Working the Field: Creative Graduates in Australia and China

本研究旨在了解澳大利亚和中国创意艺术专业的毕业生是如何建立创意职业的。它调查了在两个联合国认可的创意城市：墨尔本和上海的三个研究生工作领域（视觉艺术，创意写作和表演）的无薪文化工作的动机和回报。这类研究对课程开发者具有重要意义，因为研究表明，尽管文化经济不断增长，但创意艺术毕业生的就业结果仍然很差。该项目预计将导致理论创新，以证据为基础，并在全球范围内转让的艺术工作的实际经济的帐户，一个可以帮助创造性的艺术课程，以更好地准备学生。

The research seeks to understand how graduates of creative arts programs in Australia and China build creative vocations. It investigates the motivations for and rewards of unpaid cultural work across three areas of graduate work (visual arts, creative writing and performance) in two United Nations-recognised Creative Cities: Melbourne and Shanghai. Such research is of high significance for curriculum developers, as studies show that employment outcomes for creative arts graduates remain very poor, despite a growing cultural economy. The project is expected to lead to a theoretically innovative, evidence-based and globally transferable account of the practical economy of arts work, one that can assist creative arts programs to better prepare students.