Blah Blah Cafe, the Jean-Michel Jarre forum

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The sixth edition of the Forum d'Avignon takes place on November 21st, 22nd and 23rd 2013 at the Palais des Papes. You can follow the debates and discussions in real time.

It is this Thursday, November 21st that will start the sixth edition of the Forum d'Avignon. The chosen theme for the 2013 edition, "Culture & Power" aims to replace culture at the heart of politics

During three days, ten sessions will lead to discussions and debates between personalities from different fields : researchers, cultural industries stakeholders, public authorities and artists such as Erik Orsenna, Lawrence Lessig, Aurélie Filippetti, Olivier Py, Plantu, Manuel Carrilho, Yonfan, Bernard Landry, Jean-Michel Jarre, Christine Albanel, Uros Grilc, Elie Barnavi , Michelangelo Pistoletto, Yann Thebault or Sana Ghenima.



http://www.forum-
avignon.org/en/d-1-how-follow-fa2013

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DAY 2 - Friday - Local: Palace of the Popes

8.50 - 10.15 am CULTURE, HOW MANY DIVISONS?

Can we measure culture’s power? If so, by which standards (economic, diplomatic, or political standards)? Culture serves as a factor of cohesion, but can also be the source of dissidence, competition, and conflict. The commodification of culture becomes even more pointed as it fuels its industries’ inner dynamics. Everywhere, “culture” is placed in conjunction with the paradoxical pairing of plurality and individuality. Culture becomes a reflection of the mass’s desire when digital technology comes into the mix; does it subsequently lose its power in the pool of cultural goods and services? What divisions are created, for better or for worse, in this cultural horizon?

Lawrence Lessig
Professor, Harvard
(United States of America)

Bernard Landry
Former Prime Minister
(Québec)

Yonfan
Film Director
(People’s Republic of China)

Jean-Michel Jarre
Composer and President of CISAC
(France)

Discussion led by:

Olivier Poivre d’Arvor
CEO France Culture (France)
Session sketched by cartoonist:
Rayma Suprani (Venezuela)
and Liza Donnelly (United States of America)