OBSERVATOIRE SCIENCES ET SOCIETE . MESRI - AMU
Project supported and funded by the Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation, coordinated within Amu by the Mesopolhis laboratory (UMR 7064).
Culture - in all its forms, scientific, artistic, digital, historical, media, sporting, etc. - is one of the fundamental missions of universities. - The dissemination and construction of knowledge are among the fundamental missions of universities, and form the basis of our life in society. The creation of an Observatoire des publics et des pratiques de la culture (Observatory of cultural audiences and practices) is intended to evaluate the institution's actions and to meet a growing demand for audience studies (both internally and on the part of partners within the AMU perimeter: cultural and leisure structures and institutions, local authorities, networks for the dissemination of scientific culture, etc.). The research, studies, surveys and expert appraisals produced will enable concrete recommendations to be made as part of a research-action approach, while helping to develop research in the field of cultural audiences and practices. The creation of this quantitative, qualitative, exploratory and interdisciplinary evaluation system, designed and developed by specialists in the field (teacher-researchers, doctoral students, post-doctoral students, engineers, etc.), in conjunction with training (through internships and project-based approaches), responds to the need to know and describe audiences and their experiences in all areas of culture, to better evaluate and understand forms of dissemination, mediation systems and their effects, and the logics of appropriation at work in the construction of cultural practices. By proposing to combine scientific rigour and high standards with professional expertise in terms of survey methodology and analysis, the Observatory is at the interface between scientific research and the worlds of culture, and by favouring collaborative work with partners and the production of tailored, territorially-based studies, the Observatory is able to shed light on public debates and contribute to developing the dialogue between science and society on cultural issues.
Project coordinator
Sylvia GirelUniversity Professor, Mesopolhis - sylvia.girel@univ-amu.fr
Project team
Maria-Elena Buslacchi (Postdoctoral fellow, Mesopolhis) - mariaelena.buslacchi@univ-amu.fr
Matthieu Demory (doctoral student, Mesopolhis) - matthieu.demory@univ-amu.fr
Gloria Romanello (post-doctoral student, Mesopolhis) - glo.romanello@gmail.com
Elisa Ullauri (Postdoctoral fellow, Mesopolhis) - elisa.ullauri-llore@univ-amu.fr
Research watch and research notebook :
Alexia Cappuccio (EJCAM doctoral student) - alexia.cappuccio@gmail.com
Sami Dendani (TELEMe student) - sami.dendani@gmail.com
Researchers and doctoral students already involved
Judith DehailLecturer, Allsh, Lesa - judith.dehail@univ-amu.fr
Sophie GebeilLecturer, Telemme - sophie.gebeil@univ-amu.fr and Sami Dendani (student)
Alexandre JouxSenior Lecturer, Ejcam, Imsic - alexandre.joux@univ-amu.fr and Alexia Cappuccio (doctoral student)
Contact Mesopolhis
Stéphanie MeiranesioAdministrative and Financial Manager - stephanie.meiranesio@univ-amu.fr
Website
Vanina Beauchamps-Assali (MESOPOLHIS) - vanina.beauchamps-assali@cnrs.fr
Data and statistics
Duration: 2022 - 2024
Financing: €250,000
Project sponsor: Mesopolhis
Examples of research themes/areas
Democratisation and cultural decentralisation
- forms of mediation
- access to culture, real and symbolic levers and obstacles
- audiences and non-audiences
- artistic and cultural education
- local cultural practices
Science and society
- disseminating scientific culture
- knowledge transfer (new writing in SHS, open science, etc.)
- arts and science projects
- the spread of digital technology, its uses and associated practices (digital inclusion, new tools and systems, etc.)
Investigations in progress
● The Fonds régional d'art contemporain (FRAC PACA) in the mirrorir
A survey of audiences and non-audiences at the FRAC PACA in the Joliette district
Coordination: Elisa Ullauri-Llore, MESOPOLHIS post-doctoral fellow
Trainees: Léa Gouley, LEST doctoral student and Kilina Moullier, M2 Sociology student
● Mediating and disseminating scientific culture at local level
A map of the players involved in scientific culture, a directory of mediation practices and a list of events.
Coordination: Maria Elena Buslacchi, MESOPOLHIS post-doctoral fellow
● A history museum in the heart of a shopping centre
Audiences and non-audiences Marseille History Museum in the light of its unprecedented location in a shopping centre; observation of the experimental mediation devices designed by students at theINSEAMMa study conducted in partnership with Institut Arkaia and the Master Arts, Cultural mediation in the arts AMU
Coordination: Gloria Romanello
Collaboration with Judith Dehail (lecturer) and Prosper Wanner (associate lecturer), Master of Arts, Cultural Mediation course
Trainees: Emma Monier and Sophia Alibou, M2 Archaeology; Thomas Deligny, M1 Sociology; Ilian Calaber, Angela Domingez, Mathilde Isambert, Sara Kiwan and Elise Queneder, M2 Cultural Mediation.
● Interactive and immersive digital arts
Reactualising receptive mediations: the case of the Digital Imaginations Biennial in Aix-en-Provence
Coordination: Matthieu Demory, MESOPOLHIS doctoral student
Trainees: Fabio Bugelli and Maëva Pintegne, L3 Sociology students
● Impact study on the system Shedding light on the SEGPA
Festival of short films made by students in the general and vocational education programme at l'Alhambra, regional centre for image education (Marseille)
Coordination: Sylvia Girel, PR MESOPOLHIS and Cécile Durieux (Alhambra)
Trainee: Anaïs Merentier, M1 Sociology student
● The mediation and processing of scientific information by journalists
Mediating and disseminating research in the media, journalistic practices and sources specific to science journalism
Coordination: Alexandre Joux, University Professor, IMSIC
In the field: Alexia Cappuccio, IMSIC doctoral student
● Online history mediation
An inventory of historical content published on the web and social and digital networks
Coordination: Sophie Gebeil, MCF TELEMME
In the field: Sami Dendani, IGE MESOPOLHIS
Upcoming surveys
● Students' cultural practices
One of the Observatory's key surveys, carried out in collaboration with Aix Marseille University's Culture and Society Department, which will be repeated regularly, aims to identify, describe and understand the cultural practices of AMU students, their specific characteristics and changes, and to link them to the local offer.
● Doctoral students and scientific culture
One of the Observatory's key surveys, a pilot experiment was conducted between 2018 and 2019 with AMU's Scientific Culture Unit. To gain a better understanding of students' 'scientific culture' and the factors that shape their choice of course before and during their doctoral studies.
Partnership survey projects
- Future collaboration withINSEAMMInstitut national supérieur d'enseignement artistique Marseille-Méditerranée, project for a survey on music education
- Upcoming collaboration with La CriéeThéâtre national de Marseille, audience research project
Other activities
● Scientifica, an art-science day
Save the Date: next edition 16-17/06/2023
● A multidisciplinary seminar (MESOPOLHIS/TELEMME/IMSIC collaboration)
"Observe, write and report": Audiences, practices and mediation in culture and science
Save the Date: spring 2023
● A blog PUBLIC(S)
● A site/platform resources under construction
Network of partners
NB: This list is not exhaustive, but it gives examples of players with whom the Observatory has already established partnerships and collaborations.
Within AMU
- MESOPOLHIS - project leader
- LMA - Acoustic Mechanics Laboratory
- SOMUM - Institute for Changing Societies in the Mediterranean
- ARKAIA - Institute of Mediterranean Archaeology
- AMU Culture and Society Unit
- Scientific Culture Unit
- Iméra
- IMSIC
- TELEMME
- ...
Cultural institutions
- MuCEM
- Marseille History Museum
- FRAC PACA - Regional Fund for Contemporary Art
- INSEAMM - Institut national supérieur de
- l'Enseignement artistique Marseille Méditerranée
- Les Petits débrouillards
- Zef national theatre stage
- The Alhambra
- ...