Participation and citizenship committed to the live show: a compared territorial approach

'Participation and citizenship committed to the live show: a compared territorial approach', in Bonet, Calvano, Carnelli, Dupin-Meynard & Négrier (eds.) Be SpectACTIve! Challenging Participation in Performing Arts, p. 315-336. At a time of cultural rights, participatory practices in the cultural field are examined here on the basis of a comparative survey carried out in four European regions, to assess the extent to which the artistic world is prepared to entrust power to the citizen.

What is innovation in the cultural field? If it can be said to be characterised by something new that improves a product, process, method or organisation, as it is classified in the commercial economic sector, how can it be applied in the cultural field where, by definition, innovation is an ongoing process?