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
(2022) EOSK12 20221Department 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
- 2022
- 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
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- 2022-08-31 10:29:43
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