As indústrias criativas como fator de desenvolvimento : o caso do artesanato no RS.

Abstract

The purpose of this thesis is to understand and to relate the creative industries as a factor of regional development by highlighting the arts and crafts of RS as its central object. to widen the knowledge of the relationship between economy, culture and development in order to understand inter-relationships, nuances, similarities, conflicts and juxtapositions that result from the momentum established by the new creative production; to understand the creative industries’ social, economic and cultural impact in Brazil and RS through the presentation of data, specific features, scenarios, existing models as well as global, regional and market trends; to present the situation of the arts and crafts in RS, in order to interpret the phenomenon under study. Theoretical basis for the above-mentioned companies’ economy, culture and the transition from cultural industries to creative industries and the relationship between these theoretical concepts and the arts and crafts served as the starting point to reach the objectives of this thesis and furthermore to understand the factors that lead to the economy’s development. From these observations, data collection, questionnaires and reports, the results showed that: 1) creative industries are a factor of the economy’s development, 2) the creative industry – arts and crafts - contributes positively to the socioeconomic and cultural development of RS; 3) promotion, training, incentives and more organized spaces for production and sales are necessary.