This presentation is a general introduction to the subject of the Cultural and Creative Industries (CCIs) and formed the basis of two informal lectures that I delivered in October 2021 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, to mark the inauguration of the Creative Industries Association of Kyrgyzstan.
The first was delivered at the Ololo company’s flag-ship co-working space for cultural enterprises in Bishkek; the second was delivered at the American University of Central Asia (AUCA).