Science at UM [S02-ep29]: From festivals to the Cefe experimental field
This week on A l’UM la science, Emmanuel Négrier, political scientist at Cepel, discusses his latest study on festivals. The report takes us to the Cefe experimental site with Thierry Mathieu and François Vasseur. Finally, Tristan Rongere, a master's student in ecological transition and circular economy management, talks to us about his Véloptimiste project. The program is broadcast every Wednesday at 6 p.m. on Divergence FM 93.9.
Here we are... The last topic of the season before the summer break and the switch to the summer schedule on Divergence FM. The sun and heat are already here, and with them comes the desire to get away and escape far, far away from the concrete jungle. Everyone will choose their own destination: sea, mountains, or river; camping or hotel; in France or abroad. And then there are those for whom summer is synonymous with music, culture, and festivals. Whether with friends or family, over the last few decades, festival-goers have become an audience in their own right, no longer satisfied with just a concert or a show, but dreaming of complete immersion, an almost total experience in a tailor-made universe for two, three, or four days. Because a festival is not just about culture, it's also about living together, sometimes civic engagement, a small ephemeral republic, as our guest would say.
To better understand this phenomenon and assess the situation "before COVID," three years ago the Ministry of Culture launched a major study conducted by theDepartment of Prospective Studies, Statistics, and Documentation, as well as the Nouvelle-Aquitaine cultural agency and CEPEL, the Center for Political and Social Studies at the University of Montpellier. Political scientist Emmanuel Négrier participated in this study, and today he talks to us about it as a little preview of the holidays.
Read:
- Festivals: between the ephemeral and the permanent, a regional cultural dynamic? February 16, 2023
- SoFEST Social and territorial footprint
- It is through absence that we see the place occupied by culture, LUM No. 13, September 2020.
In the second part of the program, we take you to Cefe, the Center for Functional and Evolutionary Ecology in Montpellier, to discover, with Thierry Mathieu and François Vasseur, the experimental field platform: 5.5 hectares of land with greenhouses, aviaries, apiaries, horticultural tunnels, and other facilities designed for experimental evolutionary ecology.
Our last-minute guest is Tristan Rongere, a master's student in ecological transition and circular economy management. He will talk to us about his Véloptimisteproject: a 7,000 km journey across Europe to meet people involved in the ecological transition.
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Co-production: Divergence FM / University of Montpellier
Host: Lucie Lecherbonnier
Interview: Lucie Lecherbonnier / Aline Périault
Reporting and editing: Aline Périault
Production: Naomi Charmetan
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