Creative Arctic:
Creative Capital for Regional Development
in the Arctic
(A Spatial Analysis)
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News:
August 1, 2013:CreativeArctic GIS Web-Portant moved to an opensourse platformAugust 2013:
Petrov & Cavin article on creative capital in Alaska published in Polar Record link »
June 8, 2013: Creative Arctic Cities:Presentation at GWU link »
April 25, 2013
Phil cavin defends his thesis "Creative Heartland"
May 10, 2012:
Creative Arctic keynote presentation at State Polar Academy, Russia
Creative Arctic presentation at IPY Montreal Conference
and Interview to CBC
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General information
This project applies a novel approach to the role of creative
capital and human agency and its affect on social and economic development in
Northern communities. PI Petrov will examine data from Alaska, Canada, Russia,
the Faroe Islands, Norway, Sweden, and Finland to examine the role of creative
capital, defined as a stock of creative abilities and knowledge(s) embodied in
a group of individuals who either possess high levels of education and/or are
engaged in creative (scientific, artistic, entrepreneurial or technological)
types of activities, in economic development in these communities. The
investigator points out that most creative class research has been done in
metropolitan areas and thus has marginalized peripheries, such as Arctic,
frequently indigenous, rural communities. This research would apply the concept
to more rural, northern areas in hopes of developing new ways of understanding
the successes and failures of northern economic development programs. The PI
will also develop a web site, CreativeArctic, for researchers, classroom use,
and informing local entrepreneurs, policy makers, and indigenous communities
and interest groups interested in economic development in their regions.
