GlobalCreativeIndustriesQatar

3 Credits · Level: Undergraduate

The creative industries—comprising a range of sectors such as print, audiovisual, and digital media, cinema and film production, visual arts, performing arts, music, cultural heritage and crafts, advertising, architecture, design and fashion, gaming and other software/app development for leisure, arts organizations and festivals—represent a growing and important area in contemporary global culture and economy. The creative industries have been main drivers of the global shift toward innovation, design, cultural organizations, and “intangible” assets for cultural capital creation and social transformation. They have also been key players in generating effective cultural diplomacy as a means of soft power-based foreign policy and activities. In this course, we will focus particularly on the specific circumstances in establishing, managing, organizing, and sustaining creative industries in the context of Qatar. As such, the course will examine together current scholarly debates and theoretical perspectives on global creative industries and Qatar’s aspirations toward becoming a hub for the global creative community through a range of institutions, including Qatar Museums, M7 Fashion, Design & Technology, the Msheireb Art Centre, the Liwan Design Studios and Labs, Al Najadah, Doha Film Institute, Tasweer, Katara Cultural Village Foundation, and INJAZ Qatar, among others. Students enrolled in this course must be available to attend the seminars and field trips in downtown Doha