D’après L'Image de Lille, Lille, Paris, 1957-1958, p.46, n°210 _ Van Heurck et Boekenoogen, 1910, p.199. Coll. Mucem, 54.60.5, 52.39.113
Conference

2026 National Meeting of Ethnopoles

Experimenting with new forms of research that are closely connected to local communities and their residents

The Ethnopôle label recognizes creative and collaborative research that engages with local communities and explores diverse themes, reexamining our relationship with culture. This “laboratory” label from the Ministry of Culture enables the active exploration of alternative approaches to conducting research, outside of strictly academic frameworks but always based on collaboration between researchers and a diverse range of stakeholders: artists, curators, and, above all, local residents. Beyond the challenge of presenting research findings, the goal is to conduct research differently—in a way that is rooted in the lives of local residents.

The Ethnopoles invite you to celebrate the label’s 30th anniversary by presenting their current projects and research questions based on the Mucem’s collections, in conversation with ethnologists brought together by the Société d’ethnologie française. 

Experimenting with new forms of research that are closely connected to local communities and their residents

The Ethnopôle label recognizes creative and collaborative research that engages with local communities and explores diverse themes, reexamining our relationship with culture. This “laboratory” label from the Ministry of Culture enables the active exploration of alternative approaches to conducting research, outside of strictly academic frameworks but always based on collaboration between researchers and a diverse range of stakeholders: artists, curators, and, above all, local residents. Beyond the challenge of presenting research findings, the goal is to conduct research differently—in a way that is rooted in the lives of local residents.

The Ethnopoles invite you to celebrate the label’s 30th anniversary by presenting their current projects and research questions based on the Mucem’s collections, in conversation with ethnologists brought together by the Société d’ethnologie française.