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In the air

The In the air heading gathers texts about the social sciences in their current state and context.

Scopitone : nature.

Terre (2/2). Le tout et les parties.

Olivier Lazzarotti | 01.02.2023

For some, the Earth is a whole that stands as a principle of solidarity between all its cohabitants. Others see it rather as a piece of land that qualifies, or even identifies, those who live there; all the more so, it seems, because they were not born there. So, if listening to the songs does not help to define the word 'nature', it is perhaps also because the interest of the term is not to have one. In this case, [...]

Scopitone : nature.

Terre (1/2)

Olivier Lazzarotti | 01.01.2023

Although the 'cantography' of the Earth is not very abundant, it is sufficiently diverse to offer food for thought. Each song develops its own point of view on what it means by Earth. In this section, we have selected those that consider, sometimes implicitly, sometimes more directly, the relationship between the notions of planet, earth and world... A question of inhabiting, always with the theme of humanity as a final horizon! [...]

Scopitone : nature.

Le climat (2/2).

Olivier Lazzarotti | 01.12.2022

While the songs most often deal with the theme of climate as a matter of romantic sentimentality, a few of them are concerned, if not openly, with climate change, at least with some of its effects. But it is also, on occasion, to divert the meaning, if not to play with it : how can we hear them ? [...]

Scopitone : nature.

Le climat (1/2).

Olivier Lazzarotti | 01.11.2022

To sing the climate is very often to summon the seasons, often separately, sometimes in their sequences, understood in the sense of temperate latitudes. But if the physical elements are sometimes mentioned, in the vast majority of cases what is at stake is a romantic encounter and nostalgic memory... [...]

Scopitone : nature.

L'eau.

Olivier Lazzarotti | 01.10.2022

Water, as an element of nature, whether it is raining or snowing, inspires songs in very different ways. And this suggests that there is no one nature, but that everyone understands and perceives it as they wish. [...]

Scopitone : nature.

Soleil.

Olivier Lazzarotti | 01.09.2022

As an element of nature, the "sun" is in the title of some French songs. The star can be the occasion to take up themes specific to classical Western poetry. But, in the end, the heart of the matter lies in a much more political scope. [...]

Abstention et mathématiques électorales.

Enka Blanchard | 03.06.2022

With over 3 million people voting blank or invalid, 28% abstention and a much smaller margin of victory than in 2017, many analyses are possible, but most indicate at the very least a general dissatisfaction with the electoral system... [...]

France dorée, France rouillée.

Ce que nous montre la carte des densités de suffrages.

Patrick Poncet | 31.05.2022

Using an original cartographic technique combining coloured layers, the article presents the vote density map for the second round of the French presidential election of 2022. This cartography offers an alternative to electoral cartograms, keeping the usual location and shape of the territories while highlighting the electoral weight of the different areas of the country. Secondly, the article maps the useful electoral territory of E. Macron, and symmetrically highlights the abstract and impractical nature of Lepéniste electoral geography. [...]

La France urbaine de Yannick Jadot.

Matthias Kowasch | 30.05.2022

With 4.63% of the vote, the leader of Europe Écologie les Verts (EELV), Yannick Jadot, achieved the second best result of an ecologist candidate in a presidential election - a score, however, far from the hopes raised by the intermediate elections of 2019 and 2020. [...]