{"id":30992,"date":"2026-05-04T14:30:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T14:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/avitem.fr\/the-territoires-cultives-booklets-4-guides-to-rethink-the-mediterranean-through-culture"},"modified":"2026-05-20T15:56:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T15:56:04","slug":"the-territoires-cultives-booklets-4-guides-to-rethink-the-mediterranean-through-culture","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/avitem.fr\/en\/the-territoires-cultives-booklets-4-guides-to-rethink-the-mediterranean-through-culture","title":{"rendered":"The Territoires Cultiv\u00e9s Booklets: 4 Guides to Rethink the Mediterranean Through Culture"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Through Open Forums and an International Symposium, the project brought together a community committed to ecological transition through and with culture.<\/em>
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The Territoires Cultiv\u00e9s booklets, developed through a collaborative process, serve as practical and reflective resources to drive territorial transitions.<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Territoires Cultiv\u00e9s : la culture comme levier de transition \u00e9cologique et territoriale<\/h2>

Launched in October 2023 under a call for projects by the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, the Territoires Cultiv\u00e9s project<\/a><\/span><\/strong> brings together four partner authorities: Nice C\u00f4te d’Azur Metropolis, City of Vitrolles, Corsican Regional Authority, Metropolitan Municipality of Izmir (T\u00fcrkiye).<\/p>

Through Open Forums and an International Symposium, the project fostered experimentation, dialogue, and co-creation among stakeholders in territorial transition and culture. It culminated in the signing of the Manifesto of Cities of Culture and Ecology<\/a><\/strong> and the production of four thematic booklets action and reflection guides<\/strong> to make culture a lever for territorial transition.<\/p>

Since January 2025, the project has been supported by a consortium of experts – Maud Le Floch, Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Chougnet, Val\u00e9rie Astesano, Amine Benaissa, and Cleo Smits -to draft the deliverables and contribute to collective intelligence.<\/p>

Aligned with the spirit of the New European Bauhaus<\/a><\/strong>, the project promotes the alliance between aesthetics, sustainability, and inclusion.<\/p>

Booklets for Action: Culture in the Service of Territorial Development<\/h2>

The four booklets<\/strong>, born from the exchanges and reflections throughout the project, showcase the richness of the collaborations that emerged from this collective adventure. They offer keys to action and rethinking<\/strong> culture\u2019s role in the Mediterranean.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Booklet 1: The Mediterranean as a Strategic Asset<\/h3>

At a time when global power dynamics are shifting, how can the Mediterranean\u2019s cultural history inspire its future?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>

This booklet explores the Mediterranean far beyond its geographical borders: a space of flows, circulation, and imaginaries, with multiple and evolving representations.<\/p>

Here, culture is not a static museum heritage but a living creative force – a geopolitical lever to strengthen coexistence between its shores and an essential tool in facing ecological challenges.<\/p>

The Mediterranean, the world\u2019s most polluted sea, is warming 20% faster than the global average (IPCC, 2022), while hosting 7\u201310% of the world\u2019s marine biodiversity on just 0.8% of the ocean\u2019s surface.<\/p>

Building on the concept of “Mediterraneity”<\/strong> a shared cultural and political identity\u2014Territoires Cultiv\u00e9s proposes constructing a Mediterranean narrative, driven particularly by artists and younger generations, for a Mediterranean that thinks, asserts, and reinvents itself collectively.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Booklet 2: Culture as Territorial Engineering<\/strong><\/h3>

How can cultural governance methods transform the ways territorial transition stakeholders operate? <\/strong><\/em><\/p>

As Mediterranean territories face unprecedented ecological, social, and economic challenges, culture is no longer merely a support for territorial projects. It has become a central actor, a full-fledged engineering of connections. Its strengths?<\/p>