This meeting sees the convergence of recent theoretical and empirical works, from diverse social science and humanities perspectives, that question the place of the arts in new forms, or strategies, of development of territories by culture.

Notably, it will take count of these new approaches to cultural geography, regional economy and the public policy analyses that have lately been added to the classical approaches, and to the relatively recent approaches of ethnology, sociology and history of the arts and culture.

Two principle research questions will guide the reflection during the conference.

On one hand, in what way will the thematisation of the territorial dimension of artistic practices (both production and reception) modify or complete the knowledge of cultural and local development phenomenona?

On the other hand, in what way will the inclusion of arts in development strategies modify the traditional dynamics and balances which have, up until now, structured the field of artistic practice and public policies?