Bridging, nudging and translating: facilitators of local creative industries in Norway

Bridging, nudging and translating: facilitators of local creative industries in Norway

The article sheds light on an often neglected group of professionals in creative industries, namely the facilitators who work on a local level in order to support and stimulate individual artists and creative microbusinesses. We discuss what characterises the practices of local facilitators, and how...

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Published in:International journal of cultural policy : CP 2022-01, Vol.28 (1), p.74-88
Main Authors: Haugsevje, Åsne Dahl, Stavrum, Heidi, Heian, Mari Torvik, Leikvoll, Gunn Kristin Aasen
Format: Article
Language:eng
Subjects:
Artists
Bureaucracy
Creative industries
cultural intermediaries
cultural performance
Entrepreneurs
Legitimacy
Networking
Participant observation
support workers
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Summary:The article sheds light on an often neglected group of professionals in creative industries, namely the facilitators who work on a local level in order to support and stimulate individual artists and creative microbusinesses. We discuss what characterises the practices of local facilitators, and how they act in order to ensure legitimacy within different contexts. Based on qualitative interviews and participant observation in Norwegian creative industries, and a theoretical approach based on Alexander's theory on cultural performance and French pragmatic sociology, we argue that the facilitators are networking entrepreneurs with multi-contextual competencies operating in the gaps between art, business and bureaucracy.
ISSN:1028-6632
1477-2833