Social Enterprise Journal: Volume 20 Issue 2

Guest editorial: Unlocking the transformative potential of culture and the arts: innovative practices and policies from social enterprises and third-sector organisations

Rocio Muriel-Nogales, Linda Lundgaard Andersen, Sílvia Ferreira

Social and solidarity economy in the cultural field: governance as a transforming lever? A comparison between three French organizations

Cyrille Ferraton, Francesca Petrella, Nadine Richez-Battesti, Delphine Vallade

This paper aims to analyze the “crafts” of governance within social and solidarity economy (SSE) cultural organizations, considering formal and informal rules, to support their…

Artisan social enterprises in Zambia: women leveraging purpose to scale impact

Stacey Edgar

This study aims to provide a contextualized look at the artisan sector in Zambia and asks: What factors contribute to scaling positive impact in artisan ventures in Zambia, and…

Participatory knowledge co-production to activate culture in the development of small cities and rural areas in Portugal

Nancy Duxbury, Fiona Eva Bakas, Cláudia Pato Carvalho

Culture is increasingly recognized as a key component of local development, but this attention is largely focused on large cities. This paper aims to focus on the ways in which…

Practices and history of “co-programmazione” and “co-progettazione” in Italy: the case of cultural production and music education in Trentino

Silvia Sacchetti, Alberto Ianes

This study aims to address the question of what coordination mechanism can be used for cultural production and, in particular, for the governance of music culture production. The…

The SMart cooperative model and scale-up experience: spreading social innovation in the cultural field across Europe

Rocío Nogales Muriel

The purpose of this paper is to explore how, in a context of economic, political, social and environmental transitions, SMart, a cultural and artistic social enterprise (CASE)…

Juxtaposition, encounter and drift: transformative social innovation through culture and the arts

Aviv Kruglanski

This paper aims to tentatively explore the benefits of placing art’s knowledge-building tradition, with its capacity to disrupt and reframe, at the centre of how we look at…