部门的可持续性问题。该网络旨在通过将来自南非和英国的研究人员、创意产业参与者和代表、知识产权从业者和早期职业研究人员聚集在一起，探讨知识产权监管与创意产业平等和多样性之间的异同，从而解决这些争论。该网络对南非将本土知识作为知识产权保护如何影响与英国（和欧洲）的贸易，多样性和平等政策如何在实践中发挥作用，以及不同的文化传统如何对知识产权和创意产业的多样性和平等产生不同的影响感兴趣。该网络将聚集三次：第一次在伦敦举行，会议将与Remix峰会等重大文化产业活动同时举行。第二次网络会议将在南非的Grahamstown举行，与国家艺术节同时举行，在此期间，网络将参加Thinkfest。第三次网络会议也将在南非举行，将是一次公开会议，将邀请一系列利益攸关方参加，网络将在会上传播其调查结果。网络的产出将包括：一篇由网络成员共同撰写的同行评议论文，阐述网络的发现，并包含一个案例研究，比较英国和南非之间创意产业的多样性和知识产权在创意过程中的地位，说明所面临的可能性和挑战，以及政策影响。三篇为创意产业决策者和政策制定者撰写的关于知识产权在创意过程中的地位的论文和政策简报，并对创意和文化产业的多样性进行比较观察。这些文件将是简短、具有挑衅性和前瞻性的文件，以会议的见解为基础。在线资源和媒体，包括网站、YouTube、Twitter和Facebook，以及六位“谈话负责人”，以清晰易懂的术语向普通受众解释网络的目的及其结果。在南非举办的一场与格拉汉姆镇国家艺术节同时举行的思想性活动。

The creative and cultural industries have been the focus of policy attention in both South Africa and the UK over recent decades. A common theme is the contribution that the creative industries can make to wealth creation. Two issues lie at the heart of the debate: the first is how intellectual property (IP) might be used by the creative industries, and the second is around how participation in the creative industries could be more diverse and inclusive. These are linked as both address sustainability of the sector through the potential for direct economic return and deepening of social and cultural representation. This network seeks to address these debates by bringing together researchers, creative industries participants and representatives, IP practitioners and early career researchers from South Africa and the UK to explore similarities and differences between the regulation of IP, and of equality and diversity in the creative industries. The network is interested in how the protection of indigenous knowledge as IP in South Africa might impact on trade with the UK (and Europe), how diversity and equality policies play out in practice, and how different cultural traditions may have different impacts on both IP and diversity and equality in the creative industries. The network will come together three times: the first in London where the meeting will be timed to coincide with a major cultural industries event such as a Remix Summit. The second network meeting will take place in Grahamstown in South Africa to coincide with the National Arts Festival and during which the network will participate in the Thinkfest. The third network meeting will also be in South Africa and will be an open meeting to which a range of stakeholders will be invited and at which the network will disseminate its findings.Outputs of the network will include: A peer-reviewed paper co-authored by network members addressing the findings from the network and containing a case study comparing diversity in the creative industries and the place of IP in the creative process as between the UK and South Africa, illustrating the possibilities and challenges faced, and policy implications. Three think papers and policy briefs for creative industry decision-takers and policy-makers on the place of IP in the creative process with comparative observations on diversity in the creative and cultural industries. These will be short, provocative, forward-looking documents based on insights from the meetings. Online resources and media including a website, YouTube, Twitter and Facebook and six 'talking heads' explaining in clear and accessible terms and to a general audience the purpose of the network and of its outcomes. A Thinkfest event in South Africa organised to coincide with the National Arts Festival, Grahamstown.