Citizens’ participation in public life corresponds to a change of reference for public policies at national and local level. In our minds, the inhabitant is not only a user, a potential audience, but also a citizen who can engage in local cultural life in all its dimensions. The idea that these can no longer be produced by the higher end is gaining ground, and consultation is now central to all areas of public life. As Sandrine Rui develops in his book Democracy under debate. Citizens in the face of public action, he...