Xavier Bernier, Olivier Lazzarotti et Jacques Lévy | 04.12.2018
Making cats veggie ? This is a plan well under way, which deserves attention. It is quite different from a classical protest against animal exploitation, but rather the sketch of a new political relationship that humans could entertain with the living world. [...]
Sous le passage, les piétons…
Xavier Bernier, Olivier Lazzarotti et Jacques Lévy | 31.10.2018
Au printemps 2018, le quartier du Marais à Paris a été le théâtre d’évènements politiques qui n’ont pas manqué d’attirer l’attention. Rappelons les faits. À l’occasion, en juin, de l’anniversaire de « la Marche des Fiertés » ou Gay Pride, plusieurs passages piétons avaient été peints aux couleurs de l’arc-en-ciel, une référence aujourd’hui bien identifiée de la [...]
Les pays de Jean-Philippe Smet
Xavier Bernier, Olivier Lazzarotti et Jacques Lévy | 02.10.2018
La rumeur ne devint-elle pas certitude ? Elle enflait depuis quelques temps, mais cette fois c’était sûr. Chacun pourra bientôt le voir, le toucher, l’écouter. L’entendre ? Il faut dire que le choc avait été rude dans le pays. Un cortège d’un million de personnes dans Paris. Plus de dix millions devant leur télévision : Arc de Triomphe, [...]
Graves dissensions au sein du cabinet.
Xavier Bernier, Olivier Lazzarotti et Jacques Lévy | 14.09.2018
Controversies, sometimes strongly conflictual, on public toilets signs tell us something about the state of a notable societal debate : can we choose our sex or should we comply with what (various) others say ? Do we want a hyper-gendered or a post-gender world ? [...]
Xavier Bernier, Olivier Lazzarotti et Jacques Lévy | 02.07.2018
Why football players’ haircuts have gained such prominence on stadiums ? What do they tell us about those who choose them, about those who look at them, and about the relation forged thanks to them ? Numerous and various things turn out to be condensed in little information : the length, the colour, and the arrangement of a haircut. [...]
Xavier Bernier | 22.10.2013
This work is about the “traverser” as a scientific notion. It is understood as the stacking of rhythms and spatial figures. Building a relation between space of departure and arrival through a reference space is a social challenge that mobilizes all spatial skills. This paper outlines the languages used to define the “traverser” : spatial architectures and spatialities are decoded with different figures and spatial maps ; visibility rules are developed through the study of tangible and intangible materials. [...]
Xavier Bernier | 23.09.2013
This paper justifies “le traverser” as a scientific notion ; it argues that it can be defined as the social validation of spatial practices organized a posteriori. ”Le traveser” is a process of social “substantivation” that treats the distance traveled as a spatial unit. With examples from various scales and cultural materials, such as promotional films, webdocumentaries, cartoon or experimental movies, the purpose of this work is to define more precisely the linguistic and spatial uses of what can [...]