Trials of the Century – To Our Humanity!

A graphic novel illustrated by Benoit Guillaume

Moderator: Nora Hamadi

Featuring Barbara Butch (DJ and producer) and Emmanuelle Lallement (anthropologist)

With the participation ofHélia Pauknerheritage curator, head of the Contemporary Art department at Mucemand/or Aude Fanlo, responsible for the Research and Teaching Department at Mucem.

An antidote to widespread depression, of course, but also a playground of freedom that teaches us to look beyond social, identity and sexual norms. Far from radicalism and austerity, isn’t celebration a political tool for writing our future together?

A graphic novel illustrated by Benoit Guillaume

Moderator: Nora Hamadi
Featuring Nicolas Framont (sociologist, founder, and editor-in-chief of Frustration Magazine) and Pauline Rochart (independent consultant, author). With the participation of Mireille Jacotin, chief heritage curator and head of the Public Life division at Mucem.

Pension reform, uberization, malaise at work, loss of meaning, youth and senior unemployment: do we need to rethink the world of work and the time we devote to it? Between union mobilizations, legal reforms and social utopias, is the world of work a space we can reclaim together?

A graphic novel illustrated by Benoit Guillaume

Moderator: Rokhaya Diallo
With Alice Diop (director) and Felisa Vergara Reynolds (professor of French literature, University of Illinois)

With the participation of Caroline Chenu, in charge of research and collections at Mucem.

On the occasion of the anniversary of her birth and almost 2 years after her death, Les Procès du siècle revisits the figure of Maryse Condé, with whom the Mucem had the honor of building the event “Les amitiés de Maryse Condé” in November 2022.

In her works, the author—who first encountered racism upon arriving in Paris to study after growing up in Pointe-à-Pitre—has consistently addressed slavery, colonialism, migration, exile, racism, and championing women’s freedom and strength in the fight against oppression. Like Tituba, the heroine of her famous novel *I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem*—a young Black woman born as a result of her mother’s rape by an Englishman on a ship bound for Barbados.

A committed and inspiring writer, how does her legacy live on through a new generation of artists and intellectuals?

A graphic novel illustrated by Benoit Guillaume

Moderated by Thomas Legrand

With Dominique Simonnot (General Inspector of Places of Detention) and Gwenola Ricordeau (sociologist and activist for the abolition of the criminal justice system)

With the participation of Claire Dufour, documentation officer at Mucem.

What if the justice system were more focused on prevention and rehabilitation? To what extent can it provide redress? Restorative justice, which aims to facilitate dialogue between victims and offenders in a confidential and secure setting, is one of the approaches currently being proposed to better support victims in their recovery and offenders in taking responsibility for their actions and reintegrating into society…

And to go a step further, can we imagine a society without punishment or repression, and what would be the repercussions on the way we think about our society, our history and our future?

A graphic novel illustrated by Benoit Guillaume

Moderator: Rokhaya Diallo

Featuring: Cécile Cée (artist, author) and Lyes Louffok (head of a child protection agency, lawyer, children’s rights activist)

With the participation of Cléo Arnod, heritage curator in charge of the Clothing, Costume and Textile Department at Mucem.

Incest, child abuse, rape, violence in the family and educational spheres. Children’s social welfare is running out of steam. Does our society really protect children? Is it enabling them to develop into individuals who respect others and the world around them?

The cases and scandals that are now surfacing after decades of silence are revealing dysfunctions and raising the question of the trivialization of psychological, physical and sexual violence against children. How can we put an end to adultism and abusive adult domination?

A graphic novel illustrated by Benoit Guillaume

Moderator: Rokhaya Diallo
With Giulia Foïs (journalist) and Corentin Legras (doctoral student in anthropology)

With the participation of Caroline Chenu, in charge of research and collections at Mucem.

“Not all men”? And yet. There are a great many of them, and they bear a striking resemblance to the men we are and those around us. This is what the Mazan trial, among others, has brought to light, and the many debates it has raised about society’s collective responsibility. So, how can we continue to fight against this dynamic of violence which seems to be a system in our patriarchal society, and which was brought to light by this landmark trial? Between misandry, the education of the young and masculinist backlash, the subject never ceases to raise questions.

A graphic novel illustrated by Benoit Guillaume

Moderator: Paloma Moritz
With Mathieu Bellahsen (psychiatrist and author, whistleblower) and Nelly Pons (author)

With the participation of Anna Millers, heritage curator in charge of the Techniques, practices and narratives of the body section at Mucem.

Mega-fires, floods, cyclones, droughts. Populism, wars, terrorist attacks. Burn-out, depression, addiction, eco-anxiety. The news of our world resonates painfully.

What about the connections between a world that is exhausted and under strain, and our mental health? How are these connections maintained? How can we cope and stay well in a world that is faltering and running on empty?

Illustrated journal by Benoit Guillaume
Moderator: François Saltiel
Featuring Catherine Dufour (computer scientist and writer) and Yannick Rumpala (associate professor of political science at the University of Nice Côte d’Azur)
Featuring Elise Vanriest-Dabek, heritage curator and head of the Department of Collections and Documentary Resources at Mucem
Dystopia, a devastated planet, the search for Planet B, societies under widespread surveillance. Green utopia, women in power, self-management, simplicity.
Science fiction narratives fuel our imaginations and help us envision the future.
Prophecy, an outlet, or a wake-up call? Catastrophism or optimism? What kind(s) of science fiction do we need today to envision tomorrow?