This audio exploration navigates the history and urban imaginaries of the Servette quarter, tracing how Geneva and its natural environment have shaped one another. Drawing on archival stories and vivid images — from ubiquitous seagulls to imagined mammoths and an era before the Salève existed — the series examines changing perceptions of landscape, memory, and urban identity, and investigates how myths and material change inform contemporary relationships with place.
In French.
Lara Ternovsky, project manager for anti-discrimination at Dialogai, and Fabrice Brandli, lecturer in general history at the University of Geneva and specialist of the Enlightenment, bring experience in LGBTIQ+ advocacy and historical scholarship.
They discuss how Rousseau’s writings, notably Book V of Émile, continue to shape heteronormative discourses and the contested interpretations within feminist and queer studies. The dialogue examines processes of (de)naturalization of gender identities, conditions for social inclusion, public esteem, equality and freedom, and their relevance for democratic justice.
In French.
Pascal Hufschmid, a museum director, joins Alex Hanimann and Bertrand Mazeirat, also museum directors and cultural presenters, to examine how cultural practices, institutions and mediation help shape a shared territory. The discussion explores how culture builds social ties, makes neighbourhoods legible and transforms sites into collective experiences, with presentations and exchanges reflecting curatorial and festival perspectives. The session highlights strategies for cultural anchoring and community engagement.
In French.
Natacha Farina Groux moderates a roundtable bringing together researchers and practitioners to examine sound and emotion in humanitarian contexts. The discussion explores what sonic traces of aid persist, how voices convey feeling, who is heard and who is excluded, and the role of music within humanitarian practice. Panelists include Alain Dufaux, Didier Grandjean, Paul-Henri Arni, Manuela Filippa, Sarah-Joy Maddeaux, Alain Vincent Chardonnens and Elisa Rusca. The conversation accompanies the book Tuning In, Acoustics of Emotion.
In French.
Designed for emerging professionals and recent graduates, this workshop explores puppetry through the creation of a short performance. Four to five young artists are supported through a guided process from idea to stage, with mentorship in direction, dramaturgy and construction. Participants develop a compact work presented at a public work-in-progress showcase. The programme also offers the chance to win a fully funded four-week training placement in 2027 at Odradek, near Toulouse.
In French.
Ma thèse en 180 secondes (MT180) is a competitive format in which doctoral candidates present their research concisely and accessibly. Participants must summarise complex projects in three minutes, sharpening communication skills and clarifying core findings for a general audience. The session showcases diverse doctoral topics and offers insight into research methods, central questions and societal relevance. It highlights the ability to translate specialist work for non-specialists.
In French.
Alex Hanimann and Stéphane Malfettes, director of Festival La Bâtie, bring perspectives from museum and festival programming on culture’s role in urban life.
This discussion examines how cultural practices, institutions, creation and mediation contribute to constructing a common territory, exploring how culture forges social ties, makes neighbourhoods legible and transforms places into shared experiences through participatory and experimental approaches.
In French.
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