Creative
Arctic:
Creative Capital for Regional Development
in the Arctic (A Spatial Analysis)
ABSTRACT
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.
CreativeArctic
Library
Petrov, A. A talent in the cold? Creative class
and the future of the Canadian North. ARCTIC – Journal of the Arctic
Institute of North America, 2008, 61(2), 162-176
Petrov, A. A look beyond metropolis: Exploring
creative class in the Canadian periphery. Canadian Journal of Regional
Science. 2007, 30(3), 359-386
CreativeArctic
PERSONNEL
PI: Andrey N. Petrov andrey.petrov@uni.edu
Student Personnel: TBA