Bringing Objectivity to the Otherwise Abstract Nature of Cultural Innovation

Abstract

This second chapter provides a useful backdrop for understanding innovation beyond the conventional focus on mainstream technology and science by detailing the conceptual underpinnings of cultural innovation. First, the challenges of objectively assessing the worth of novel work in the various fields of art and architecture are explored through the philosophical views of beauty. Second, the strategies and models deployed over time by artists, patrons, and experts to characterize the merits of novelty in the creative fields are reviewed. Third, the economic principles that have been used to frame the value propositions associated with cultural innovations as articulated by cultural economists are explored.

Citation

Mars, M.M. (2013), "Bringing Objectivity to the Otherwise Abstract Nature of Cultural Innovation", A Cross-Disciplinary Primer on the Meaning and Principles of Innovation (Advances in the Study of Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Economic Growth, Vol. 23), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 13-34. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1048-4736(2013)0000023004