Global Producing Contexts - TFT00032I

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Module summary

This module investigates creative and cultural production beyond Eurocentric frameworks. By critically analysing the socio-political and economic context of key creative ecologies in South Africa, India, Lebanon, South Korea and Senegal amongst many others, you will explore how foundational concepts such as postcolonialism, cultural imperialism, and hybridisation shape the creation and flow of cultural materials at a global level. The module explores how soft power and emerging platform economies shape the role of the cultural producer. Introducing you to business methodologies and indigenous cultural practices, the module provides a foundational understanding of global cultural production, distribution and creative labour.

Module will run

Occurrence	Teaching period
A	Semester 1 2026-27

Module aims

This module aims to:

• Explore the impact of global forces on key forms of creative content production
• Explore the impact of local cultural and political traditions on the development of distinctive models of creative production
• Introduce you to the business systems that surround co-production - and other forms of cross-financing or co-operation - and how they are deployed to drive production across different creative sectors.
• Critically analyse and evaluate the successes and / or limitations of key producing models from other cultures with a view to developing or enhancing business options in home markets.

Module learning outcomes

At the end of this module you will be able to:

• Critically evaluate how production systems can differ across different creative business cultures
• Understand some of the global forces that apply to creative production, and accommodate some of those conditions in the design and promotion of your own creative projects.
• Deploy key co-production and cross-financing models in the design and development of your own creative projects.
• Work productively with other cultures to achieve mutually successful outcomes.
• Apply lessons from other cultures to your own innovations.

Indicative assessment

Task	% of module mark
Essay/coursework	100.0

Special assessment rules

None

Additional assessment information

Formative work is embedded into weekly exercises in the seminar structure.

Indicative reassessment

Task	% of module mark
Essay/coursework	100.0

Module feedback

You will receive written feedback in line with standard University turnaround times.

Indicative reading

Crane, D (2014) Cultural globalization and the dominance of the American film industry: cultural policies, national film industries, and transnational film, International Journal of Cultural Policy, 20:4, 365-382.

Gutiérrez, C and Wagenberg, M (2014) Meeting points: A survey of film festivals in Latin America, Transnational Cinemas, 4, 295 – 305.

Hesmondhalgh, D (2019) The Cultural Industries (4^th edition), Sage.

Oakley, K and O'Connor, J (eds) (2015) The Routledge Companion to the Cultural Industries, Routledge.

Tarraf, Z (2020) (Re)negotiating Belonging: Nostalgia and Popular Culture in Postwar Lebanon, Journal of Intercultural Studies, 41:3, 355-369.

Youna K (eds) (2013) The Korean Wave: Korean Media Go Global, Routledge.