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Proceedings of the International Symposium on Cultural Statistics Actes du Proceedings Colloque of the international International sur les Symposium statistiques on Culture culturelles Statistics Montréal, Montréal, du 21 au 23 octobre 2002 21 to 23 October 2002 Pour tout renseignement concernant For information concerning the Institut de la l’Institut de la statistique du Québec et statistique du Québec and the UNESCO l’Institut de statistique de l’UNESCO et les Institute for Statistics, and the statistics données statistiques qui y sont disponibles, available, please contact: s’adresser à : Institut de la statistique du Québec UNESCO Institute for Statistics 200, chemin Sainte-Foy C.P. 6128 Québec (Québec) Succursale Centre-Ville Canada G1R 5T4 Montréal (Québec) Téléphone : (418) 691-2401 Canada H3C 3J7 ou Phone: (514) 343-6880 Téléphone : 1 800 462-4090 INQUIRIES about the Institute’s publications (aucuns frais d’appel au Canada et aux États-Unis) and resources may be addressed to: Courriel : [email protected] UIS Resource Centre Site Web : www.stat.gouv.qc.ca email: [email protected] Website: www.uis.unesco.org/ Les textes ont été publiés dans la langue The conference papers were published in originale dans laquelle ils ont été écrits. the source language. However, the French Cependant les traductions, françaises ou or English translations, as the case may be, anglaises selon le cas, sont disponibles sur le are available on the symposium Website at site Web du Colloque à l’adresse suivante : the following address: www.colloque2002symposium.gouv.qc.ca. www.colloque2002symposium.gouv.qc.ca. La publication étant en noir et blanc, nous Since the publication is in black and white, vous suggérons de visionner les figures sur we suggest that you go to the Website so le site Web du Colloque pour les voir en that you can see the figures in colour. couleurs. Dépôt légal Legal deposit Bibliothèque nationale du Canada National Library of Canada Bibliothèque nationale du Québec Bibliothèque nationale du Québec 2e trimestre 2003 Second quarter 2003 ISBN 2-550-41005-X ISBN 2-550-41005-X © Gouvernement du Québec © Government of Québec Toute reproduction est interdite Reproduction is prohibited sans l’autorisation expresse de without the express authorization of l’Institut de la statistique du Québec. the Institut de la statistique du Québec. Juin 2003 June 2003 Avant-propos Foreword C’est une conjoncture tout à fait spéciale qui a Very special circumstances brought the Institut de amené l’Institut de la statistique du Québec et l’Ins- la statistique du Québec and the UNESCO Institute titut de statistique de l’UNESCO à s’associer pour for Statistics together to organize a Symposium on organiser un colloque sur les statistiques culturel- Culture Statistics, which was held from 21 to 23 les, qui a eu lieu du 21 au 23 octobre 2002. En October 2002. Indeed, the idea of holding a sym- effet, l’idée de la tenue d’un colloque a surgi quel- posium arose some time after the creation of the que temps après la création de l’Observatoire de la Observatoire de la culture et des communications culture et des communications du Québec au mo- du Québec, just when the UNESCO Institute for Sta- ment où l’Institut de statistique de l’UNESCO se pré- tistics was getting ready to set up an office in parait à venir s’établir à Montréal. C’était un Montréal. It was an excellent way to give concrete excellent moyen d’exprimer notre volonté de colla- expression to our desire to cooperate. borer. The theme “Statistics in the Wake of Challenges Le thème « Les statistiques face aux défis de la di- posed by Cultural Diversity in a Globalization Con- versité culturelle dans un contexte de globalisation » text” proved to be a provocative issue. Some think s’est révélé un sujet porteur de débat. Certains pen- that globalization will lead to a more homogene- sent que la mondialisation nous entraînera vers un ous world whereas others think that it will provide monde plus homogène, alors que d’autres pen- opportunities to support and enrich local cultures. sent au contraire qu’elle favorisera le soutien et l’en- Thus, the aim of this Symposium was to bring to- richissement des cultures locales. Le but du colloque gether researchers, practitioners who can provide était donc de regrouper des chercheurs, des prati- statistics on policies, and users of international and ciens qui ont à fournir des données relatives aux national cultural statistics and invite them to speak politiques et des utilisateurs de données statistiques on five given sub-themes, identified in partnership culturelles nationales et internationales, et de les with the Centre Urbanisation, Culture et Société of inviter à prendre la parole sur cinq sous-thèmes the INRS and HEC Montréal. The Symposium identifiés en partenariat avec l’INRS-Urbanisation, brought together some 30 speakers and about 50 Culture et Société et HEC Montréal. Le colloque a participants, from statistical agency representatives réuni près de 30 conférenciers et une cinquantaine from 25 countries spread across all continents. de participants, représentants d’organismes statis- tiques de 25 pays répartis sur tous les continents. The Observatoire de la culture et des communica- tions du Québec is a fledgling organization that on L’Observatoire de la culture et des communications the one hand, used the Symposium to strengthen du Québec est un jeune organisme qui a mis le its ties with international stakeholders, and on the colloque à profit d’une part pour raffermir ses liens other hand, to learn from the experiences of other avec ses interlocuteurs internationaux et d’autre cultural statistics agencies in the view to better pur- part pour retirer de l’expérience des autres orga- sue its mission. nismes de statistiques culturelles des enseignements pertinents pour la poursuite de ses projets. This Symposium gave the UNESCO Institute for Statistics, newly established in Montréal, more ex- Grâce à ce colloque, l’Institut de statistique de posure to other cultural statistics agencies which l’UNESCO nouvellement installé à Montréal, a per- resulted in the creation of new partnerships. It also mis d’augmenter sa visibilité au sein des autres or- served as a think tank during the first consultation ganismes de statistiques culturelles et de créer de round launched by the Institut in order to establish nouveaux partenariats. Il a également été utilisé its new cultural statistics program. comme laboratoire d’idées dans la première phase de consultation engagée par l’institut afin d’établir We would like to greatly thank all the participants son nouveau programme de statistiques culturelles. without whom the Symposium would not have been such a resounding success. Nous tenons à remercier tous les participants au colloque sans le concours desquels celui-ci n’aurait pas eu le succès qu’il a eu. Serge Bernier et Denise Lievesley Comités scientifique et Scientific and Organizing organisateur Committees Ce colloque a pu être réalisé grâce au travail This symposium was made possible through des membres du comité scientifique et du the work of the members of the scientific comité organisateur. committee and the organizing committee. Comité scientifique Scientific Committee Co-présidents : Diane Stukel, Institut de Co-chairs: Diane Stukel, UNESCO statistique de l’UNESCO Institute for Statistics Benoît Laplante, INRS- Benoît Laplante, INRS- Urbanisation, Culture et Urbanisation, Culture et Société Société Autre membre : Shiu-Kee Chu, Institut de Other member: Shiu-Kee Chu, UNESCO statistique de l’UNESCO Institute for Statistics Comité organisateur Organizing Committee Président : François Colbert, École Chair: François Colbert, École des Hautes Études des Hautes Études Commerciales Commerciales Assisté de : Marie-Thérèse Thibault, Supported by: Marie-Thérèse Thibault, Observatoire de la culture Observatoire de la culture et des communications et des communications du du Québec Québec Autres membres : Diane Stukel, Institut de Other members: Diane Stukel, UNESCO statistique de l’UNESCO Institute for Statistics Patrick Lucas, Institut de Patrick Lucas, UNESCO statistique de l’UNESCO Institute for Statistics Les organismes partenaires Partner Organizations Nous remercions nos partenaires pour leur We thank our partners for their help with the aide dans l’organisation du colloque. organization of the symposium. École des Hautes Études Commerciales – Chaire de gestion des arts Institut national de la recherche scientifique – Urbanisation, Culture et Société Les organismes commanditaires Co-Sponsors Organizations Nous remercions les organismes suivants pour We thank the following organizations for their leur appui financier : financial support: Conseil des Arts du Canada – Canada Council for the Arts Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec La Fondation Rockefeller – The Rockefeller Foundation Ministère de la Culture et des Communications du Québec Ministère des Relations internationales du Québec Patrimoine canadien – Canadian Heritage Société de développement des entreprises culturelles du Québec Statistique Canada – Statistics Canada Table des matières Table of Contents Ouverture du Colloque et Opening Address and conférenciers principaux ..................7 Keynotes Papers ..............................7 Résumé de la session d’ouverture ............. 9 Opening Session Report ........................... 9 Conférences Papers Mounir Bouchenaki....................... 17 Mounir Bouchenaki....................... 17 Diana Crane ................................. 23 Diana Crane ................................
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