{"id":34065,"date":"2024-01-26T17:16:29","date_gmt":"2024-01-26T16:16:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mesopolhis.fr\/?p=34065"},"modified":"2025-08-28T10:56:24","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T08:56:24","slug":"why-study-cultural-practices-and-audiences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mesopolhis.fr\/en\/blog\/2024\/01\/26\/why-study-cultural-practices-and-audiences\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview with Sylvia Girel: \"Why study cultural practices and audiences?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MESOPOLHIS is home to the only structure of its kind in France: the<strong>Observatory of cultural audiences and practices<\/strong>. What would be the point of such an observatory? Why take an interest in culture and those who practise it? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Interview with <strong>Sylvia Girel,<\/strong> sociologist and project coordinator. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/infuse.univ-amu.fr\/fr\/a-la-loupe\/etudier-pratiques-publics-de-la-culture\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read the interview<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Article published on 24 January 2024 on <a href=\"https:\/\/infuse.univ-amu.fr\/fr\/a-la-loupe\/etudier-pratiques-publics-de-la-culture\">Infuse<\/a><\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MESOPOLHIS is home to a structure that is unique in France in its format: the Observatoire des publics et des pratiques de la culture. What could be the point of such an observatory? Why take an interest in culture and those who practise it? 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