Please join us for this joint DMRC – Creative Lab event!
February 16, 1-2.30pm, Z9-607 (KG).
The role of cultural festivals in regional economic development: A case study of Mahika Mahikeng
The aim of the festival is to promote cultural and heritage tourism, to celebrate artists in the region and to reposition and rebrand Mahikeng and the North-West Province of South Africa as a cultural hub.
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James Drummond a senior lecturer in the geography department at North West University, where he has taught for over thirty years. He has degrees from the universities of Glasgow in Scotland and Witwatersrand in South Africa. James has published on rural and agricultural development in South Africa. His current interests lie in small town development and the cultural and creative economy. |
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Fiona Drummond obtained her bachelors and honours with distinction, majoring in geography and economics from Rhodes University in South Africa. Her honours research project on cultural and creative mapping in rural areas won the Economics Society of South Africa’s Founder’s Prize for the best honours research project in the country. She is currently finalizing her masters on CCI clustering and its link to development in non-metropolitan areas. |
RSVP to dmrc@qut.edu.au