ABSTRACT

This paper examines how the discourse of creative industries is interpreted in the Canadian context with a case study of the Department of Canadian Heritage’s Creative Canada policy framework. Based on textual analysis of policy documents from both federal and provincial governments, it analyzes the underlying dynamics of Creative Canada with pre-existing dialogues of Canadian cultural policies. The findings of this research indicate that this policy masterplan reinterprets traditional mandates of Canadian cultural policies, such as safeguarding the nation's cultural sovereignty and developing a distinctive Canadian value with market mechanisms. While Creative Canada is a major turning point in policymaking towards the commodification of culture and creativity, its schemes of valuing culture and the arts remain subject to the complexity of the nation’s cultural politics that also shapes the market.

摘要

本文通过对加拿大遗产部的创意加拿大政策框架的案例研究，研究了如何在加拿大背景下解释创意产业的话语。基于对联邦和省政府政策文件的文本分析，它通过加拿大文化政策的先前对话来分析创意加拿大的潜在动力。这项研究的结果表明，该政策总体规划重新诠释了加拿大文化政策的传统使命，例如维护国家的文化主权和通过市场机制发展独特的加拿大价值观。虽然创意加拿大是文化和创意商品化政策制定的一个重要转折点，