Conclusion

Abstract

We started our investigation by considering that the field of arts management and cultural policy research is characterized by a fragmented and heterogeneous knowledge. In particular, we described this complexity as twofold: it includes two main discursive practices — arts management and cultural policy — and it involves multiple actors producing knowledge in different institutional settings. We started our investigation using the concept of field as a relational construct that allows us to think about these different modes of knowledge production and actors as part of the same construct. Then we proceeded by further analyzing the concept of field in order to better articulate both the differences and elements that keep the field together.