France

Globalization and music festivals: the case of Lollapalooza

Article

Gerard Castillo-Miralles

19/05/2023

13 minutes to read

In this article I will analyze the tense relationship between the local and the global in music festivals. To do so, I will focus on the Lollapalooza festival, known for its eclectic artistic proposal, which is currently present in 8 countries.

The Notre-Dame fire and digital vigilantism

Paper

Iris Dumoulin

21/12/2020

13 minutes to read

The whole world was watching when one of France's famous landmarks was the victim of a major fire. On April 15, 2019, the Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral suffered a terrible tragedy. What role did social media play in spreading the news?

FEMEN: "My Body is a Weapon!"

Article

Nataliia Vdovychenko

30/05/2018

9 minutes to read

FEMEN is a sextremist organisation claiming to be feminist. They draw media attention by showing their half-naked bodies in public.

Marine le Pen: a fake feminist?

Paper

Nadadja Binder

28/03/2018

11 minutes to read

How has Marine Le Pen been using her feminine side? And what can we learn from FEMEN's protests against Le Pen, and more specifically against her feminism?

Protecting the Eiffel Tower: It's a wall, not an aesthetic perimeter

Column

Thao Nguyen

11/04/2017

4 minutes to read

The bulletproof glass wall to be built around the Eiffel Tower should not be dismissed as an embellishment. As a security device, it comes with the risk of sacrificing civil liberties in urban space.