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Saturday 2 May, 14:00

Exploring Protest Archives

Lectures & Workshops
Bibliothèque de la Jonction
Free, booking required

An archivist will guide participants through the protest collections, bringing expertise in document preservation and historical interpretation to support hands-on research and contextual analysis.

This workshop examines environmental and neighbourhood struggles in La Jonction and Plainpalais by analysing posters, pamphlets and original documents. In small groups participants investigate sources, compare hypotheses and develop collective interpretations that reveal local activism, tactics, and social memory.

In French.

Boulevard Carl-VOGT 22,
1205 Genève
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Coolturalia - Exploring Protest Archives
Photo Credit: Assemblée des habitants de Plainpalais, « L’Etat abat – Nous reboisons », affiche, 1972. Archives contestataires, fonds André Petitat.

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