Much of the research on cultural and creative industries has been ‘Western-centric’, but recent interest into cultural and creative industries in the Global South confirms that this conceptual frame is not always directly transferable. This first comprehensive analysis of the last three decades of cultural and creative industries in Santiago de Chile is based on detailed participant observations and multiple in-depth interviews with cultural professionals in the city. The findings indicate that ‘Western’ economic narratives fail to capture the role of Chile's political and cultural context, and especially the socio-urban fabric of Santiago itself, in the eclectic mix of practices that has developed across various locales. The city's self-transformation can be seen to embody a process of first proposed by Chilean scholars. This cultural autopoiesis has been impacted by external shocks that include COVID-19. The study advances existing empirical and theoretical understandings of the development of cultural and creative industries in the Global South and beyond.

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转型中的创意产业：智利圣地亚哥自创生文化转型研究


许多关于文化和创意产业的研究都是“以西方为中心”的，但最近对南半球文化和创意产业的兴趣证实，这种概念框架并不总是可以直接转移。这是基于详细的参与者观察和对该市文化专业人士的多次深度访谈，首次对智利圣地亚哥过去三十年的文化创意产业进行全面分析。研究结果表明，“西方”经济叙事未能捕捉到智利政治和文化背景的作用，尤其是圣地亚哥本身的社会城市结构，在不同地区发展的不拘一格的实践组合中所扮演的角色。这座城市的自我转型可以看作是智利学者首先提出的一个过程。这种文化的自创生受到了包括 COVID-19 在内的外部冲击的影响。该研究推进了对全球南方及其他地区文化创意产业发展的现有实证和理论理解。