Quand la ville et l’événementiel se façonnent mutuellement

Abstract

When the City and the Event are Co-Constructed: e City Within the Cultural Event in MaliEach village has its own festivities, each cultural event also involves a particular conception of the locality in which it takes place. is article explores the co-conception of the idea of culture and that of the city, which change concomitantly with cultural and economic policies and the social organisation of cultural actors and localities. is relationship between the locality and the cultural event will be explored through the study of three local events mentioned by my interlocutors: events organised by village associations, the cultural biennial organised by the state and a festival with its own set of institutions for cultural production implemented by private entrepreneurs.