Science at UM [S03-ep27]: Yellow vests: what remains of the revolt?

[Podcast] - Published on May 30, 2024 in Science-Society

This week in Science at UM Emmanuelle Reungoat, researcher at Cepel and specialist in the yellow vest movement, presents Des goûts de lutte, a film she co-directed with Pierre-Olivier Gaumin. In the second part of the program, Sébastien Lyonnais introduces us to the Cemipai in a four-part series. Finally, Magali Teillard-Dirat and Eva Montalti, psychologists at the University Hospital and members of Criavs-LR, invite you to a public awareness day dedicated to incest. A program co-produced with Divergence FM and broadcast every Wednesday at 6 p.m. on 93.9.

In 2009, Karl Lagerfeld, wearing a yellow vest, promoted road safety with the slogan: "It's yellow, it's ugly, it doesn't go with anything, but it can save your life!" " Nearly 10 years later, in 2018, tens of thousands of people, even hundreds of thousands, donned the same vest to express their anger, despair, and rebellion. 

A symbol of both danger and protection, the yellow vest became the emblem of a population that perceived itself as invisible, or rather rendered invisible, by the political, economic, and cultural elites. But who were these invisible people who emerged from the masses to occupy the roundabouts? This is the question that our guest Emmanuelle Reungoat, a political science researcher at Cepel, asked herself throughout the nearly 18 months that this movement lasted.

This questioning has given rise to several scientific publications, as well as a documentary film that she co-directed with Pierre-Olivier Gaumin. In this 60-minute film, they show us the aftermath of the yellow vest protests or, to use their words, "the mark that the revolt may leave on those who experienced it."The film, entitled Des goûts de lutte (A Taste for Struggle), was co-produced by Les films d'ici méditerranée, the CNRS, the MSH, and the University of Montpellier. 
After a sold-out premiere at the Diagonal, the film returns to the Ciné Mistral in Frontignan this Thursday at 8:30 p.m. before embarking on a tour of the west in June and returning for a screening in Prades-le-lez in early September.

In the second part of the program, we take you to Cemipai, the center for infectious disease studies and anti-infective pharmacology, a regional biosafety level 3 platform. As you will hear, you can't enter without showing your credentials. We'll tell you more with Sébastien Lyonnais, research engineer at the CNRS and head of the microscopy platform.

Finally, our last-minute guests will be Magali Teillard-Dirat and Eva Montaltsi, psychologists at Lapeyronie University Hospital and Criavs-LR, who will be presenting a public awareness day dedicated to incest and its prevention. It will take place at the University Hospital this Friday, May 31.

At UM Science, you have the program, so let's get started!

Co-production: Divergence FM / University of Montpellier
Host: Lucie Lecherbonnier
Interview: Aline Périault / Lucie Lecherbonnier
Reporting and editing: Lucie Lecherbonnier / Aline Périault
Production: Tom Chevalier / Alice Rollet

Listen to the program “A l’UM la science” on Divergence FM 93.9

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