Le Centre culturel Aberdeen : territoire acadien en milieu minoritaire

Abstract

Depuis une trentaine d’années, le Centre culturel Aberdeen de Moncton est connu en tant qu’espace francophone dédié à la création et à la collaboration artistiques acadiennes. Dans le présent texte, nous décrirons comment ce centre sert de territoire linguistique revendiqué dans un milieu minoritaire où l’anglais est la langue légitime sur le marché linguistique local. Nous montrerons comment le Centre, en tant qu’institution culturelle acadienne, participe à faire société par le biais de la régionalisation, de la médiation entre francophones et anglophones et de l’établissement d’une voix publique des acteurs sociaux acadiens. Ensuite, nous examinerons le discours de ces acteurs sociaux vis-à-vis de leur participation au marché artistique francophone du Canada. Nous proposons que les enjeux auxquels le Centre fait face à l’ère de la mondialisation sont emblématiques de ceux qui se posent à d’autres institutions et acteurs dans les sociétés minoritaires du Canada francophone.For thirty years, Moncton’s Centre culturel Aberdeen has been known to be a francophone space, dedicated to Acadian artistic creation and collaboration. In the present text, I will describe how this center serves as reclaimed territory in a minority setting, where English is the legitimate language on the local linguistic marketplace. I will show how the Centre, an Acadian cultural institution, contributes to the construction of an Acadian society, through regionalization, mediation between francophones and anglophones, and the establishment of a public voice for Acadian social actors. Then, I will regard the discourse of these social actors vis-à-vis their participation in the Canadian francophone artistic market. I propose that the challenges that the Centre faces in the era of globalization are emblematic of those experienced by other institutions and social actors in minority societies in Francophone Canada

“I wouldn't want to impose!” Intercultural mediation in French immersion

“…The linguistic communities are unevenly spread, with some predominantly Francophone (e.g., northeastern NB), some predominantly Anglophone (e.g., Fredericton, the capital), and one bilingual metropolitan region in the southeast, where this study took place. Boudreau (), Boudreau and Dubois (), and Keating () have noted varied linguistic ideologies (cf. Kroskrity, ) represented within these regions: among Francophones from northeastern NB, linguistic standardization of French and ideologies of Francophone monolingualism, and among those from southeastern NB, linguistic insecurity toward a local variety of French and emerging ideologies favorable to Francophone bilingualism.…”

“…This concept has to do with an organized approach to minority Franco‐Canadian sociocultural activism with the aim of social and cultural revitalization through the establishment of public Francophone spaces and services (see also Keating, ).…”

Discourses of minority francophone space: The emergent role of an Acadian cultural center

“…In recent years, Acadian artists have been shown to be among this group of social actors (cf. Boudreau 2003; Keating 2011). Laxer (2007:292) states that ‘to an extent that would be unusual in larger societies, the struggles in Acadie about identity and social change are fought out by writers, painters, musicians and even theatre companies’.…”

“…Today, the Centre is home to independent artists and a variety of organizations, including film production companies, a school of dance, visual artists, and a poetry press (Centre culturel Aberdeen 2014b). Aberdeen also houses prominent Acadian cultural organizations and has provided a platform for some associates into political service (Centre culturel Aberdeen 2014b, Keating 2014).…”

“…Does their discourse indicate that the sign on the front of an establishment truly indexes linguistic practices on the inside? The present article describes discourses of minority francophone space as related to the Centre culturel Aberdeen , 2 a francophone cultural center in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada, that has been shown to be Acadian territory in an anglo-dominant linguistic marketplace (Keating 2014). I begin by examining Lefebvre's (1974/1991) notion of social space, followed by Heller & Labrie's (2004) Canadian minority francophone discourses and their relation to Franco-Canadian social actors and cultural institutions.…”