interact with cultural formations (forms of expression, styles, values, habits of reception, etc.)
– each of those topics resulting from a synergetic confluence of forces, conditions, concrete intentions and local constellations.
The German word "Kulturbetrieb" has two major shades of meaning: This implies that, to deal with and appreciate adequately both collective and individual action, the discipline cultural institutions studies must not only be concerned with aspects of organisational theory but also with questions of social practices, social psychology, occupational sociology, theories of socialisation, gender as well as epistemology.
Although cultural institutions studies has been defined as an "inter-discipline", the following delimitation ought to contribute to further clarification of its profile.
Cultural issues are matters of public interest and are interwoven with personal and collective identities as well as with normative and political positions.