Future of Creative Work

Edited by Greg Hearn, Professor, Creative Industries Faculty, Queensland University of Technology, Australia

'What do we know about the future of creative work? A lot more now, thanks to Greg Hearn's new book and the impressive list of contributors. This book, with fifteen chapters from a high quality, international authorship contributes to our knowledge through four sections: the evolution of creative work, digital disruption and creative work, changing contexts of creative work, and educating for the future. This book will be both a thought provoking and entertaining contribution for people interested in creative work and the teaching and researching in the area.'--Keith Townsend, Griffith University, Australia'This volume offers a multidisciplinary and global perspective on the many forms and functions of creative work and creative workers. Moreover, the work delves deeply into the technological innovations that are transforming creative work and the careers of creative workers. A key insight is how communication technologies are promoting spatially disaggregated collaborations amongst creative and non-creative work participants. These findings offer unique insights into how creative work practices may be applicable to a wider scope of employment disrupted by the global COVID pandemic.'--Robert DeFillippi, Suffolk University, US'The Future of Creative Work is a comprehensive exploration of issues that so many of us think about. The book looks into all the corners of creative work, old and new. In doing this, it considers changing technology, changing modes of work, and the production of social, cultural and economic value through creative work. 3D printers, robots and AI, teaching and learning in the arts like dance, the effects of casualisation and nomadism in the creative economy, and questions about whether creativity future-proofs students and workers are all important matters considered in the book. It is a perfect book for this time.'--David Rooney, Macquarie University, Australia

• Contents:1 The future of creative work: creativity and digital disruption 1Greg HearnPART I THE EVOLUTION OF CREATIVE WORK2 The creative economy: the rise and risks of intangiblecapital and the future of creative work 14Greg Hearn and Marion McCutcheon3 The relationship between creative employment and localeconomies outside capital cities 34Greg Hearn, Stuart Cunningham, Marion McCutcheonand Mark David Ryan4 A taxonomic structural change perspective on the economicimpact of robots and artificial intelligence on creative work 57Ben Vermeulen, Andreas Pyka and Pier Paolo SaviottiPART II DIGITAL DISRUPTION AND CREATIVE WORK5 New economic infrastructures for creative work 78Ellie Rennie and Jason Potts6 Automated journalism: expendable or supplementary forthe future of journalistic work? 99Aljosha Karim Schapals7 Robotics and artificial intelligence in architecture: whatskills will architects need in 2050? 108Cori Stewart, Glenda Amayo Caldwell, Müge Belek FialhoTeixeira and Jonathan Roberts8 Museum curation in the digital age 123Rui Oliveira LopesPART III CHANGING CONTEXTS OF CREATIVE WORK9 The role of casual creative environments for creative workin cities: implications for the future creative city 141Ana Bilandzic, Onur Mengi and Greg Hearn10 Digital nomadism: mobility, millennials and the future ofwork in the online gig economy 156Beverly Yuen Thompson11 Playing with TikTok: algorithmic culture and the future ofcreative work 172Natalie Collie and Caroline Wilson-Barnao12 Managing embedded creative work: the challenge of causalambiguity 189Cliff Bowman and Juani SwartPART IV EDUCATING FOR THE FUTURE OF CREATIVE WORK13 Creativity 2.0: new approaches to creative economy workand education in the creative industries 212Chris Bilton14 When dancers learn to teach dance: how creatives acquireexpertise in multiple domains to improve employability 229Jose Hilario Pereira Rodrigues15 Do creative skills future-proof your job? Creativity andthe future of work in an age of exponential technologicaladvancement 245Ruth Bridgstock, Russell Tytler and Peta WhiteIndex 259