Cultural policy

Evaluating Arts and Cultural Education from the Artist’s Perspective

Review of a course given at INSEAC: conceptual and methodological tools for cultural professionals.

On January 15, 2026, as part of the CNAM module EAC104 “Building tools to evaluate ACE projects: qualitative and quantitative survey methodologies in living-labs,” I led a distance learning session for students in continuing education at INSEAC (…)

Working with Artists in the Social Field

An account of a training session for Cultures du Cœur on setting up artistic workshops in collaboration with artists.

How can artistic practice and social support be combined? This question drives social work professionals seeking to integrate culture into their practices. A look back at a training session that enabled the sharing of experiences and (…)

Conference: “EAC and cultural rights: convergences to be identified and implemented”

Dans le cadre des Rencontres territoriales “Artistic and cultural education & Territorial cultural projects” (Foix, February 5, 2025).

How can cultural rights be a tool for better implementation of artistic and cultural education projects? And how we can identify convergences between the two, and how one can help the other, or the other can help the other!As part of the (…)

"Culture, youth and digital: designing new modalities for cultural and educational projects

Sharing of methodological tracks and professional training.

Deconstructing preconceived ideas about digital transformation and developing projects adapted to young people.The cultural offer is sometimes questioned in a brutal way by the “young” public. A questioning that manifests itself in particular (…)

OPC: “Culture, youth and digital” training

Designing new modalities for cultural and educational projects. March 2022.

A new concept of internship for cultural professionals, in order to build an opening to the public who have deserted the public and associative offer. By the Observatoire des Politiques Culturelles. Course led by Benoît Labourdette.Trainee (…)

OPC : The digital transition in professional and amateur cultural practices

Master 2 “Management of cultural projects” (Science Po Grenoble - OPC)

The digital practices of citizens are changing the meaning of cultural proposals, both public and private. The paradigm of access to culture has shifted and remains in motion. A training day to provide tools to consider cultural projects with (…)

ALCA and FRAC Aquitaine: Encountering audiences and a neighbourhood: co-constructing and experimenting an itinerant screening

Documentary on training, directed by Théo Rulin (3’18s, 2020).

Professional training through the concrete implementation of a cultural action rooted in the challenges of a territory, over two days (February 2020). Objectives To meet a changing neighbourhood and its inhabitants through an art education (…)

Nantes métropole: “Cultural and digital mediation in common” meeting

Animation by Benoît Labourdette of a day of sharing digital mediation tools for cultural and digital mediators in the city of Nantes. September 17, 2019. Intentions and MeansIn order to transmit digital mediation tools that can be effective, (…)

Haute Savoie Department: “Digital technology and artistic and cultural practices through a pedagogical approach”

How to raise awareness in a very short time and in an active way about the creative potential of digital technology? FrameworkTh eDSDEN of Haute Savoie (National Education) organised on 12 February 2019 a departmental training and (…)

Institut Français: Innovating in cultural policies for cinema and the relationship with the public, in the light of digital practices

Training for the Institut Français Region East Europe

To take into account the evolution of the use of moving images, in order to conceive adapted cultural proposals, motivating for the public, and in the missions of the Institut Français.Training day animated by Benoît Labourdette, within the (…)

Growing up with culture : “The contribution of digital technology in cultural mediation”

Conference by Benoît Labourdette about cultural mediation with digital tools, on the example of the travelling projections within the framework of the Port Zone Film Festival. June 13, 2018, Nantes (France).

Ciné Lab # 6: “New usages, digital cultures. What (R) evolution for cinemas?”

Day of reflection and common development of innovative projects, for cinema operators and mediators.The ACRIRA and the GRAC (Rhône Alpes region), within the framework of their “Ciné Lab # 6”asked me to participate in the animation of a day of (…)

IPM PACA: “Creative potentialities and conquest of new audiences with digital”

Conference on the creative potential and the conquest of new audiences that digital allows, in the context of the launch of the call for projects “Identities Paths and Memory” (IPM) in the PACA Region. “Path and Memory Identities”Since 2002, (…)

Vatos Locos Video: “Designing and implementing artistic practice projects to combat racism and discrimination”

Vocational training for leaders, teachers and managers of social and cultural structures. Video as a Tool for Citizenship.The association Vatos Locos Video, directed by Ludovic Piette, has been involved in cultural activities around the cinema (…)

Observatory of Cultural Policies: “Territorial Projects and Cooperation”

Territory, digital, culture, participation, participation, creativity... keys to understanding and methodologies for relevant and innovative projects.The Observatory of Cultural Policies in collaboration with l’office organized from 30 January (…)

Autumn Festival in Normandy Hybridations # 2 - New creative ways (web conference)

Roundtable / lectures on the issues of creation in the digital age.Rouen, 2 December 2014. I participated in the roundtable / lectures as an artist and cultural player. It is obvious, digital upset the issues of artistic creation, whether from (…)

Gaîté Lyrique : mobility and creation seminar

Benoît Labourdette’s conference (full video) : “The mobile audiovisual creativity: challenges and opportunities.” (36 minutes)Introduction of the conferenceAlmost everyone has a camera in his pocket at all times, into his mobile phone. (…)

French Institute: “Training for new digital challenges”

Benoît Labourdette’s lecture on the benefits of cultural initiatives with pocket cameras.In May 2012, the Institut français proposed 3 days of training to its audiovisual associates and film correspondents around the world, on the subject of (…)

9^th Forum of the look: “What is digital ?: The stakes of the new screens”

Animation of a conference by Benoît Labourdette on the issues of the new screens, October 8, 2010.“What is digital ? : The stakes of new screens”: this is the theme of the 3 days of training offered by écla Aquitaine on 6, 7 and 8 October (…)