* For professionals with an accreditation.

MobiCulture, information service on reception arrangements for foreign artists in France will be present at Babel Med Music and offers individual information appointments
Do you have a project bringing together artists from all over the world?
You might have questions on:
– Visa requirements, residence permits;
– Temporary work permits;
– Social security contributions;
– Taxation … and you wonder about the administrative procedure to follow?
Feel free to come and meet us for bespoke information tailored for your situation. Beforehand, make sure you take a few minutes to let us know the specifics of your project by filling in the “Contact us” section on our website www.mobiculture.fr (online late February 2016). This free and confidential approach will allow us to best respond to your interrogations.

A service proposed by Mobiculture (Upon appointment).

With:
LUKACS Anaïs, Director, MobiCulture, France.

Open to the public. Registration at the reception desk.

The Agency for the promotion and dissemination of the cultures of French Overseas Territories intends to evaluate the effects induced by the registration of Maloya (2009) and Gwoka (2014) in UNESCO’s intangible cultural heritage. Does this inscription contribute to the emergence of new artists, their recognition and their better integration within the dissemination networks? Does playing Maloya or Gwoka in 2016 represent an obstacle or rather a career accelerator? Is tradition ring-fenced by ICH label at the expense of emergence? What place do these musical expressions occupy on a highly competitive music market? Do local authorities who thanks to this label are enjoying enhanced attractiveness of their territories, consider now ICH as a major area of their cultural policy? At a time when several territories have expressed the wish to see their artistic and cultural expressions inscribed, the Agency wishes to engage artists, cultural professionals and public authorities on these issues. 

A conference proposed by the Agency for the promotion and dissemination of the cultures of French Overseas Territories.

With:
HOTTIN Christian, Deputy head of the department of management of research and science policy, Heritage Branch of the Ministry of Culture and Communication, France.
7 Son @ To , Members of the band, France / La Guadeloupe.
Saodaj’, Members of the band, France / La Réunion.

* for  professionals only with an accreditation.

In 2014, World Music Forum NL took the initiative to set up a European World Music Monitor. Its aim is to create effective tools to facilitate the formulation of music policy and empower World Music on a European scale. After many consultations over the past 18 months, we have concluded that an all-inclusive system based on measured data is simply not in the books for the near future. In discussions with a number of key stakeholders, we have now set up an alternative. It is based on just three simple questions, to be tackled by one correspondent per country. The actual data gathering is based on a system of expert opinions. We would like to have the system up and running directly after Babel Med music, so as to be able to share the results at the next Womex. We might then consider going for European funding, preferably by partnering up with a network that is similarly inclined. Such issues as the research model, implementation and financing involved in the constitution of the monitor will be discussed on Saturday March 19th.

www.worldmusicforum.nl/english
Round-table proposed by World Music Forum NL.

With:
BOONZAJER FLAES Robert, Researcher, Netherlands.
BARENDSEN Emiel, Consultant, Netherlands.
HEIMANN Sonja, Director, Netherlands.

Open to the public. Registration at the reception desk.

For 66 years Charles Cros Academy serves the creation, the support to the development of artists’ careers, sound recording and graphic and phonographic editing. It encompasses leading experts who work on all music genres to honour remarkable recordings, films or books. It has recently decided to award its world music “coup de Coeur” at Babel Med Music festival. As its action, like that of our music forum, is inscribed in a civic sense, that of a kind of “smuggler” who disseminates heritage and creations, shares intangible cultural heritage and fosters imagination diversity. This by paying tribute to the men and women who put their lives in the service of aesthetic convictions and a certain idea of the direction taken by the planet.

Moderator:
SADAK Sami, Artistic Director, Babel Med Music, France.
TENAILLE Frank, Journalist, President, Zone Franche, France.

Open to the public. Registration at the reception desk.

A round-table offered by the charity Eclosion 13 to discuss the role of women in the history of music in France and around the world. Based on figures, historical evidence and examples of “good practice”, the discussions will address the issue of inequality in the production, creation, visibility and employment of women artists in the music industry. Composers, librettists, interpreters, orchestra conductresses or muses, what place did women occupy in the history of musical creation over the centuries ? Who are those who have left their mark and how did they do so ? Where are women today ? A “national collective agreement for professional and wage equality between women and men in the performing arts” was signed in 2012 between employers ‘and employees’ unions; however, inequalities persist. How to act ? Through reflection and analysis elements and testimonials we will try to identify courses of action that can be implemented to reduce inequality ?

Proposed by ECLOSION 13.

Moderator:
BIANCHI Dominique, Managing Director, Eclosion13, France.
With:
LEROUX Natasha, Director - Teacher, Mouvement HF Ile-de-France.
DEUTSCH Catherine, Lecturer, Co-Founder Research circle interdisciplinary work on Musicians, Sorbonne Paris, France.
ATTEÏA Laure, Equality Project Manager, Cluster MA Sphére, France.

Open to the public. Registration at the reception desk.

The listening-conference “Acousmatic Oc” presents a work of sound creation, designed by journalist and composer Benjamin MiNiMuM following his encounters with Occitan emblematic musicians of the evolution of creation in this cultural space since the 70s (Jan Mari Carlotti, André Minvielle, Les Fabulous Trobadors, Massilia Sound System, Lo Cor de La Plana, Dupain, La Mal Coiffée ou Henri Maquet…). From his discussions recordings, rehearsals or performances, Benjamin MiNiMuM selected short moments that he recomposed and transformed to create noisy and musical portraits. He crossed elements of aesthetic languages of these artists with the principles arising from electronic and electroacoustic music. This approach, which has sometimes led to joint creations, demonstrates the sense of adventure and the taste of Occitan artists for mind games. This conference is also an opportunity to put into perspective the evolution of contemporary Occitan creation and highlight the spirit it is animated with. 

Immersive listening conference proposed by Benjamin MiNiMuM.

With:
MiNiMuM Benjamin, Musician-Journalist, France.
THERON Manu, Musicien / Journalist, France.
GASQUET-CYRUS Médéric, Sociolinguist, France.
MAQUET Henri, Musician, France.