Creative Arts and Cultural Industries

About this course

Creative arts and cultural industries at the School of Oriental and African Studies is a degree with a distinctive character rooted in SOAS's particular strengths and perspective. Creative arts here means engaging with artistic practices and traditions from across Asia, Africa, and the Middle East alongside the Euro-American canon, broadening considerably the frame within which you think about what art is, what it does, and who makes it. The cultural industries dimension addresses the economic, organisational, and political structures through which creative work is produced, distributed, and consumed in today's globalised media landscape. Together, they offer an education that is both critically rigorous and genuinely international in its scope. The programme at SOAS includes a foundation year for students who need additional preparation before degree-level study, making it accessible t

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