In 2020–2021, I coordinated the podcast series Arpenter la culture, a project organized by Hub Culture/Savoie and Galerie UQO. The series sought to bring academic research into dialogue with cultural sector practitioners in order to examine the issues shaping the artistic landscape and working conditions within this field.
This podcast series is in French.
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Arpenter la culture, podcast series organized by Hub Culture/Savoie and Galerie UQO, 2020-2021
Apprivoiser la médiation (épisode 1)
The episode « Apprivoiser la médiation » explores the role of cultural mediation and the evolution of its strategies in relation to contemporary cultural practices and their audiences.
Host: Dominique Sirois-Rouleau
Director: Marie-Hélène Frenette-Assad
Editing and sound mixing: Roxanne Potvin
Marquer et démarquer la culture régionale (épisode 2)
The series Arpenter la culture examines cultural issues through the intersecting perspectives of academic research and the cultural community. In the episode « Marquer et démarquer la culture régionale », Marianne Coineau and Julie Martineau, directors of Culture Laval and Culture Outaouais respectively, discuss the strategic specificities of regional cultural development.
Réconcilier culture et pluralité (épisode 3)
In the episode « Réconcilier culture et pluralité », we engage in conversation with Analays Alvarez Hernandez, Assistant Professor in the Department of Art History and Film Studies at the Université de Montréal, and Pablo Rodriguez, independent cultural worker, to reflect on the theoretical and practical challenges of plurality within the cultural field.
Quand y a-t-il succès! (épisode 4)
In the episode « Quand y a-t-il succès! », Marian Misdrahi, Professor in the Department of Sociology at Dawson College, and Benoit Lamarre, Head of Community Support, Heritage and Collections (Division of Arts and Culture) at the City of Laval, discuss the criteria and evaluative frameworks through which success in the cultural sector is assessed.
Disséquer la culture de la précarité (épisode 5)
In the episode « Disséquer la culture de la précarité », Martine D’Amours, Professor in the Department of Industrial Relations at Université Laval, and Nicolas Rivard, interdisciplinary artist, cultural worker, and art history instructor, examine the fragility and instability of working conditions in the cultural sector, while proposing potential avenues for structural change.