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The Interactions and Role-changings between the LGBTQIA+ Community and the Creative Industries in Guangzhou, China Focusing on Women’s Opinion in the LGBTQIA+ Community

Zhou, Ziyuan LU (2022) EOSK12 20221
Department of Economic History
Abstract (Swedish)
This thesis examines the interactions and role-changings between the LGBTQIA+ community and the creative industries in Guangzhou, China. Following Florida’s (2003) creative capital theory, and Badgett, Waaldijk, and Rodgers’s (2019) study on LGBT inclusion and economic development, involving semi-structured interviews with LGBTQIA+ individuals working or studying in the creative industries. This qualitative data reveals that Guangzhou as a creative city, facilitates the advancement of the LGBTQIA+ community, as well as the development of the creative industries. The main roles of the LGBTQIA+ community in creative industries can be concluded as producers, consumers, opinion leaders. And the roles the creative industries played for the... (More)
This thesis examines the interactions and role-changings between the LGBTQIA+ community and the creative industries in Guangzhou, China. Following Florida’s (2003) creative capital theory, and Badgett, Waaldijk, and Rodgers’s (2019) study on LGBT inclusion and economic development, involving semi-structured interviews with LGBTQIA+ individuals working or studying in the creative industries. This qualitative data reveals that Guangzhou as a creative city, facilitates the advancement of the LGBTQIA+ community, as well as the development of the creative industries. The main roles of the LGBTQIA+ community in creative industries can be concluded as producers, consumers, opinion leaders. And the roles the creative industries played for the advancement of the LGBTQIA+ community is that it can help de-stigmatizing the community, promote its culture, raise public awareness and acceptance, and provide a platform for differences. (Less)
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author
Zhou, Ziyuan LU
supervisor
organization
course
EOSK12 20221
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Queer Culture in China, Cultural and Creative Cities Index, LGBTQIA+ Inclusion, Creative Capital Theory, Causal Pathways Linking LGBT Inclusion and Economic Development, Creative Industries in Guangzhou
language
English
id
9096185
date added to LUP
2022-08-31 10:29:43
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2022-08-31 10:29:43
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  abstract     = {{This thesis examines the interactions and role-changings between the LGBTQIA+ community and the creative industries in Guangzhou, China. Following Florida’s (2003) creative capital theory, and Badgett, Waaldijk, and Rodgers’s (2019) study on LGBT inclusion and economic development, involving semi-structured interviews with LGBTQIA+ individuals working or studying in the creative industries. This qualitative data reveals that Guangzhou as a creative city, facilitates the advancement of the LGBTQIA+ community, as well as the development of the creative industries. The main roles of the LGBTQIA+ community in creative industries can be concluded as producers, consumers, opinion leaders. And the roles the creative industries played for the advancement of the LGBTQIA+ community is that it can help de-stigmatizing the community, promote its culture, raise public awareness and acceptance, and provide a platform for differences.}},
  author       = {{Zhou, Ziyuan}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{The Interactions and Role-changings between the LGBTQIA+ Community and the Creative Industries in Guangzhou, China Focusing on Women’s Opinion in the LGBTQIA+ Community}},
  year         = {{2022}},
}