An Economic Classification for the Culture Sector: the Qu

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An Economic Classification forthe Culture
Sector the Québec Experience Christine
RouthierObservatoire de la culture et des
communications du QuébecInstitut de la
statistique du Québec
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Presentation Outline

• Boundaries of the culture and communications
  sector according to the Observatoire
• Limitations of NAICS
• (North American Industry Classification System)
• Brief description of QCCACS
• (Québec Culture and Communications Activity
  Classification System)
• Examples of the conceptual problems encountered
  while creating QCCACS

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Boundaries of the sector

• Definition of the sector
• Culture and communications is an activity sector
  that is characterized by the production and
  dissemination of symbolic or information-based
  content.
• The sector is divided into more than a dozen
  fields
• visual arts fine crafts performing arts
  books
• museums heritage libraries sound
  recording
• cinematography audiovisual periodicals
  radio television
• multimedia advertising architecture
  design
• public administration associations
• Excluded fields environment and nature
• sports
• telecommunication services

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NAICS

• NAICS is divided into 20 sectors
• 2 of these sectors are devoted to culture
• 51 Information and Cultural Industries
• 71 Arts, Entertainment and Recreation
• NAICS also contains culture-oriented industries
  outside these 2 sectors

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Problems with NAICS

• Certain types of cultural establishments are
  engulfed in non-cultural industries
• Example fine crafts in
• 32711 Pottery, Ceramics and Plumbing Fixture
  Manufacturing
• For certain types of cultural establishments, no
  distinction is made between the different fields
  of culture
• Example "71151 Independent Artists, Writers and
  Performers"

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QCCACS Objectives

• Design a classification that is sufficiently
  detailed to
• a) feature a large variety of activities within
  the sector
• b) cover each of the cultural fields while
  respecting their respective boundaries.
• Reflect the Québec context and meet the needs of
  the stakeholders involved in culture.
• Tie in our classification with NAICS.

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Description of QCCACS

• The "sector" is divided into 15 "fields"
• 11 Visual Arts, Fine Crafts, and Media Arts
• 12 Performing Arts
• 13 Heritage, Museum Institutions, and Archives
• 14 Libraries
• 15 Books
• 16 Periodicals
• 17 Sound Recording (records)
• 18 Cinematography and Audiovisual
• 19 Radio and Television
• 20 Multimedia
• 21 Architecture and Design
• 22 Advertising and Public Relations
• 23 Organizations Dedicated to Representation and
  Advancement
• 24 Public Administration
• 90 Establishments involved in more than one field
  of culture and communications

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Description of QCCACS

• Example of a "group"
• 18206 Dubbing Studios
• This group comprises establishments primarily
  engaged in providing dubbing services for films
  or television programs. Dubbing consists in
  substituting dialog from one language for dialog
  from another language.
• Exclusions
• Sound Recording Studios (17203)
• Postproduction Studios and Other Services Related
  to the Production of Films and Television
  Programs (18205).

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Description of QCCACS

• Example "11303.01 Contemporary Art Dealers"
• 11303.01 Field Visual Arts, Fine Crafts, and
  Media Arts
• 11303.01 Function Dissemination/Distribution
• 11303.01 Group Art Dealers
• 11303.01 Subgroup Contemporary Art Dealers

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A few examples of conceptual problems

• The entities to be classified were occasionally
  only fragments of establishments.
• Example cultural programs of universities

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• 14401 Educational and Training Institutions
  Related to the Field of Libraries
• This group comprises public and private
  educational institutions primarily engaged in
  providing terminal instruction and training in
  the field of libraries. This group includes
  C.E.G.E.P., university, and other general
  education programs aiming to train graduates who
  will work specifically in the field of libraries.

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A few examples of conceptual problems

• Certain types of establishments did not belong to
  a particular cultural field.
• Example actors

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A few examples of conceptual problems

• Certain types of establishments cut across two
  cultural fields without being
• "multi-field".
• Example virtual periodicals

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A few examples of conceptual problems

• The secondary activity issue
• Example archival services

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Suggestion for the OECD project

• Restrict the project to the "solid core" of
  culture.
• Exclude the activities regarded as the outlying
  areas of the culture sector, namely advertising,
  architecture, printing, design and multimedia.