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Abstract: This
talk will examine the importance given to culture as a source of economic
and social well-being since the establishment of the Department of Media,
Culture and Sport in 1997. The argument will be that such claims for culture
only appear plausible when culture is equated with the digitalisation
of culture, which in turn is dependent upon some un-realistic expectations
of the performance of the broader digital economy. The talk will be illustrated
by reference to the discourse of the Department of Media, Culture and
Sport.
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