Territoires culturels

The author is a famous cultural leader and manager in Canada. Co-founder of the Musée de la civilisation in Quebec City, Roland Arpin develops the relationship between culture, education and society. Cultural policies specialist, he explores the barriers between the artists and the managers, the theory and the practice.

In his book, Roland Arpin explains his point of view and the background he takes care of when he has to make a decision. He proposes a new way of doing: "lOption culture". A fundamental political choice, he wrote. A new look on a world which must be harnessed. LOption culture : take an advantage of the economical process rather then to be submissive to it.
This book explains his conception of the management of a museum. The chapter on culture and marketing is very interesting because he proposes a new approach. A second one on museum, communication and pedagogy is the heart of his experience. The museum as a school, a cultural school.

- Discusses the place of the language in the culture;

- Describes the place of the museum in the city, the museum as a management style, as a social space;

- Explains the role of the school to democratize the arts and cultural activities