Participate in the festival Our futures, to meet a youth in transition

The matter seemed settled since the early 1990s, when the sociologist Annick Percheron formulated the idea that young people formed a ” magnifying mirror “ company positions. Since then, election after election, the hypothesis has been verified: the political behavior of young people underlines and amplifies that of its elders, in terms of voting and abstention. But this mechanism has been combined, for several years, with forms of autonomous mobilization, sometimes radical, which seem to reverse the dynamic: whether it is a question of climate change, sexuality, feminism, food, relationship to work or more cultural practices, young people are posing as scouts of social change and directly colliding with the values ​​or habits of previous generations.

It is to give him the floor and to confront the points of view between generations that The world and Les Champs Libres created the festival Our futures, the second edition of which takes place from March 21 to 26 in Rennes. This collaboration takes multiple forms again this year: more than sixty workshops, demonstrations, feedback, concerts, exhibitions and conferences will punctuate the festival, which will embrace themes as varied as women’s freedom, coding, food, sport, inclusion, discrimination, climate emergency, town planning, oral expression, independence of the press, representations of the future, biodiversity… This effervescence is the result of work carried out by two hundred young people from Rennes − middle and high school students in general, technological, vocational and agricultural courses, university and high school students, student actors from the Conservatoire, members of associations, etc.

Among them, those from Sciences Po Rennes took part alongside the World to the design of five conference-debates. We will ask ourselves on Thursday March 23 how to “reconnect” on the issues of ecological emergency with the researcher Wolfgang CramerAnne-Iris Espinat Dief, citizen supporting Last renovation in Rennes, lawyer and former minister Corinne LePage And Paloma Moritzjournalist-director at Blast. Friday, March 24, Lea Falcofrom the collective For an ecological awakening, Dominique Medaprofessor of sociology at Dauphine-PSL University and columnist at World (last book published: Those were the Macron yearsFlammarion, 2022), Lucie Pinsonthe NGO Reclaim Finance and Yannick Servant, co-founder of the Business Climate Convention, will discuss the theme: “Employment: how to find your place, between conviction and reality?” “.

Two conferences will question the intimate, Saturday, March 25. A first on violence against women, with Ghada Hatem-Gantzerhead physician of the Saint-Denis Women’s Center (93), Elisabeth Lussethistorian, Mathieu Palainauthor of Our fathers, our brothers, our friends (The arenas, 2023), And Isabelle Steyer, lawyer, specialist in the rights of women and children who are victims of physical violence. Our guests will also question relationships. “Sexuality, friendship, couple: should we rethink intimacy to free ourselves from patriarchy? » will wonder Camille Aumont-Carnelcreator of the Instagram account @jemenbatsle****o, Lauren Bastidejournalist, creator of the podcast “La Poudre”, Isabelle Clairsociologist (EHESS), Thomas Messiascreator of the “Mansplaining” podcast and Louise Morelauthor of How to become a lesbian in ten steps (Out of Reach, 2022).

Sunday 26 finally, Fabien Namias, Deputy CEO of LCI, Célia Laborie, journalist and author of the survey ” Depressed or upset by the news, these French people who have stopped getting information ” For The world, Bruno Patinopresident of Arte and professor at Sciences Po, author of Getting informed, what’s the point? (La Martiniere, 2023) and Claire Secaila media historian, will examine how media violence affects us in a voracious media landscape of “clashes, news binges and anxiety-provoking topics”.

These five meetings will be available from April 3 in the form of a podcast on Lemonde.fr and on listening platforms. They will also be the subject of three television programs produced with TVR.