Looking For Non-publics

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The Culture et publics collection brings together original works on culture and its audiences. More specifically, it explores the field of cultural mediation, i.e., the analysis of cultural actors’ professional practices , the methods they employ, and their impact on different types of audiences. All forms of culture are included, from live performance to heritage and museums. The word publics (“audiences”) is deliberately pluralized to emphasize the collection’s special interest in innovative forms of cultural mediation aimed at broadening access to particular forms of culture. In a museum context, the notion of cultural mediation obviously incorporates the concept of non-formal education, or in other words, the various forms of knowledge mediation that occur outside of school. These include the heritage–and museum–related mediation practices known as museum education. The Culture et publics collection publishes works that analyze original mediation, interpretation, and communication techniques, or that draw on attendance studies or other surveys of cultural and museological practices . It includes theoretical, empirical, historic, and conceptual studies rooted in the humanities and social sciences, but with a particular focus on approaches used in communication, education, and museology. Edited by Anik Meunier and Jason Luckerhoff LOOKING FOR NON-PUBLICS Presses de l’Université du Québec Le Delta I, 2875, boulevard Laurier, office 450, Québec (Québec) G1V 2M2 Telephone : 418 657-4399 − Fax : 418 657-2096 Email : puq@puq.ca − Website : www.puq.ca Diffusion/Distribution: Canada and other countries : Prologue inc., 1650, boulevard Lionel-Bertrand, Boisbriand (Québec) J7H 1N7 – Tel. : 450 434-0306 / 1 800 363-2864 France : Sodis, 128, av. du Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny, 77403 Lagny, France Tel. : 01 60 07 82 99 Afrique : Action pédagogique pour l’éducation et la formation, Angle des rues Jilali Taj Eddine et El Ghadfa, Maârif 20100, Casablanca, Maroc – Tel.: 212 (0) 22-23-12-22 Belgique : Patrimoine SPRL, 168, rue du Noyer, 1030 Bruxelles, Belgique – Tel.: 02 7366847 Suisse : Servidis SA, Chemin des Chalets, 1279 Chavannes-de-Bogis, Suisse – Tel.: 022 960.95.32 Membre de The Copyright Act forbids the reproduction of works without the permission of rights holders. Unauthorized photocopying has become widespread, causing a decline in book sales and compromising the production of new works by professionals. The goal of the logo is to alert readers to the threat that massive unauthorized photocopying poses to the future of the written work. WARNING PHOTOCOPYING KILLSBOOKS UNAUTHORIZED LOOKING FOR NON-PUBLICS Edited by Daniel Jacobi and Jason Luckerhoff Preface by Elihu Katz and Daniel Dayan 2012-1.1 – All rights reserved. No reproduction, translation, or adaptation without authorization.© 2012 Presses de l’Université du Québec Legal deposit – 1st quarter 2012 Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec / Bibliothèque et Archives Canada Printed in Canada Les Presses de l’Université du Québec acknowledges the financial support of the Government of Canada for its publishing activities through the Canada Book Fund and the Canada Council of the Arts. It also thanks Société de développement des entreprises culturelles (SODEC) for its financial support. Translation: Claire Holden Rothman Revision: Shayne Garde-Girardin Layout: Alphatek Cover: design — Michèle Blondeau photo — Laurent Rabatel, La Triennale québécoise 2011 au Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec and Library and Archives Canada cataloguing in publication Main entry under title: Looking for non-publics (Collection Culture et publics) Translated from French. ISBN 978-2-7605-3371-4 1. Culture - Social aspects. 2. Audiences. 3. Arts and society. 4. Authors and readers. 5. Arts audiences. I. Luckerhoff, Jason. I. Jacobi, Daniel. III. Series: Collection Culture et publics. HM621.L6613 2012 306 C2011-942876-8 ...