Jean Digne

Jean Digne

Since the 1970s, Jean Digne (born 1951) has held important posts at the local, regional and national levels, in the city government of Aix en Provence, the Provence-Alps-Cote d’Azure region (*1), the French Ministry of Culture, the Foreign Ministry, the Ministry of Education and the Association Française d’Action Artistique (AFAA). In this interview we look at the achievements of Jean Digne as top-level administrator generating ideas that have shaped French culture and arts policy and his expertise as an authority in the “creative city” field that is the focus of much attention in Japan today as well.