Little Big Things is a new section, proposed by the Chôros rhizome (choros.place), in partnership with EspacesTemps.net. Its purpose is to address a micro-event or a seemingly minor importance reality and to explore how far they can be approached as a total social fact. It is a "nothing" that might be better understood if connected to the big whole. This little thing is, then, not so little anymore.
La rumeur ne devint-elle pas certitude ? Elle enflait depuis quelques temps, mais cette fois c’était sûr. Chacun pourra bientôt le voir, le toucher, l’écouter. L’entendre ? Il faut dire que le choc avait été rude dans le pays. Un cortège d’un million de personnes dans Paris. Plus de dix millions devant leur télévision : Arc de Triomphe, [...]
Controversies, sometimes strongly conflictual, on public toilets signs tell us something about the state of a notable societal debate : can we choose our sex or should we comply with what (various) others say ? Do we want a hyper-gendered or a post-gender world ? [...]
Why football players’ haircuts have gained such prominence on stadiums ? What do they tell us about those who choose them, about those who look at them, and about the relation forged thanks to them ? Numerous and various things turn out to be condensed in little information : the length, the colour, and the arrangement of a haircut. [...]
