ABSTRACT
Artistic innovation begins with individual artistic discoveries, and it only evolves as a common practice of groups when artists and creatives are deliberately co-designing a new culture (of co-creating, producing, appraisal, etc.) that sustains their fundamentally different community life in the long term. To study in-depth these processes, this chapter presents a framework of cultural valorization in the arts based on a complex interplay between individual creativity, institutional practices, and shifting values. Rooted in the value-based approach, it frames valorization as a socially embedded, iterative, and transformation-driven process in three stages: (1) articulation of (shared) values among all actors involved; (2) realization of values through concrete practices; (3) assessment of value shifts that bring about a transformation.
