Los distritos creativos del Área Metropolitana del Valle de Aburrá : perspectivas sobre su tipología, la gobernanza y la innovación de los territorios

Abstract

Cultural and creative districts have gained popularity among public policies for territorial development and strengthening of the cultural economy and creative industries around the world. Colombia, as a result of its policy to promote the Orange Economy, has tried not to lag and has created projects such as the Orange Development Areas (AND for its acronym in Spanish), to promote the creation of territories where artists, creators, entrepreneurs, or anyone who is part or is considered part of the creative class are grouped (Florida, 2004). As an introduction, the text will make a general review of the concepts that have been behind the creation of cultural districts, such as cultural and creative industries or clusters. Then, two international cases of implementation of districts will be referenced to, subsequently, enter into the realities of three creative districts of the Metropolitan Area of the Aburrá Valley that has inspired this work, to understand the motivators and contexts of their creation and the dynamics of the actors in their relationship with the environment and the objectives of the grouping. The final purpose will be to contribute to the weak discussion in Colombia on this phenomenon, so that shortly it will serve as a validation or reference tool for other academic works or project managers in the context of an unexpected boom of creative territories throughout the country, under the figure of ADN.