Can artistic research and new technology contribute to sustainable development? Acting on participatory management and urban regeneration policies to promote investment for sustainable growth

With the rise of the sustainable economy, the fields of artistic research and cultural technology are exploring new opportunities to contribute to the modelling of innovative forms for cultural management. The current article aims to suggest a potential direction for innovation in relation to the emerging concepts of participatory management and urban regeneration. The opportunity to reuse available infrastructure in the territory to expand cultural participation in rural and suburban areas may become an important source of inspiration for innovative cultural formats and technologies. In the article, the topics of participatory management and cultural heritage adaptive reuse are presented, and a discussion is opened on the opportunities for cultural management and artistic research to better collaborate toward the design and experimentation of innovation in the territory, highlighting the impact that innovative curatorial technologies may have on adaptive reuse strategies and on promoting the inclusion of investors within the cultural sector.