Development of Arts Entrepreneurship Education: Excavating and Unravelling the Knowledge Basis

Oluwayemisi Adebola Abisuga,Mammo Muchie

doi:10.1163/21971927-bja10014

Oluwayemisi Adebola Abisuga, Mammo Muchie

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https://doi.org/10.1163/21971927-bja10014

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Abstract

Abstract Scholars have highlighted the need for a clearer knowledge, conceptualization and theorizing on the practicality of integrating arts entrepreneurship education in university programs. The objective of this study is to identify the themes in the Arts Entrepreneurship (AE) and to develop these themes to a conceptual model that describes the Arts Entrepreneurship Education (AEE). This research article fills the existing gap in the literature on the AEE through the research question: What are the key themes in AEE, and how can these themes be linked to the conceptual development of the AEE literature? This study argues that if entrepreneurship is to be viewed as a fundamental part of AEE, teachers need to have proper knowledge of the importance and inclusion in the University’s art subject curriculum. The findings identified pertinent themes, subthemes and trends several scholars have worked on finding the best practices to promote the development of AEE.

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In recent years, there are pressures on higher education to include Arts Entrepreneurship in the curriculum to integrate the graduate students into the labour market
The objective of this study is to identify the themes in the AE and to develop these themes to a conceptual model that describes the complexity of Arts Entrepreneurship Education (AEE)
The purpose of this study is to explain largely on AE literature and their path to future development, through a description of the important discourse surrounding the field of arts entrepreneurship education

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There are pressures on higher education to include Arts Entrepreneurship in the curriculum to integrate the graduate students into the labour market. Arts entrepreneurship education is a comparatively emerging discipline of cultural and creative industries in higher education systems. Scholars have disregarded the entrepreneurial components related to the arts (Rivetti milieand Migliaccio, 2017). This was identified because of the increasing reduction of community contributions to arts enterprises in many countries most, especially Africa. The arts entrepreneurship conception was officially established in the previous decade, with various models created as a way for better understanding of cultural and creative industries’ products (Toghraee et al, 2018; Oyekunle, 2017). The objective of this study is to identify the themes in the AE and to develop these themes to a conceptual model that describes the complexity of Arts Entrepreneurship Education (AEE)

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