Colloque Matrimoine

Programme: – 8.30am: Welcome/coffee 9.15am – Welcome by Jackie Goulet Claisse, Mayor of Saumur. – 9.30am – Presentation of the day by Catherine Russac, Head of the Saumur City of Art and History Project. – 9.45am – The Heritage Factory: Julie Verlaine. A historian and professor of contemporary history at the University of Tours, Julie Verlaine is also head of the History Master’s programme, a member of CeTHiS, co-editor of the journal Sociétés & Représentations and co-president of Afémuse, the Association for a Museum of Feminism. General introduction to the concept of heritage: origin, definitions, issues, state of research. The question of heritage on a European scale. – 10.30 – Heritage(s) from elsewhere: Patrick Bernard. Ethnographer, author, director and producer of ethnographic documentary films, Patrick Bernard founded ICRA International, an association for international solidarity with threatened peoples, in 1988, followed by the World Fund for the Safeguarding of Indigenous Cultures in 1993. In 2011, he created the Anako Foundation, whose collections and activities will move to the Château de la Reine de Sicile in Saumur in 2022. A look at matriarchal, matrilineal and matrilocal societies: what heritage(ies) and what ways of passing on the heritage of women among indigenous peoples, particularly in the context of changing lifestyles. 11.15am: Break. 11.30am: From women’s rights to the non-sexist city: construction and trajectory of a municipal equality policy since 1945 in the City of Nantes – Gaëlle Caudal and Sarah Caquineau. Gaëlle Caudal is head of the scientific and cultural partnerships unit in the Heritage and Archaeology Department of the Culture and Arts Directorate of the City of Nantes – Nantes Métropole. The City of Nantes has undertaken a research project to retrace the history of its action in favour of women’s rights. It has commissioned sociologists Frédérique Letourneux and Elvire Bornand, who explored the city’s municipal archives and conducted interviews with around forty people from civil society, the civil service and municipal councils. Their aim? To understand how the issue of gender equality has become a public policy issue and how it has evolved under the triple influence of social change, militant struggles and municipal mandates. 12.15pm: A word from Sophie Puls. Sophie Puls is a visual artist and author-illustrator. She is particularly fond of the sheet of paper, the moving film of a reconditioned tree that supports all her explorations: engravings, tattoos, folding, cutting, binding, perforations… in the service of a poetic and committed work. 12.30 pm – 2 pm: lunch on site. Afternoon session: Round table 1: identifying and promoting heritage. The aim of this first round table is to show the importance of the process of identifying heritage, whatever the scale. As a prerequisite to any action to promote heritage, this in-depth work helps to bring to light the heritage resources of the past, present and future, revealing a constantly evolving and living concept that everyone can appropriate, use or enrich. The round tables will be moderated by Soisik Verborg, SVConseil. 2pm: Talk 1 – Museums and matrimonial collections, towards a museum of feminism at the University of Angers – Christine Bard. Christine Bard is a university professor of contemporary history at the University of Angers. In 2000 she founded AFéMuse, the Association pour un Musée des Féminismes, which she co-chairs with Julie Verlaine. Her research and publications focus on the history of women, gender, feminism and anti-feminism. The future Musée des Féminismes is the first museum devoted to the struggle for women’s rights and against gender-based inequality and discrimination. It is due to open in the Belle-Beille University Library in Angers (49). 2.30pm: Talk 2 – The role of municipal archives in the emergence of a local heritage. The example of the town of Saumur – Marie Guédon, Head of Community and Municipal Archives, Saumur Val de Loire. Feedback on the virtual exhibition project “Belle et rebelle, être une femme à Saumur (19e – 21esiècles)” and its follow-up. 2.50pm – Talk 3 – The Journées du Matrimoine (Heritage Days): an event serving the policy of gender equality and changing representations at the level of the Rouen Normandy Metropolitan Area. Émilie Lhoste is head of the Heritage Department at the Rouen Normandy Metropolis of Art and History. Faustine Lebras is general coordinator of the HF + Normandie association. Since 2016, the Rouen Normandie metropolis and the HF + Normandie association, which works for gender equality in the cultural sphere, have been organising the Journées du Matrimoine (Heritage Days) on the same dates as the European Heritage Days. What is the local, regional and national context for this project? How is it being developed? What does it change, amplify or question in the region? 3.10pm: A word from Sophie Puls. 3.15pm: discussion with the audience. Round Table 2: Heritage, programming and cultural mediation. This second round table is an opportunity to address the subject of raising public awareness of heritage through dedicated cultural programming or cultural mediation initiatives. From the museum to the theatre or within the school itself, how, by what means and with what difficulties can we talk about heritage? 3.40pm: talk 1 – The place of heritage in the theatre: the example of cultural programming at the Philippe Noiret theatre in Doué-en-Anjou – Yannick Lechevalier, director of the Philippe Noiret theatre in Doué-en-Anjou. The cultural sector, while progressive, is far from exemplary. Year after year, studies show that inequalities between men and women are diminishing, but still persist. And yet, the programming of a cultural season is a real lever for raising awareness, a concrete opportunity to give women authors and creators – past, present and future – their rightful place. 4pm: talk 2 – The Parisiennes Citoyennes! exhibition at the Musée Carnavalet in Paris: a committed cultural programme – Noémie Giard, Head of the Public Services Department at the Musée Carnavalet – Histoire de Paris. The exhibition Parisiennes citoyennes! Engagements pour l’émancipation des femmes (1789-2000), an exhibition to be held in 2022-2023 at the Musée Carnavalet in Paris, has provided an opportunity to design and implement a committed programme of events and activities aimed at the general public and young adults in particular. The event brought together historians, artists and authors, as well as activists and campaigners, to engage in dialogue with the public. 4.30pm: talk 3 – Approaching heritage in vocational high schools and involving high school students in heritage education projects: the example of the Sadi-Carnot-Jean Bertin technical high school in Saumur – Marina Bossard, teacher of literature, history and geography – EMC at the Michelet vocational high school in Nantes. 5pm: A word from Sophie Puls. 5.05pm: discussion with the audience. 5.25pm: conclusions. 6.30pm: Rendezvous at the Maison de Saumur brut Veuve Amiot for a fun and participative heritage trail created and led by Aurélie Derussé, director and actress. 7.30pm: Cocktail reception. TIME DETAILS : Thursday 2 October 2025 Opening from 8.30 am to 8.30 pm.