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Justin O’Connor was Ambrose Gillick’s guest on the 150th episode of the A is for Architecture Podcast, to discuss his 2024 book, Culture is not an Industry. Read more

Justin O’Connor recently sat down with Rob Watson from Artworks Alliance to discuss his book Culture is Not an Industry and the ideas that have resonated with the members of the Alliance. Read more

Boris Oicherman from Hybrid Arts sat down with Justin O’Connor for an interview as a follow-up to his review of Justin’s book, Culture is Not an Industry. Read the interview here: Read more

Justin O’Connor discusses his new book, Culture Is Not An Industry with the Center for Cultural Affairs. Justin is Professor of Cultural Economy at the University of South Australia and Visiting Professor at the School of Cultural Management, Shanghai Jiaotong University. Read more

In this recent book review, Justin discusses the 2024 publication Fashion as Creative Economy by McRobbie, Strutt and Bandinelli. Read more

In this recent policy review article for Cultural Trends, Justin discusses the now elected Starmer Labour Government’s plan for the arts, culture and creative industries. The article is available on Taylor & Francis online (Open Access). Read more

Justin took part in the 2024 Festival of Debate, discussing his new book Culture is Not an Industry. The full recording is now up, you can watch it here, or below. Read more

In March-April 2024, Professor Justin O’Connor launched his book Culture Is Not An Industry in a series of talks across the UK and northern Europe. Professor O’Connor also gave a lecture on the book to UniSA students and lecturers just prior to his booked-out Adelaide launch. This recording of the approximately hour long lecture, highlights Read more