International summer school on cultural audiences

First edition - Aix-en-Provence and Marseille

From 8 to 12 June 2026

THE MUSEUM IN SMALL STEPS
Issues and challenges in cultural mediation
for early childhood

The aim of this school is to gain a better understanding of the recent boom in artistic and cultural education in museums and cultural institutions from the perspective of cultural accessibility and raising awareness of culture as a lever for social inclusion. In practical terms, this will be achieved through hands-on experience, by observing examples of cultural and artistic awakening (ECA) and artistic and cultural education (EAC) schemes deployed in Marseilles, and through practical work on designing innovative cultural mediation tools and schemes adapted to early childhood audiences within the museums of the City of Marseilles.

💡 Organising Committee :

Aimée Gaudette-Leblanc, Audrey Lemaire, Marie-Claude Lapointe, Laboratoire de recherche sur les publics de la culture, UQTR

Maria Elena Buslacchi, Elisa Ullauri Lloré, Observatoire des publics et des pratiques de la culture, MESOPOLHIS (UMR 7064), AMU

🎯 Target audience: 

Undergraduate and postgraduate students, doctoral and post-doctoral candidates and young researchers interested in gaining a better understanding of the strategies and techniques used to promote access to culture.

At the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières Students enrolled in a bachelor's degree in education, psycho-education, leisure, culture and tourism, as well as those enrolled in a short postgraduate diploma in interpretation, cultural mediation and social communication; ;

At Aix-Marseille University Students and doctoral students enrolled in psychology, educational science, sociology, cultural mediation or scientific mediation; post-doctoral students and young researchers working on the school's research topics.

📄 Practical details:

20 students (10 from UQTR and 10 from AMU) will be selected on registration.

Send CV (1 page) + covering letter (1 page) before 30 March 2026 à :

- UQTR students : aimee.gaudette-leblanc[at]uqtr.ca

- AMU students : observatoire-publics[at]univ-amu.fr

🔍 See the call for participation below, or visit the Observatoire des publics et des pratiques de la culture website: https://observatoire-publics.univ-amu.fr/formation-par-la-recherche/