Observe, understand, act.
Action research is at the heart of the Marcel Hicter Foundation’s mission: empowering cultural actors through analytical, strategic and transformative tools.
Our work combines field observation, direct collaboration with stakeholders, and the production of practical insights.
It fuels a grounded and critical understanding of culture as a living, local and cooperative force.
Cross-border cultural development – Hainaut / Nord-Pas de Calais
Three publications explore cultural dynamics between Belgium’s Hainaut and France’s Nord-Pas de Calais in the early 2000s. They offer field analysis, testimonials and recommendations to foster cross-border cooperation.
The economic viability of local cultural jobs in Europe’s suburbs
This European study (Brussels, London, Paris, Rotterdam) examines the conditions of grassroots cultural employment in sensitive urban areas.
It reveals constraints, opportunities and field-based realities through concrete case studies.