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The cinephilia of excerpts

The cinephilia of excerpts

Legitimizing new “impure” practices.
Traditional cinephilia venerates the complete work, but the internet has given rise to a new form: cinephilia of the excerpt. Enthusiasts now appreciate films through (…)

On systems of domination in the film industry

On systems of domination in the film industry

The reasons for the violence are not what you might think.
The film industry is built on deeply entrenched systems of domination. These hierarchical mechanisms legitimize violence, including sexist violence, and require (…)

Ecology and Artificial Intelligence

Ecology and Artificial Intelligence

Introduction to concrete awareness of the environmental impact of data centers.
The rise of AI is generating unprecedented ecological pressure on water and electricity resources. Facing this challenge, decentralization and reclaiming digital (…)

Presence and nuance of thought

Presence and nuance of thought

Psychosociology of democracy.
Nuanced thinking, unlike dogmatic simplism, embraces the complexity of the world and acknowledges the subjectivity of viewpoints. It is the source of democracy. It (…)

Presence and earth

Presence and earth

A short introduction to critical thinking on the eco-capitalist doxa.
We are present on Earth, nourished by it, yet we exploit it without coherence. Our so-called ecological awareness is accompanied by a blindness to the real impacts of (…)

Digital and rationality

Digital and rationality

For a non-phantasmic vision of digital technologies.
Digital technology, often wrongly associated with rationality, is in reality an imperfect and material technology. Our choices of digital tools are political and (…)

Presence and power of the spirit

Presence and power of the spirit

For a politics of non-conformism.
The mind defines humanity and the uniqueness of each person, beyond the physiological. This singular essence allows us to enrich others while resisting conformity. (…)

Presence and suicide

Presence and suicide

Typology of presence before/after the radical choice of absence.
Suicide paradoxically transforms absence into an overwhelming presence. Grief involves symbolically constructing this absence to rediscover one’s own presence in the (…)

On the role of artists

On the role of artists

For a politics of the artist.
The political role of the artist is never neutral. Whether they want it or not, their social position and aesthetic choices reflect an engagement, conscious or (…)

Presence, commitment and denial of fear

Presence, commitment and denial of fear

A new approach to civic engagement.
Current political engagement, based on the denial of fear rather than authentic presence, creates fertile ground for figures like Trump and perpetuates the very (…)

Collective surveying of texts

Collective surveying of texts

Enrich a text with the intelligence of other readers.
Collective text surveying is a method where a group divides a document into sections, with each subgroup working on one part before sharing their synthesis. This (…)

Potential development space

Potential development space

Collective innovation method.
The potential development space is a method of collective innovation based on intuitive encounters, without predefined objectives, where mutual trust allows the (…)

For a photographic ecology

For a photographic ecology

A method of opening up to oneself through images.
Photographic ecology proposes using the image as a method of opening oneself up. Not photographing less, but exploring differently: photographing with instinct, (…)

Pandemic or epidemic?

Pandemic or epidemic?

On the politics of words.
The use of the word “pandemic” for Covid-19 illustrates how language shapes our perception. This lexical choice, adopted by everyone, contributes to a distorted view (…)

Primary and secondary cultural practices

Primary and secondary cultural practices

For a cultural dialectic of public proposals.
Daily cultural practices (internal) are underestimated compared to external cultural offerings, yet the latter are secondary in people’s lives. Professionals must (…)

Re-engaging France's public cultural sector as a good corporate citizen

Re-engaging France’s public cultural sector as a good corporate citizen

Avenues of action for a permanent future.
Facing budget cuts, the public cultural sector must reconnect with its democratic mission. Beyond corporatism, professionals must strengthen their ties with citizens (…)

Presence and old age

Presence and old age

For a neuro-social therapy.
The loneliness of old age could be combated by the creation of objects, allowing the elderly to preserve their presence for themselves and others, thus restoring (…)

Evolving forms of artistic creation

Evolving forms of artistic creation

An anthropological reflection on the forms of subsidized artistic creation.
Subsidized art must distinguish itself from the commercial sector through a fundamentally democratic approach, favoring shared experience over elitist creations, to (…)

Architecture of artistic venues and cultural rights

Architecture of artistic venues and cultural rights

The impact of location on social roles.
The architecture of cultural venues shapes roles and often limits participation. An approach inspired by digital spaces would enable cultural democratization that (…)

Cinema and death

Cinema and death

To redefine cinema as an intrinsically diverse phenomenon.
Cinema, as a mechanical recording device, shares a unique relationship with death. This connection redefines the cinematic experience, which is inherently diverse (…)

Imminence and law

Imminence and law

The political dimension of the relationship to time.
Imminence, this relationship with hurried time, transforms our reality. Our laws, predating this shift, have become inadequate. A critical awareness is necessary to (…)

“Participatory creation as a laboratory for democracy?”

“Participatory creation as a laboratory for democracy?”

4^th edition of the biennial festival of participatory creation - Les Rencontres de la Poudrerie - Théâtre des habitants - May 16 & 17, 2025.
Les Rencontres de la Poudrerie are a moment for reflection and co-construction, at the intersection of art forms and the practice of social life. They bring together (…)

Beyond walls: video as a vehicle for cultural democracy

Beyond walls: video as a vehicle for cultural democracy

When digital mediation transforms the relationship between citizens and heritage.
Video in museums represents a challenge of cultural mediation and the democratization of heritage. In the digital age, it transforms the relationship between (…)

Legitimizing unfamiliar cultural practices

Legitimizing unfamiliar cultural practices

Anthropology of the future.
To foster intercultural dialogue, we need to legitimize cultural practices that are unknown to us, without ranking them above our own. This openness is essential for (…)

Artificial intelligence is an opportunity for free and experimental cinema

Artificial intelligence is an opportunity for free and experimental cinema

AI offers humanity the opportunity to reclaim its place.
Artificial intelligence is a threat to the professional academic sector that produces blockbusters and other commercially driven films, and an opportunity for free (…)

Is pedagogy revolutionary?

Is pedagogy revolutionary?

For an education policy.
Education is torn between two visions: preparing for a competitive world or fostering democracy in schools. In my view, true effectiveness lies in cooperation, making (…)

Truth and lies

Truth and lies

Ethics of the pedagogical relationship.
Authentic pedagogy is grounded in truth within the teacher-student relationship. Beyond content, it is the value of words and honesty that enable democratic and (…)

Mind mapping to create groups

Mind mapping to create groups

Autonomy and empowerment for small groups.
Mind mapping facilitates team formation by making choices visible, empowering participants, and creating a more autonomous group dynamic compared to random methods. (…)

Emotional synchronization

Emotional synchronization

A technique for empathizing with the audience.
How can we improve public speaking in front of a group? This can be a very challenging exercise, especially when facing people who aren’t listening, who talk among (…)

Play and joy

Play and joy

Learning is based on free and joyful experience.
Effective learning is based on free and joyful experience. Play, in the Winnicottian sense, represents creative autonomy rather than mere gamification. Combined with (…)

Violence and the law

Violence and the law

Revealing an ordinary cognitive dissonance.
I question the use of violence to enforce the law and propose an alternative vision where the law would serve to emancipate rather than subjugate, drawing on the (…)

Scientific research and scenario

Scientific research and scenario

Scientific rigor guarantees script quality.
Rigorous scientific research, whether it concerns the hard sciences or the humanities, anchors the screenplay in reality and generates singular ideas born from the (…)

Writing on screen

Writing on screen

Work on the relationship between text and image.
Let us explore and work on the potentialities of the text-image relationship in cinema. Present since the silent era with intertitles, the written word has (…)

Philosophy of compromise

Philosophy of compromise

How to commit without moralism?
The Philosophy of Compromise explores how we live with the contradictions between our principles and our daily actions. Rather than morally judging this cognitive (…)

Mapping the Collective Territory

Mapping the Collective Territory

Geographical Identification of Connections within a Group.
This activity allows visualizing connections and origins within a group by creating a human world map. By positioning themselves according to their geographical (…)

Web platform for professional training

Web platform for professional training

An astonishingly powerful device.
Following the democratization of remote work, it has been necessary to rethink approaches to professional training. This proven method offers a powerful alternative (…)

Digital traces as a link

Digital traces as a link

The power of digital to bring people together.
The immediate sharing of activity traces (recordings, photos, mind maps) via an accessible digital space strengthens the connection between sessions, fosters (…)

Listener contributions via digital tool

Listener contributions via digital tool

Unleash the power of the brains involved.
In a conference where one or more people address a large audience, it is common, after the presentation, to have a moment of discussion or Q&A between the (…)

The sustainable links workshop

The sustainable links workshop

Create meaningful connections in collaborative workshops.
This “Workshop of Sustainable Connections” encourages the creation of lasting bonds between participants in collective events. Each person exchanges their (…)

Putting Artificial Intelligence to good use in the cultural sector

Putting Artificial Intelligence to good use in the cultural sector

Methodological approaches.
By 2025, it seems essential to enable employees and stakeholders in the cultural sector to share the challenges of AI within their professional context, to explore (…)

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

Laboratory for an original training and project development program.
In the face of young people’s indifference toward institutional culture, I propose exploring an innovative training framework aimed at helping professionals rethink (…)

What digital technology is doing to the cultural sector

What digital technology is doing to the cultural sector

Food for thought.
Digital technology has now become one of the essential components of our living environment. How does it change our lifestyles and our representations of the world? (…)

Collaborative mind-mapping

Collaborative mind-mapping

An instituting, evolving form of writing.
Collaborative mind mapping is a visual and tree-like note-taking method, projected in real-time during meetings or training sessions. This approach fosters collective (…)

The non-fiction character

The non-fiction character

Reinventing narratives on social networks.
Social media influencers have created a new audiovisual genre: neither fiction nor documentary, but rather constructed characters that they portray and interact with (…)

Creating, thinking and writing screenplays today

Creating, thinking and writing screenplays today

Guide to screenwriting (free digital book, by Benoît Labourdette).
In our world where artificial intelligences directly create films from the desires of their authors expressed in very few words, in this world where 3.5-hour films in (…)

Salads

Salads

A film by Benoît Labourdette (4’52s, 2025).
The formidable kinetic energy of human travel.

4L

A film by Benoît Labourdette (2’14s, 2025).
It’s a flower in oneself that unfolds when we extend our eyes beyond ourselves.

Overcoming the fragility of public funding for culture

Overcoming the fragility of public funding for culture

Anthropological point of view, to sketch out future paths.
Public funding for culture is currently perceived as being under considerable threat, and so the cultural sector seems to be in an extremely fragile state. I’d like (…)

Presence in the unknown

Presence in the unknown

A proposal for a deeper understanding of the diversity of the Internet.
Internet and social media oscillate between filter bubbles and diversity. Contrary to popular belief, certain platforms like TikTok foster serendipity through their (…)

World Café

World Café

A tried-and-tested technique that’s always being reinvented.
The World Café is a collective intelligence technique that fosters the collaborative creation of ideas and concrete projects. Through successive rotations, groups (…)

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