Terre (2/2). Le tout et les parties.
Olivier Lazzarotti | 01.02.2023
For some, the Earth is a whole that stands as a principle of solidarity between all its cohabitants. Others see it rather as a piece of land that qualifies, or even identifies, those who live there; all the more so, it seems, because they were not born there.
So, if listening to the songs does not help to define the word 'nature', it is perhaps also because the interest of the term is not to have one. In this case, [...]
Terre (1/2)
Olivier Lazzarotti | 01.01.2023
Although the 'cantography' of the Earth is not very abundant, it is sufficiently diverse to offer food for thought. Each song develops its own point of view on what it means by Earth. In this section, we have selected those that consider, sometimes implicitly, sometimes more directly, the relationship between the notions of planet, earth and world... A question of inhabiting, always with the theme of humanity as a final horizon! [...]
Le climat (2/2).
Olivier Lazzarotti | 01.12.2022
While the songs most often deal with the theme of climate as a matter of romantic sentimentality, a few of them are concerned, if not openly, with climate change, at least with some of its effects. But it is also, on occasion, to divert the meaning, if not to play with it : how can we hear them ? [...]
Le climat (1/2).
Olivier Lazzarotti | 01.11.2022
To sing the climate is very often to summon the seasons, often separately, sometimes in their sequences, understood in the sense of temperate latitudes. But if the physical elements are sometimes mentioned, in the vast majority of cases what is at stake is a romantic encounter and nostalgic memory... [...]
L'eau.
Olivier Lazzarotti | 01.10.2022
Water, as an element of nature, whether it is raining or snowing, inspires songs in very different ways. And this suggests that there is no one nature, but that everyone understands and perceives it as they wish. [...]
Soleil.
Olivier Lazzarotti | 01.09.2022
As an element of nature, the "sun" is in the title of some French songs. The star can be the occasion to take up themes specific to classical Western poetry. But, in the end, the heart of the matter lies in a much more political scope. [...]
Patience et politique.
Jacques Lévy, Olivier Lazzarotti et Xavier Bernier | 01.06.2022
Queuing: although the expressions for it vary, the practice is probably one of the most widely shared experiences. However, it is far from being trivial. The observation of this singular experience, which plays with everyone's patience, speaks of cohabitation, and therefore of politics. [...]
Un acteur dans une société d’acteurs.
Xavier Bernier, Olivier Lazzarotti et Jacques Lévy | 01.05.2022
Actor and ‘actor’: Is there more than a metaphor between a performer and this concept of social science? Probably, and the war in Ukraine makes us more clearly aware of this. [...]
Si tu ne viens pas au commerce, le commerce ira à toi !
Xavier Bernier, Olivier Lazzarotti et Jacques Lévy | 01.04.2022
Itinerant trade is a very old activity. Today, it is deployed in a variety of forms and contexts. Nowadays, store trucks are developing very different business proposals with a large variety of vehicles. Their commercial tours produce social links in specific networks. It is a model of original urbanity. [...]
Le populaire et le populisme.
Jacques Lévy, Olivier Lazzarotti et Xavier Bernier | 01.03.2022
Of the wise and the foolish, of the moon and the finger, the popular proverb chooses the former. It is nevertheless advisable to question the obvious. Between the unchangeable visible and the works in progress, between imitation and invention, between forms of ease and a work on oneself, on others and on the World always difficult, who wants to make the fool does he not make the wise man? [...]
