What does cultural innovation stand for? Dimensions, processes, outcomes of a new innovation category

Abstract

This article introduces the notion of cultural innovation, which requires adapting our approach to co-creation. The argument opens with a first conceptualization of cultural innovation as an additional and autonomous category of the complex processes of co-creation. The dimensions of cultural innovation are contrasted against other forms of innovation. In a second step, the article makes an unprecedented attempt in describing processes and outcomes of cultural innovation, while showing their operationalization in some empirical case studies. In the conclusion, the article considers policy implications resulting from the novel definition of cultural innovation as the outcome of complex processes that involve the reflection of knowledge flows across the social environment within communities of practices while fostering the inclusion of diversity in society. First and foremost, cultural innovation takes a critical stance against inequalities in the distribution of knowledge and builds innovation for improving the welfare of individuals and communities.

Community Readiness for Local COVID-19 Management

“…In the case of natural disasters, and such is the pandemic, at issue is how to set into motion social and cultural innovation processes that prepare communities to respond to catastrophic events on their territory through access to data, participation in communities of practice, co-creation, reflection, and inclusion ( Pozzo et al, 2020 ).…”

“…For this reason, the pandemic invites us to urgently rethink the paradigm of the six keys indicated by the European Commission for Responsible Research and Innovation, which are: “engagement of citizens, gender equality, formal and non-formal science education, open science, research ethics and research integrity, governance framework” ( Archibugi, 2014 ). Working on participatory approaches fueled by social and cultural innovation processes related to accessing data, creating communities of practices, establishing the boundaries of group use ( Floridi, 2014 ), while fostering individual processes of reflection and collective processes of inclusion ( Pozzo et al, 2020 ) can boost community readiness for local COVID-19 management.…”

Innovation models and interdisciplinarity in science, technology and innovation policy in Costa Rica

“…The opening of innovation as a resource that transcends the business realm has been aligned with the complexification of the approach (Pozzo et al , 2020). This limitation is underscored by the fact that most proposals are based on the actions of public-sector institutions.…”

Sport event innovation: a preliminary conceptualization and directions for future research

“…Then, by merging key concepts of innovation and characteristics of sport events, we make an important contribution by providing a preliminary conceptualization of sport event innovation. A similar approach has been used to conceptualize other context-specific types of innovation such as tourism innovation (Ratten and Braga, 2019), cultural innovation (Pozzo et al, 2020), and social innovation (Ionescu, 2015). Building on this we continue to broaden the scope of thinking in this field by suggesting a variety of theoretical perspectives that offer helpful lenses we can use to study sport event innovation.…”

“…Then, by merging key concepts of innovation and characteristics of sport events, we make an important contribution by providing a preliminary conceptualization of sport event innovation. A similar approach has been used to conceptualize other context-specific types of innovation such as tourism innovation (Ratten and Braga, 2019), cultural innovation (Pozzo et al. , 2020), and social innovation (Ionescu, 2015).…”