As a cultural manager I sometimes have to answer it while filling in application forms for project grants. In those forms the question is related to the actual content of the project and you are being asked to explain what is so innovative about your idea. Well... while struggling to answer it I realized that is actually impossible to prove that my entire project was absolutely original and that nobody before me already did something like that or in that way, considering the amount of information generated every second in the whole world. Instead I tried to point out the motivation of the project, the intended purpose, the concept, the format, the methods, the time or place of implementation etc. and, of course, the expected results.keep reading...
