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Published on September 19, 2025– Updated on September 25, 2025

Engagement dans la Cité par la Culture en Europe : Le Grand Rassemblement

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To conclude the ANR SAPS E.C.C.E. project: "Engagement dans la Cité par la Culture en Europe", two days of meetings, exchanges, and workshops with researchers, artists, volunteers, cultural professionals, and activists.

Registration available here.
Practical information (access, travel times, meals, etc.) will follow.

 
Program
 
October 2, 2025
 
CY Cergy Paris Université, Maison de la Recherche SHS - Annie Ernaux, 33 boulevard du Port, 95 000 CERGY
 
9h:30 AM - 10:00 AM : Welcome coffee
 
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM : Presentation of the ECCE participatory research project
Françoise Billot (Banlieues Capitales) Anne Hertzog (Laboratoire PLACES, CY Cergy Paris Université)
 
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM : Plenary · Bringing the Commons into Culture
Elizabeth Auclair (Laboratoire PLACES, CY Cergy Paris Université), Valérie Suner (Théâtre de la Poudrerie), une représentante de l’association Quartier Rouge (sous réserve), Christophe Blandin-Estournet (Banlieues Capitales)

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM : Buffet

2:00 PM - 3:15 PM : Roundtable · From the Suburbs: Shaping a Shared Narrative from Family Memories
Michel Djiwonou (Les Passeurs), Lidia Radi (University of Richmond), Anne Hertzog (Laboratoire PLACES, CY Cergy Paris Université)
 
3:15 PM - 3:30 PM : Break
 
3:30 PM - 4:45 PM : Roundtable · Decolonizing Public Space: Activist Practices and Institutional Commitments
Claske Dijkema (Université de Bern), Carole Lemée (Université de Bordeaux), a representative from the city of Noisy-le-Sec (pending confirmation), Jean-Barthélémi Debost (Banlieues Capitales)
 
4:45 PM - 5h00 PM : Break

5:00 PM - 5:30 PM : Agro-Artistic Struggles and Heritage Activism: Restoring the Living
Jaume Puchalt Lacal (architecte et artiste, Fondation Novessendes), Clara Elena Mejia Vallejo (Universitat Politècnica de València)
 
5:30 PM - 6:15 PM : Engagement through Culture for a More Livable Earth
Nathalie Blanc (CNRS, Directrice du Centre des Politiques de la Terre)
 
Starting at 6:15 PM: Exhibition Opening with Troubs, Illustrator and Comic Book Author

 
October 3, 2025
 
Collectif La Lanterne, 2 Avenue du Jour 95 000 CERGY

10h:00 AM - 10:30 AM : Welcome coffe
 
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM : Plenary · Experiencing Responsive Democracy through Culture?
Nicolas Rio (Partie Prenante), Réjane Sourisseau (Université de Lille), Géraldine Bénichou (Théâtre du Grabuge), Ludivine Mascali (Laboratoire PLACES, CY Cergy Paris Université et collectif La Lanterne), Elizabeth Auclair (Laboratoire PLACES, CY Cergy Paris Université)
 
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM : Buffet
 
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM : Workshop · And Now, What Next?
What if we used this pre-election period to outline a new way of doing culture in our territories?
Workshops to unpack and propose recommendations for these emerging "paths of cultural practice".
Judith Frydman (Des Ricochets sur les Pavés), Antoine Cochain (Banlieues Capitales), Christine Milleron (Esopa productions)
 
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM: Workshop Feedback and Discussion
 
Starting at 4:30 PM : Closing Tea/Coffee