OAFP 9720 - Ecological and social transitions in the cultural sector

The pandemic and the multiplication of extreme climatic phenomena have nevertheless led to a heightened awareness in all economic sectors, and particularly in the cultural sector, which starting to transform and to cooperate showing a greater maturity on the topic.

For a long time lacking in indicators, concrete tools and financial means, culture has indeed recently been accelerating and developing, for several years now, concrete solutions to reduce its negative impacts as well as to maximize its positive impacts, notably its capacity to transform imaginations and raise awareness.

The course proposes to address, through theoretical and practical examples, the main issues facing cultural institutions, particularly in France, and the way in which it is possible for policy makers to act. The objective is to give students the keys to training, to mobilizing resources and to contributing to the transformation of public policies through a renewed leadership

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Every session will start with a 10 minute group presentation followed by a collective 10 minute debate, then a lecture.

Every two sessions, in addition to the usual 20 first minutes dedicated to presentations and debate, there will be a guest speaker for 40 minutes followed by a 10 minute discussion.

40% : individual assignment – strategic note to policy makers

10% : Participation in class and ecological thinking of the submitted work : 10 minutes group presentations on topics linked to specific sessions during the semester.

50% : End of semester assignment (group assignment). Topic to be defined early on, to allow for sufficient preparation and exchanges with the professor

• In Class Presence: 2 hours a week / 24 hours a semester
• Reading and Preparation for Class: 2 hours a week / 24 hours a semester – one compulsory reading per session
• Research and Preparation for Group Work: 3 hours a week / 36 hours a semester
• Research and Writing for Individual Assessments: 3 hours a week / 36 hours a semester