Arts and cultures
Thinking through societies in their social, cultural and patrimonial diversity to enrich our representations of the world
Both symbols and vectors of transformation, the arts and cultures shape our way of thinking about the world. These research areas enable us to think our societies in their historical dynamics as well as in their social, cultural and patrimonial diversity. This knowledge is not only a factor of enrichment and education, but also of mutual understanding.
For several years, the Foundation has been developing scientific and editorial programmes aimed at bringing together academic research and the world of arts and cultures in order to transform and enrich our representations of the world.
Our work
- Create links between research and the artistic creation: by funding research projects that work with artistic creation on current societal challenges.
- Publish knowledges: by developing a set of collections and journals, in partnership with key institutions of the arts and culture sector and participates in the editorial development of knowledge platforms combining aesthetics and research.
- Exposing the results of the research: by working on original formats that combine arts and sciences to bring a different perspective on research work and its results.
Programmes and projects
Collections & journals
Polygraphe(s)
Polygraphe(s) is a journal devoted to graphic acts. It gathers multidisciplary contributions related to a field of research with strong heuristic power: figurative communication.
Ethnologie de la France et des mondes contemporains
La collection publie des études sur la France hexagonale et ultra-marine. Affichant la culture, le patrimoine – matériel et immatériel – et la francophonie comme champs de prédilection, la collection revendique une ethnologie du proche en contexte globalisé.
Passages/Passagen
La collection Passages/Passagen est le fruit de recherches sur l’art et l’architecture allemands et français, du Moyen Âge à nos jours. Elle encourage les collaborations autour de l’histoire des relations artistiques européennes.
Documents d'archéologie française
Destinée aux spécialistes et aux amateurs d’archéologie désireux de faire le point sur les connaissances actuelles, la collection propose des ouvrages concernant tous les aspects de la recherche archéologique effectuée sur le territoire national.