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Démocratisation culturelle et numérique

Cultural Democratization and Digital Technology
Edited by Damien Malinas
Culture & Musées 24 | Démocratisation culturelle et numérique
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ISBN 978-2-330-03885-4

The final objective of cultural democratization which, up until the middle of the 1990s, had allowed for the establishment of stable goals within the cultural field, has now begun to be questioned. Beyond issues of social cohesion, new goals, such as economic and territorial development, have become plausibly attainable for the cultural sector. A change in scale has taken place. In the 2000s, while cultural events were seen as exemplary tools for cultural democratization and institutions took advantage of the capacity of festivals and exhibitions to bring people together, the question of audiences and their participation in such events was posed in new ways, in terms of individualizing both practices and gathering places. Conclusions have often been bittersweet and seem to lead to a sort of nostalgia for a time when a screen and digital technology would be able to tie up the loose ends of the adventure of this previous generation. Digital technology embarked upon by participants questions, in new terms, the media reflexivity of an event and thus that of the identity of audience members. Culture, economics and certain spaces find their area of influence heavily charged with technology both by the will of audiences and that of policies issues by various government ministries. Must we nonetheless conclude that digital technologies are a true revolution, an unprecedented tool capable of creating cultural riches that are available to and within the reach of all?

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