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Smart State is also Creative State : Opportunities for Queensland in the creative industries

QUT ePrints (Queensland University of Technology)Published 1 May 2003Open access
Stuart Cunningham, Greg Hearn, Jeffrey I. Jones
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Abstract

This paper analyses and critiques the Queensland Government's Research and Development (R&D) strategy that undergirds the smart state policy agenda. We argue that this strategy poorly addresses: R&D opportunities deriving from the applied social and creative disciplines; and the role of the social and creative disciplines in the development and commercialisation process for all research. Furthermore, we suggest this derives from a view of 'smart' which is biased towards science and technology.

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Social Sciences