Paris, september 2018. For nearly 50 years, STS has been a uniquely rich forum for interdisciplinary discussion. Philosophers have discovered what concepts such as objectivity and truth that they inherit from epistemology become behind the laboratories walls that anthropologists walk […]
Between Paris and Marseille, Novembre 2021. In the announcements on board the train, we now hear the names of the persons who are there to ensure the smooth running of our journey: controllers, train drivers, baristas. Finally, a cleaner is […]
Aix-en-Provence, April 2021 In the archives, the object is small and thin, much more so than the Codes we are used to, red or blue cobblestones filled with commentaries and case law. The cover shows that the editors of this […]
Paris, May 2021. Émile Durkheim, the founder of scientific sociology in France, defines the state as a speculative power characteristic of modern societies. In this conception, the state should not be considered as a place (an assembly, an administration), […]
The pandemic has changed countless aspects of our world: the shape of our encounters, the way we move around, the fibers we put on our faces. The ordinary geography of our exchanges has itself been disrupted. The distance that separates […]
Marseille, November 2020 Contemporary theories of the acts of writing include readers in the making of the written text, whether they are imagined, anticipated, co-creators or quoters. But most theories devise charitable readers, who welcome the written text with a […]
Marseille, June 2020 The Covid-19 epidemic has produced mourning and suffering, and deep traces in our public spaces: health slogans, practical instructions, gel dispensers, masks of all kinds on faces and necks, terraces invading sidewalks and even streets. It also […]
Marseille, April 2020. The street was, of course, empty, confinement required. With the sun hitting it directly, the sign built on an railway company right-of-way was all the more visible with its white background. The huge letters and the two-colour […]