Supporting cultural policies

Stories of our advisory work: team seminars, professional study days, concerted assessments, consulting missions for local authorities, networks and cultural institutions. What the agency offers in this field is described in Supporting cultural policies.

21 publications

An advocacy document written by twelve people in one afternoon

An advocacy document written by twelve people in one afternoon

8 July 2026

Account and method of the collective writing workshop held on 6 July 2026 at the BnF, during the closing day of the French national project on the future of audiovisual media in public libraries.

The future of audiovisual media in libraries, an undertaking that is just beginning

The future of audiovisual media in libraries, an undertaking that is just beginning

6 July 2026

The French national project for the future of audiovisual media in public libraries, told from the steering committee, where I championed the question of the political meaning of libraries in their territories.

Why the power to act is so often experienced as a transgression

Why the power to act is so often experienced as a transgression

1 July 2026

Two photographic creation workshops at Le Rize in Villeurbanne, with the cultural rights local groups of the Paideia programme (Réseau culture 21).

What words do to cultural policy

What words do to cultural policy

24 June 2026

My situated account of a week-long symposium at Cerisy, and of what I learned there.

Creating to think

Creating to think

4 May 2026

A French-Finnish meeting at L’Alhambra in Marseille on 4 May 2026, as part of the Erasmus+ Visual Thinkers project.

The photography workshop: creating, showing, looking together

The photography workshop: creating, showing, looking together

16 April 2026

Reflections on a hands-on workshop facilitated by Benoît Labourdette at the professional conference “Cinema, images and young people’s mental health”, held on 14 April 2026 in Romainville, France.

« Mental Health and Cinema »

« Mental Health and Cinema »

15 April 2026

Synthesis of the day “Young people, their images, their spaces: new paradigms” (14 April 2026)

Mental health, young people, images: what are we talking about?

Mental health, young people, images: what are we talking about?

14 April 2026

Text of Benoît Labourdette’s opening talk at the professional meetings held on 14 April 2026.

Mental Health and Cinema - Experiencing the World Through Images

Mental Health and Cinema - Experiencing the World Through Images

9 April 2026

Two professional conferences in Romainville (April 14 and 15, 2026).

Collaborative assessment of screen literacy education in Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Collaborative assessment of screen literacy education in Nouvelle-Aquitaine

30 March 2026

Collective intelligence methodology, digital platform, and collaborative publication for ALCA (2026).

Media Literacy: Should We Judge or Guide?

Media Literacy: Should We Judge or Guide?

17 March 2026

Reflections based on the National Meeting of Regional Centers for Media Literacy (Rouen, March 16–17, 2026).

When thirty-five professionals discover their psychosocial skills through creative experience

When thirty-five professionals discover their psychosocial skills through creative experience

12 January 2026

A look back at the interprofessional seminar of January 12, 2026, in Limoges: a day where theory gave way to lived experience.

Image Education and Citizenship: When Youth Professionals Rethink Their Practices

Image Education and Citizenship: When Youth Professionals Rethink Their Practices

2 December 2025

{{Reflections on the “Out-of-School Time” professional day that I co-designed with ALCA and the Gironde Departmental Council.}}

Art and Culture in the Service of Psychosocial Skills

Art and Culture in the Service of Psychosocial Skills

27 November 2025

Account of a founding seminar for professionals of the Judicial Protection of Youth in Limousin.

When Cultural Professionals Question Their Approaches to Adolescents

When Cultural Professionals Question Their Approaches to Adolescents

19 November 2025

Reflections on a day of professional cross-fertilization.

Reinventing youth reception in cinemas

Reinventing youth reception in cinemas

14 October 2025

Remote training for cinema operators in Lot-et-Garonne.

“Participatory creation as a laboratory for democracy?”

“Participatory creation as a laboratory for democracy?”

9 April 2025

4^th edition of the biennial festival of participatory creation - Les Rencontres de la Poudrerie - Théâtre des habitants - May 16 & 17, 2025.

Helping professionals design new types of projects adapted to the needs of young people

Helping professionals design new types of projects adapted to the needs of young people

21 March 2025

Laboratory for an original training and project development program.

“Involving young people in summer cultural projects: issues, avenues of work, proposals”

Enregistrement du webinaire du 21 mars 2024.

21 March 2024

Webinar hosted by Benoît Labourdette (Thursday, March 21, 2024, 9am-10am).

Design of a professional day on “Artistic and digital practices for young people”

Design of a professional day on “Artistic and digital practices for young people”

17 October 2023

Act’art, artistic and cultural action in Seine-et-Marne.

Helping young people and professionals to speak out: “Cultures and youth policies” national meeting

Helping young people and professionals to speak out: “Cultures and youth policies” national meeting

13 May 2023

Observatory of Cultural Policies / Villeurbanne (TNP, May 11 & 12, 2023).

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