Little guidebook on the extensive consultation the

Too often, even today, when they are implementing a project,decision-makers or groups in position of power do not believe it isnecessary to seek collaboration from the members of a community;and yet, they are the ones who will have to live with the impactsof the project. As a result, after a few information sessions, thecommunity is faced with a done deal, and has to live with decisionsthat have been made by others, without having the chance to giveits opinion.The Little Guidebook on the Extensive Consultation; Creation andCultural Transmission by and with the Communities, native andnon-native, aims to help reversing the trend by proposing culturalprojects' models arising from a real consensus-building approach.It is a ''toolbox'' to ease the convergence of the driving forces ofa community within a common approach, and through a processthat springs from the desire of realizing a cultural project. It providessupport to project officers, workshop leaders, partners or decisionmakersfor the various aspects entailed in making a cultural project.It offers principles, thoughts, and tools to facilitate the population'sparticipation to its own cultural development. The approach of thisguide focuses on art creation, design, video, and museography.Many work methodologies are explained. They enable carriers ofculture to express themselves, and to formulate the message andthe heritage that they want to pass on by themselves.The principles, thoughts, and tools provided in this guide are basedon experience gained over the last 25 years by La Boîte Rougevif. Since 1991, it works in cultural and mediation transmissionthrough consensus building and creation. Its mission is to developinnovative individual and community development strategies whilerespecting diversity.