Marseilles, January 2022 Over the past two years, we have become accustomed to these case counts, presented in the form of numbers or beautiful curves, showing the dynamics of the epidemic to everyone, or fuelling discussions on the quality of […]

Paris, September 2021.

 The poster was placed in such a way that no one who entered the door or walked along the sidewalk could ignore it. The typeface, without serifs or contrasts between the solid and the smooth, resembled Chrip, […]

Paris, January 2022. It is a competitive examination from nowhere. For more than a century and a half, far from localised recruitment and therefore necessarily suspect of localism, juries of seven members have been meeting for months, watching numerous candidates […]

By our guest : Victoria Brun Marseille, 3 December 2021. The laboratory’s sociability is concentrated in the break room, around the fridge, the coffee machine and the microwave. It is adjoined by the common library, which is overflowing with rare and […]

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 […]

By our guest : Laurine Lièvremont Paris, September 2021. The definition of the fiber bundle of fiber F is written hastily and made as short as possible thanks to abbreviations. It becomes impossible to understand when one does not master […]

Paris, October 2021.
 On Saturdays and Sundays, the grinder takes his organ down and sets it up on the corner of the market, in front of a café. As a mechanical musical instrument attached to the French folklore of the […]

Marseilles, July 2021 The numbers were really bad, especially in this Mediterranean metropolis: the number of deaths, the number of contaminations, the number of hospitalizations, well above the defined alert thresholds. So the museum inevitably remained closed, exhibitions delayed or […]

Delphi, September 2021. The experience of ruins can lead to a wide variety of attitudes: from the deep melancholy of nineteenth-century travelers, to the desires for exploration actualized by the success of ruin porn, to the sudden confrontation with the […]

Arles, August 2021. Night trains are set to reopen in Europe as a key measure to combat climate change. Less than a century ago, before the triumph of commercial aviation, they were the epitome of luxury and the art of […]

Paris, May 2021. “It’s open seating, so we can sit together“. The two couples were looking forward to this return to theater. Beckett, once again. Could it be more appropriate in these times of disturbing human proximity? On their way, […]

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), […]

Internet, April 2021 The CovidTracker website had started as a visualisation exercise using open public data. One year on, it has become a meeting point for a wide range of audiences: journalists, doctors, politicians, patients, and ordinary citizens. At the […]

Le Havre, October 2020. The hotel had been warmly recommended to us. Not for the peace and quiet (earplugs are part of the welcome kit), but for the experience of the city centre rebuilt by Auguste Perret, a UNESCO World […]

Paris, September 2020. Initially taking advantage of the intensity of globalized flows, the virus rapidly paralyzed most of the trade. The mechanics of planetary logistics were profoundly disrupted, and some business sectors, deprived of their spare parts, took the measure […]

Le Havre, October 2020.
 During the spring of 2020, as others have kept diaries or fuelled discussion on social media, she decided to write on the walls. With only virtual or derogatory access to public space, she has turned “her […]

Carry-le-Rouet, January 2021 The viewpoint is in an unlikely location: situated within a very large private housing estate, it is nevertheless accessible by the grace of the French coastal law and a well-marked long-distance footpath between the more or less […]

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 […]

Aigues-Mortes, December 2020.

 She has been “sorting thing out”, “arrrranging” and “fixing up” her world for several years. The garden shed, the kitchen drawers, the sheets, everything is meticulously reviewed, assembled before being labeled. She says a little embarrassed that […]

Roanne, february 2020. Should numbers be written with numbers or letters? Mathematics aside — where numbers reign among a multitude of symbols — it doesn’t matter as long as they are readable. So what is the point of using this software, which […]

Among market’s graphic devices, mention of the geographical origin of fresh goods has significantly transformed the act of purchasing for some consumers. With this now mandatory information, they can add a geopolitical dimension to their shopping, by not only weighing […]

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 […]

Legifrance, November 2020. The law of 7 October 2016 for a digital Republic had affirmed it: open data was becoming the ordinary modality for public acts, and in particular for court decisions. After an appropriate decree, the latter should thus […]

Paris, October 2017. Unlike the graves of our ancestors, which are decorated with flowers especially on All Saints’ Day, those of celebrities are built throughout the year as an observatory of modern religion and individual worship. Empty bottles and cigarette […]

Pressigny-les-Pins, august 2020. During its expansion, the aerosol technology quickly spread to a diverse range of products, including the propulsion of colored pigments. Primarily intended for coachbuilders and construction workers, spray paint has gradually become popular, appearing prominently on the […]

Marseille, octobre 2020 The closed curtain and the locked windows do not hide the chalk menu boasting all the dishes that could be tasted here after months of lockdown. But the world after is really not the one before: forecasting, […]

Paris, December 2019. Breakdowns and disruptions of public infrastructure result in various justifications addressed to users. They cover the walls and concentrate written responses and graffitis that entertain the passer-by who is about to climb the large steps of the […]

Ubaye Valley, August 2020. Dangers are among the social objects most worked on by writing: road signage, electrical, chemical, nuclear signs, warnings of all kinds about hostile animals, ceilings that are too low, treacherous waves or skilful pickpockets. These permanent […]

Pont, August 2020. After two or three days of relaxing walks in the Morvan natural park, we are not really surprised to come across this sign. By qualifying the place as a “sensitive natural space”, it seems to fit perfectly […]