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Deborah A. Hickling, PhDSOUTH AFRICAN CULTURAL OBSERVATORY
2nd NATIONAL CONFERENCE 24 & 25 MAY 2017
Johannesburg, South Africa
Regional Vision,
National Missions?
Caribbean Creative
Economy:
The Case of
Jamaica
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Every man got a right to decide his own destiny…
Robert Nesta ‘Bob’ Marley
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Today’s Presentation:
1. Caribbean EconomiesGlorious Absurdity
1. Regional Vision Caribbean Creative Economy: Irony Hegemony and History
3. National Mission: Jamaican Creative Economy Policy: Nurture the Absurd
The Citadel, Haiti
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GLORIOUS CULTURAL ABSURDITY
Caribbean Economy, Culture & Creativity
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Le Pitons, St Lucia
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Middle Income
Economies
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Neocolonialism
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New World Order?
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Sitting Here in LimboJimmy Cliff
Caribbean at a Crossroads
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Culture and Creativity:The New Oil
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Glorious Absurdity
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CARIBBEAN CREATIVE ECONOMY: IRONY, HEGEMONY, HISTORY
Regional Vision
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PRINCIPAL CARICOM POLICY
• 1992 Internal review, “Carifesta – Origins Achievements” (August 1992)
• 1996 “The Future of CARIFESTA” (October 1996) • 2006 Regional Development Strategy and Action
Plan• 2012 Regional Strategy and Action Plan for
Cultural Industries in CARICOM • 2015 Leveraging CARICOM's Human,
Cultural and Natural Assets for the Economic Development of the Commission (2015)
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Uneven Data
• The total contribution to Jamaica’s GDP in 2005 at US$464.7m or 4.8% of GDP.
• The core copyright sector contributed 1.7%.• The non- dedicated copyright subsector contributed 1.9% and the remaining
two subsectors.• The independent and partial copyright subsectors, contributed 1.2%. • Employment- in 2005 the sector accounted for 3.03% of employees or
32,032 persons In 2003• The Caribbean Festival Caribana generated Cdn $200M in visitor
expenditure, with an attendance of over 1 million persons over 3-4 days. • The number of visitors for the Trinidad Carnival, the Saint Lucia Jazz Festival
and the Barbados Crop over was 42,646, 11,041 and 3,485, respectively. • Direct tourist expenditure for these events was estimated at US$ 18 million,
at US$ 15 million and at US$ 3 million, respectively
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Plan of ActionCARICOM 2015
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CARICOM 2015 HEADS AGREEMENT
• National cultural policies• Multi-sectoral package of incentives• Support Legislation• Ratification of international treaties and conventions• Agreement on a harmonized regional Exemptions
Regime• Sustainable financing mechanisms• Dedicated institutional support at the national and
regional level• Strengthening educational programmes in the Arts
and support services• Creation of National and Regional Registries of Artists
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Caribbean Cultural Production as Carnivalesque
Suzanne BurkeT&T
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Caribbean CCI as Resistant
– Represents temporary liberation of the established order
– Subversion and liberation of the assumptions of dominance through humor, chaos and celebration
– Mocking, satirical challenge to authority and traditional social hierarchy and constructs
– Ironies of resistance and supplication in Caribbean Cultural Idiom
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Postcolonial CCI Trajectories of Transition
Time Span Advanced Industrial Nations/Western Literature
Caribbean Post Colonial Parallels
1700s – 1900s Eras of Enlightenment and Industrialization
Slavery and Colonization
1914 – 1940s World War Years Colonialism and Decolonization
1950s – 1989 Cold War Independence and Development Era
1980s – 2000s Globalization Globalization
2010 + You are hereLiminal
You are hereLiminal
Cunningham 2009, Hickling 2011
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Cerebral vs Practical Approaches
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JAMAICAN CREATIVE ECONOMY DEVELOPMENT
National Mission
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Available Jamaican CCI Data
• Culture and the Cultural and Creative Industries contribute 5.2% to Jamaica’s gross domestic product (GDP)
• CCI’s generate revenue of US$15 to 20 million dollars annually
• CCI’s account for 3% of total employment• Copyright Sector contributes 5.1% to the GDP of
Jamaica, and accounts for 3.0% of all employment .
• It employs approximately 6,000 – 12,000 persons in the music industry of Jamaica
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Litany• Getting Paid• Discounting Culture• Legitimization• ‘Valuing’ Creative Work• Process vs Product• Sourcing Capital• Decent Work Framework for Creative
Work• Absence of Political Will• Governance Structures and processes• Markets, Marketing and Distribution• Training, Certification and
Standardization of Skills• ‘Valuation’ of creative work• Dialectics of Creativity and Business • IP Rationalization• Exploitation• Anti Social• Illegalities• Anti-Establishment
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Focus on EntrepreneurshipSet up Shop
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Policy Development & Strategic ReviewNational Cultural and Creative Industries Commission
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Inclusion of CCI in National Development Plan
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Developed a Policy Framework
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Engaging Creatives,Attempting to Build Trust
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Private Sector Stakeholders
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Tourism Interface: Stakeholders from Resort Areas
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Sector Meetings: Film Industry
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Finance and Commerce: Bankers and Financiers
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Research and Development: Academics and Researchers
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Public Service Delivery
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Advocacy and Representations
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ProsperityProgress
Governance By Election CyclePolitical Inertia
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NURTURE THE ABSURD
Conclusion
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Change of Paradigm
• From ‘cultures of extractionism’ to ‘cultures of sustainability’
• Emphasis on privileging labour rather than capital• Equality as a driver of growth• Focus on productivity• Move from consumption to export and global
trade
• Economic Commission on Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), 2015
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Approach: Opportunities for PPP1. Research and Development2. Facilitating supportive financing
structures for industries3. Marketing and Nation Branding
Exercise4. IP Rationalization 5. Institutional strengthening6. Business development and
incubation7. Training, certification and
standardization of skills8. The establishment or renovation of
facilities9. Consultations regarding incentives
and taxation frameworks, and 10. The facilitation of domestic,
regional and international trade.
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The Bounty of UBUNTU
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