Wednesday 25 March, 18:30

Spoken Worlds: Reading by Adèle Yon

Free

Adèle Yon, author of Mon vrai nom est Elisabeth (2025) and a researcher in film studies, began writing during her PhD within the SACRe research-creation laboratory. Born in 1994 in Paris, she investigates, writes and cooks.

Her reading and conversation with Emmanuelle Pireyre examine the book’s hybrid forms—autobiographical narrative, road trip and essay—while investigating a family lobotomy in 1950. Yon explores archives, testimony and memory to address heredity, violence against women, twentieth-century psychiatric practices and the secrets of a bourgeois family, revealing personal and historical entanglements.

In French.

Blvd James-Fazy 15,
1201 Geneva

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Photo Credit: Adèle Yon © Charlotte Krebs Julliard

28 January – 23 December

Our Biodiversity: Memory game

Lectures & Workshops

Jardin botanique

This interactive memory challenge invites participants to test their memory while exploring practical ways to preserve biodiversity based on Geneva’s municipal strategy. Players match “before-and-after” images that illustrate individual and institutional actions, and each correct pair reveals concise information explaining the measure. The activity examines themes such as habitat restoration, species-friendly practices, urban greening and policy responses, helping participants understand the impact and rationale behind everyday and organisational conservation choices.

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Wednesday 25 March, 19:00

Health and Food: Exploring the Connection

Lectures & Workshops

This session examines the links between diet and health, exploring nutritional, social and systemic factors that shape wellbeing. It investigates how food environments, access inequalities and cultural practices influence chronic disease risk and prevention. The discussion considers evidence-based approaches, public health implications and community-level interventions to promote healthier food systems and support individual dietary choices. Participants gain frameworks to critically analyse connections between nutrition, policy and health outcomes.

In French.

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Wednesday 25 March, 17:15

Histoire et Cité Festival: In the Terrible Times of Witches

Lectures & Workshops

Uni Dufour

Martine Ostorero and Cyril Dépraz lead a commented listening of excerpts from the RTS podcast In the Terrible Time of the Witches (9 episodes, 2022), guiding reflections on the series’ research and narrative approach.

The session examines why witch-hunting was particularly fierce in Switzerland for over two centuries, investigating how judicial systems produced enemies, the mechanisms of accusation and persecution, and the human toll. It discusses broader themes of legal culture, collective violence and historical memory.

In French.

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18 and 25 March

Electronic Creatures

Lectures & Workshops

Bibliothèque de la Cité

This two‑afternoon workshop teaches upcycling and basic soldering as participants build creatures from recycled electronic components. Attendees learn soldering techniques, circuit basics and hands‑on assembly while developing personal narratives for their creations. The sessions explore how naming and classification shape our understanding of living forms, prompting reflection on taxonomy, creativity and the relationship between DIY practice, science and art.

In French.

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Wednesday 25 March, 16:30

Histoire et Cité Festival: Magic. Genesis of the Occult, Between East and West

Lectures & Workshops

Uni Dufour

Youri Volokhine presents a lecture tracing the history of magic as a Western category of thought. The talk examines an apparently confused ensemble of rites, strange practices and mysterious powers, and offers an anthropological reflection based on fieldwork in the East about claims of power over bodies and minds. It investigates how magicians assert authority and what these practices reveal about belief, ritual and social influence.

In French.

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Wednesday 25 March, 14:00

Plants and Witchcraft

Lectures & Workshops

Jardin botanique

Stroll along winding garden paths to spot mandrake, belladonna and henbane thriving among herb beds and shaded undergrowth. The tour invites close observation of leaves, roots and dried seedheads, pairing botanical detail with the whisper of folklore. Expect a quietly charged atmosphere—earthy scents, textured stems and the rustle of foliage—where historical uses and imagined powers mingle. This walking exploration blends natural curiosity with a sense of mystery and discovery.

In French.

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Spoken Worlds: Reading by Adèle Yon