Violaine Bérot, a French novelist known for spare, precise prose, won the L’Échappée littéraire prize in 2022 for Comme des bêtes. She presents her new novel Du côté des vivants and discusses her literary universe, the construction of her characters and the persistent motivations that drive her writing. The session combines close reading and open conversation, offering insight into rural themes and the representation of the living in contemporary fiction.
In French.
Join this intimate community reading series celebrating letters and journeys, centred on the theme “Beyond the Mountains.” Five outdoor readings present texts by Schwarzenbach, Cingria, Bouvier, Vernet and Eberhardt, performed by Marthe Keller, Jean‑Luc Bideau, Samuel Labarthe, Camille Bordet, Ophélie Gaillard and Geoffroy de Clavière. Each session stands alone and lasts about one hour. The festival invites neighbours, families and everyone curious about literature to come together, listen and share in a quiet, communal experience.
In French.
DE.CO.DE is a research-led workshop series for 18–25-year-olds exploring disinformation, media, artificial intelligence and democratic participation. Participants work with researchers and journalists to analyse how information circulates and is distorted, co-create multimedia content, and develop analytical and creative skills. The programme examines digital influences on civic life, offers practical tools for critical media literacy, and supports contributors in producing resources for peers while recognising the ethical challenges of online information.
In English.
Monica Serlavos moderates a Parents d’Avenir panel with documentary filmmaker Katharine Domincé, a representative of Association Enseignants pour le Climat, and XR Familles Lausanne members Xavier and Adrien (12).
They examine how to address the ecological crisis with children, exploring how to balance truthful explanations with hope and resilience, share practical conversation techniques and educational perspectives, and transform eco-anxiety into collective agency through participatory discussion and small-group exchanges that support family and school practices.
In French.
This workshop explores the traditional process of assembling a herbarium specimen, inspired by Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s collections. Participants learn scientific techniques for pressing and mounting dried plants on old paper, practice botanical labelling and nomenclature, and select specimens to create a personal herbarium sheet. The session examines preservation methods, identification principles and the historical context of Rousseau’s approach, combining practical skills with scientific insight to produce a lasting botanical object.
In French.
Alejandro Vaccaro, collector and biographer of Jorge Luis Borges, appears with Alejandro Roemmers (poet and entrepreneur) and Roberto Alifano (author, poet and essayist) to present their research and collections.
The roundtable examines how collecting practices shape narratives around Borges, exploring notable objects, metonymic extensions of the writer, and the philosophical stakes of preserving literary heritage. Vaccaro will show selected items from his private collection and speakers reflect on memory, curation and literary legacy.
In Spanish.
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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