The Creative Industries Require More Organic Solidarity and Less Mechanical Solidarity
By Dato’ Dr. Ooi Kee Beng
May 2024 EDITORIAL
IF YOU WISH to enhance material production, be this of electronic chips, fish and chips, or arts and crafts, the contemporary wisdom today is to aim for the establishment of a supportive ecosystem. Until recently, the word “hub” was the cool term to throw around in this context. That word, once used in transportation contexts, has expanded in usage to signify a centralised point of activity and of collaboration across domains. Today, ecosystem is a more popular and appropriate word...
Dato’ Dr. Ooi Kee Beng
is the Executive Director of Penang Institute. His recent books include The Eurasian Core and its Edges: Dialogues with Wang Gungwu on the History of the World (ISEAS 2016). Homepage: wikibeng.com
