{"product_id":"youth-arts-creative-production-and-skills-for-work-paperback","title":"Youth Arts: Creative Production and Skills for Work - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnna Hickey-Moody\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSophie Hartley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003ePeter Kelly\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAvailable open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Collaboration, critical thinking and cultural competency are essential skills that shape young people's futures. These key skills are often cultivated in the informal, creative spaces that society easily overlooks. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Drawing on the Australian Research Council and industry co-funded Vital Arts project, this book offers a bold and practical new vision: an inclusive, practice-based micro-credential system that recognises the competencies that young people build through creative cultural participation. Challenging prevailing policy narratives that pathologise young people, the book shows how partnerships between industry, cultural organisations and youth-led initiatives can reimagine education, diversify pathways into work and support genuine social mobility. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Offering fresh conceptual tools, compelling empirical insights and a transformative model for accrediting skills, this book repositions youth arts organisations and creative programmes as key actors in constructing more equitable and meaningful routes into employment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnna Hickey-Moody is Director of the Arts and Humanities Institute at Maynooth University and inaugural Senior Academic Leadership Ireland (SALI) Professor of Intersectional Humanities. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Sophie Hartley is Research Associate at Deakin University and Researcher at the Commons Social Change Library.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Peter Kelly is Professor of Education at Deakin University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Tammy Wong Hulbert is an artist and curator, and Senior Lecturer at the RMIT University School of Art.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Scott Brook is Associate Professor of Communication at RMIT University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Rimi Khan is Associate Professor of Fashion and RMIT Vice Chancellor's Research Fellow at RMIT Melbourne. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Christen Cornell is Research Fellow and Manager of Research Partnerships at Creative Australia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 202\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.43 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 06, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67895481598104,"sku":"9781447379256","price":73.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/8830\/4024\/files\/697TdBAYMx9781447379256.webp?v=1793811105","url":"https:\/\/thepinkflamingobookstore.com\/products\/youth-arts-creative-production-and-skills-for-work-paperback","provider":"The Pink Flamingo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}