Knowledge economy policies typically seek to harness higher education to economic outcomes.
Tensions between the arts and humanities and the commercial imperatives of the knowledge
economy are growing. This book explores how these tensions are played out within international
and national higher education policies within university arts and humanities departments and
within the process of writing itself. Essays in this collection investigate the impact of the
knowledge economy phenomenon on the arts and humanities and suggest both practical and creative
ways of responding to this global policy environment. This book is relevant to scholars who are
re-thinking the theory and practice of the arts and humanities within the context of
globalization information technology and entrepreneurship. It will interest students and
academics whose courses engage with notions of the commodity knowledge and creativity within
the fields of cultural and media studies education and sociology. It will be of particular
interest to academics and postgraduates researching contemporary higher education policy
cultural policy and research policy.
