Bologna, June 2024. A suburban district with green spaces and shops, far from the places steeped in the trade union and political struggles of Europe’s oldest university city. You have to use your rudimentary Italian in restaurants or drugstores rather […]
Online, February 2024 In the past, the procedure for presenting papers at a conference was simple, but relatively opaque. Anyone could send a contribution to the organisers, which was either accepted or rejected. It was then allocated to a panel, […]
Paris, January 2024. The lives of academic staff are often punctuated by assignments there is no shortage of reasons for travelling: presentations at conferences, invitations from colleagues to a workshop, the need to go out into the field to take […]
Marseille, July 2023 It’s been a long journey, so when you arrive at your destination, all you want to do is go back home. Nevertheless, the mauve background of this sign catches the photographer’s eye, especially as maintenance is usually […]
Marseille, March 2023 It all started with vertical signs: parking bans all over the street with a decree reproduced in small, barely decipherable characters, but the street would be closed for weeks on the even-numbered side. And then horizontal green […]
Marseille, July 2022 They have invaded supermarkets, drugstores, the most diverse sales websites, public transportation, but also our professional and private meetings. Surgical masks have become a new source of complex plastic waste. Some have sought to recycle them by […]
Tirana, September 2022. Since its beginnings thirteen years ago, Scriptopolis has been describing the inscriptions on urban furniture and has shine a light on classified ads. In contrast to the city centre’s attempts to turn electrical cabinets into street art […]
Paris, March 2022. Since the return to the office, the posters in the social room have multiplied to remind users to behave. Clean the dishes, empty the fridge, leave the table clean, wipe up the coffee spills. It was as […]
Internet, March 2022 In the academic world, the verb “to publish” increasingly embraces two distinct meanings. On the one hand, it is about making public, sharing knowledge created by means of blog notes, working manuscripts or even preprints, all forms […]