Rebuilding ties, reinventing democracy
To mark the launch of its Labo Nord-Portes de l’Europe, the Innovation for Democracy Foundation, in partnership with Mucem, Campus AFD and Je m’engage pour l’Afrique, is organizing a day of reflection on the theme: “Reweaving ties, reinventing democracy”.
This day will provide an opportunity to take a critical, forward-looking look at the possibility of substantive democracy – and therefore of ties that liberate – in the age of populism, neo-sovereignism and global fracturing. Are deliberation and representation the only cornerstones of democracy? What about care, recognition and, above all, connection and relationship? What links can we (re)weave to (re)give meaning to democracy, and hence to a certain idea of the en-commun? Is the universal the last word on this common ground? Or should we look elsewhere for the ingredients of a new planetary consciousness? The ethics of care, the power of the imaginary, the place of shared histories in the construction of a common world and the conditions of possibility for a new planetary consciousness will be at the heart of the dialogues.
With : Mehdi Alioua, Tanella Boni, Hemley Boum, Souleymane Bachir Diagne, Yasmine Chami, Cynthia Fleury, Raphaël Imbert, Marielle Macé, Nadine Machikou, Claire Marin, Achille Mbembé, Mathieu Potte Bonneville, Felwine Sarr
With the contribution of
Program
9:00-9:15 a.m.
Introductory remarks
Edouard Glissant on the Tout Monde and the philosophy of relationship
9:15-10:15 a.m.
Reconnecting and reinventing democracy in a fractured world
Dialogue between Souleymane Bachir Diagne and Mathieu Potte Bonneville
Hosted by Nadine Machikou
10:15-11:15 a.m.
The power of imagination: building a desirable world
Conversation between Hemley Boum and Marielle Macé
Animation by Tanella Boni
11:30am-12:30pm
Connecting with oneself, with others, with the living world
Dialogue between Tanella Boni and Claire Marin
Hosted by Souleymane Bachir Diagne
14h15-15h15
Africa-Europe: five projects to nurture and sustain substantive democracy
Open Innovation Forum feedback session by Arlande Aroukoun and Coline Nelson
Comments by Jacques Jonathan Nyemb
3:15pm-4:15pm
Substantive democracy, care practice and relational ethics
Dialogue between Felwine Sarr (video) and Cynthia Fleury
Hosted by Achille Mbembe
4:30 pm – 5:30 pm
The emotions of substantive democracy
Dialogue between Mehdi Alioua and Nadine Machikou
Hosted by Mathieu Potte-Bonneville
5:30 p.m. – 5:50 p.m.
Keynote by Yasmine Chami
5:50-6:30 p.m.
Conclusion and musical closing
by Achille Mbembe, Raphaël Imbert and Hemley Boum
To mark the launch of its Labo Nord-Portes de l’Europe, the Innovation for Democracy Foundation, in partnership with Mucem, Campus AFD and Je m’engage pour l’Afrique, is organizing a day of reflection on the theme: “Reweaving ties, reinventing democracy”.
This day will provide an opportunity to take a critical, forward-looking look at the possibility of substantive democracy – and therefore of ties that liberate – in the age of populism, neo-sovereignism and global fracturing. Are deliberation and representation the only cornerstones of democracy? What about care, recognition and, above all, connection and relationship? What links can we (re)weave to (re)give meaning to democracy, and hence to a certain idea of the en-commun? Is the universal the last word on this common ground? Or should we look elsewhere for the ingredients of a new planetary consciousness? The ethics of care, the power of the imaginary, the place of shared histories in the construction of a common world and the conditions of possibility for a new planetary consciousness will be at the heart of the dialogues.
With : Mehdi Alioua, Tanella Boni, Hemley Boum, Souleymane Bachir Diagne, Yasmine Chami, Cynthia Fleury, Raphaël Imbert, Marielle Macé, Nadine Machikou, Claire Marin, Achille Mbembé, Mathieu Potte Bonneville, Felwine Sarr
With the contribution of
Program
9:00-9:15 a.m.
Introductory remarks
Edouard Glissant on the Tout Monde and the philosophy of relationship
9:15-10:15 a.m.
Reconnecting and reinventing democracy in a fractured world
Dialogue between Souleymane Bachir Diagne and Mathieu Potte Bonneville
Hosted by Nadine Machikou
10:15-11:15 a.m.
The power of imagination: building a desirable world
Conversation between Hemley Boum and Marielle Macé
Animation by Tanella Boni
11:30am-12:30pm
Connecting with oneself, with others, with the living world
Dialogue between Tanella Boni and Claire Marin
Hosted by Souleymane Bachir Diagne
14h15-15h15
Africa-Europe: five projects to nurture and sustain substantive democracy
Open Innovation Forum feedback session by Arlande Aroukoun and Coline Nelson
Comments by Jacques Jonathan Nyemb
3:15pm-4:15pm
Substantive democracy, care practice and relational ethics
Dialogue between Felwine Sarr (video) and Cynthia Fleury
Hosted by Achille Mbembe
4:30 pm – 5:30 pm
The emotions of substantive democracy
Dialogue between Mehdi Alioua and Nadine Machikou
Hosted by Mathieu Potte-Bonneville
5:30 p.m. – 5:50 p.m.
Keynote by Yasmine Chami
5:50-6:30 p.m.
Conclusion and musical closing
by Achille Mbembe, Raphaël Imbert and Hemley Boum