Our understanding of cultural and creative industries (CCIs) is highly influenced by field theoretic studies of artists and their occupational practices. In the paper, we argue that field theory seems to be an insufficient approach if we want to understand the multi-faceted sphere of CCIs and take into account that these industries unfolds within a specter of justification regimes. The paper sheds light on an often forgotten professional in the Norwegian CCIs; the regional intermediators. These professional individuals act as translators and connecters between different mind-sets and justifications, based on a multi-contextual competence. The analysis is based on qualitative data from interviews and participant observation in an ongoing multi-case study on regional CCIs in a Norwegian context, and the data is analyzed by pragmatic sociology and repertoire theory.
