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CULTURE AT THE UNIVERSITY by Philippe Poirrier

Proceedings of reading ETHIS Emmanuel From culture to the university , Paris Armand Colin, 2010, 128 pages, 9.60 Euros.

Questioning the role of culture in the university might seem surprising, yet it is clear that public policies on culture, and universities have not always given the place she deserves this. This book, published in paperback "128" Armand Colin, is the edited version of a report submitted in October 2010 Valerie Pécresse, Minister of Higher Education and Research under the direction of Emmanuel Ethis, a sociologist of culture and chairman University of Avignon and Vaucluse countries.

This has mobilized an extensive bibliography, and above met, as facilitator of the Culture and University, many players from the worlds of culture and the academic community. The form of refund original 128 proposals aim to review and reinforce the role of culture in universities; 128 proposals that draw away from any theory, the prospects for actions to be implemented. They are gathered here under seven thematic chapters: practical and artistic and cultural productions at university heritage digitized digital culture and digital culture, cultural diversity, sociability and socialization in the university general education and social mobility of students, anchors and openings of the universities at the heart of their territory, information, dissemination and promotion of cultural events and production of universities; Attendance and statements of the university in the worlds of art, culture and media.

The stated objective is to strengthen the role of culture in French universities and install it permanently from the university in the worlds of culture. The idea is not new, and had had some realizations as a result of a deliberate policy driven to mid-1980. It is, again and again to convince the academic communities and stakeholders from the worlds of culture, even though the insecurity (social and cultural) of students progressing and that the culture of entertainment needed at the time of a mass culture that benefits from the digital revolution, as the new common culture. This book, easily accessible, will undoubtedly contribute to discussions of importance to our cultural life (1).

(1) See also freely downloadable, Culture at the University, U-Culture (s), 2006. http://mshdijon.u-bourgogne.fr/msh% ... University of Burgundy Philippe Poirrier