You love this country. Its lands, its cities, its forests. And above all, its skies. You came here a lot, but for the first time you have the opportunity to drive a car. Doing the driver: a good way to […]
In domestic spaces, as well as in public settings, explicit instructions for use directly attached to objects are rare. They are usally written on a separate document, possibly on the package protecting objects before their use. We surely all have […]
In the 1960s, an American sociologist, a Reverend, inspired by Erving Goffman’s work, decided to conduct an ethnography of the urinals in a small town. Then, homosexual relationships were prohibited by Law. It was therefore in those public places that […]
Learning how to eat is pre-eminentely a question of skills: to handle correctly various kitchenware, to lay on a first-rate meal, to sort out the sheep from the goats, and to adopt specific postures that fit with the manipulation of […]
Facing the ever-increasing expansion of information, he has tried everything. At first, he used to print out articles that had to be read in priority and he carefully staked them on his desk. Then, he stored every item in different […]
We have been watching the wall of the school for few days now, in search of the fateful lists. The same lists we used to run our eyes over, when we were kids, sick with fear. And today, I come […]
N12, avril 2010. Tiens, encore des panneaux muets. Non pas retournés ceux-ci, mais simplement silencieux. Ou aveugles, si on veut. Mais ce peut-il vraiment que cette portion de route nationale soit l’objet d’une intervention artistique, comme les panneaux exposés de […]
A71, février 2010. Malgré trois heures de conduite ininterrompues, la route à parcourir est encore longue. Il est temps de faire une pause. Surtout que les recommandations en la matière préconisent de s’arrêter toutes les deux heures. Pour se changer […]
Tunnel du Mont-Blanc, juin 2009. Les deux collègues étaient partis de Paris dans l’après-midi direction Trento, où les attendaient une conférence passionnante, montée par un petit groupe de sociologie urbaine décidé à produire un ouvrage commun prometteur. Ils allaient y […]
Neuchâtel, février 2010. La neige est tombée en quantité et ils ont pris leurs réservations depuis des mois. C’est le grand jour. Après avoir fait leurs bagages, ils doivent franchir une dernière étape avant de glisser sur la neige : atteindre […]