Nectart in Avignon - July 18

As the dramatic events of 2015 reignited the debate between republic and democracy, where do we stand today in the field of culture? Are we, in the 21st century, cultural citizens looking for individual emancipation, or democratic subjects concerned about the common good? What about the notion of cultural democracy, which replaced the idea of democratisation, at a time when, throughout the world, the paradigm of cultural rights keeps getting louder? And what of participatory democracy, present in public policy through culture conferences and other general assemblies?

With Serge Regourd, Professor at the University Toulouse I-Capitole, founder of the Institut du droit de la culture et de la communication (Idetcom), President of the culture committee of the Midi-Pyrénées-Languedoc-Roussillon Region, Christian Ruby, philosopher, trainer of cultural mediators, author of Abécédaire des arts et de la culture, Joëlle Zask, philosopher, specialist in political philosophy and pragmatism, lecturer at the University of Provence

Hosted by Pascal Bonniel-Chalier and Eric Fourreau, Nectar