Projects per year
Personal profile
Biography
Xin's research and teaching falls squarely within the following three areas – culture and creative industries, arts and cultural management and digital culture and society. Xin has published widely on subjects of urban creative clusters and agglomeration; cultural work, creative entrepreneurship; creative and cultural industries policy; media and city; maker culture and cyberculture in China.
External positions
Expert Facility for the implementation of the 2005 Convention, United Nations Educational Scientific & Cultural Organization
2019 → 2022Keywords
- cultural industries
- creative industries
- communication and media studies
- cultural studies
- creative clusters
- culural economy
- cultural policy
- social networking
- creative entrepreneurship
- urban regeneration
- Asia
- maker culture
Network
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Projects 2017 2020
- 1 Active
Urban cultural policy and the changing dynamics of cultural production
Grodach, C., Gibson, C., O'Connor, J., Gu, X. & Warran, A.
21/02/17 → 20/02/20
Project: Research
Research Output 2010 2019
(Un)Design, commerce and artistic autonomy: site-specific art in China
Gu, X. & O'Connor, J., 2019, Undesign : Critical practices at the intersection of art and design. Coombes, G., McNamara, A. & Sade, G. (eds.). Abingdon Oxon UK: RoutledgeResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
Creative Milieu in China - 'disjuncture' in the global cultural economy
O'Connor, M. J. & Gu, X., 2019, Routledge Handbook of Cultural and Creative Industries in Asia. Lim, L. & Lee, H-K. (eds.). Abingdon Oxon UK: Routledge, p. 177-192 16 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
Special Issue: Teaching the Cultural and Creative Industries: An International Perspective
O'Connor, J. (Guest ed.), Gu, X. (Guest ed.) & vickery, J. (Guest ed.), 2019, In : Arts & Humanities in Higher Education. 18, 2-3Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › Other › peer-review
Teaching ‘tacit knowledge' in cultural and creative industries to international students
Gu, X. & O'Connor, J., 1 May 2019, In : Arts & Humanities in Higher Education. 18, 2-3, p. 140-158 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
The paradox of maker movement in China
Gu, X., 2019, Making our world: The hacker and maker movements in context. Hunsinger, J. & Schrock, A. (eds.). New York NY USA: Peter Lang Publishing, Vol. 120. p. 271-291 21 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
Activities 2018 2019
UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (External organisation)
Xin Gu (Member)2019 → 2022
Activity: Industry, Government and Philanthropy Engagement and Partnerships › Membership of an advisory panel/policy group/ board
world conference on creative economy
Xin Gu (Keynote/plenary speaker)6 Nov 2018 → 8 Nov 2018
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference