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Approaching autobiography from a sociological perspective: a delicate exercise
Frankly, who wants to read autobiographies? However, authors have taken the risk of making visible social constructions, class relations and domination through their lives and those of their relatives. This is a risky literary and sociological exercise, which mixes analysis and emotion and which necessarily raises questions of writing and style. Three examples also show how these works are deployed in other media and other literary productions.
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Pre-sense and U-theory
The world is changing and there are new possibilities, new fields of possibility in the face of new demands, challenges and societal changes. One way of doing this is to refocus on the deeper self and consciousness, in addition to all the other school tools that are more oriented towards management and hierarchy.
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The e-book, a revolution? Just one more...
The emergence of tablets, e-readers and digital books must be seen as the most recent manifestation of the changes in reading habits that have been underway for centuries. And they don't harm reading, quite the contrary.
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Gift and mesology: towards an understanding of human learning communities
Applying gift theory and mesology to learning opens up new perspectives on what we should be paying more attention to when assessing. Teaching is more than just the transmission of knowledge.
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More vegetarian menus in the canteen
The EGALIM law passed in France in 2018 launched an experiment: to offer a weekly vegetarian meal in school canteens. While the trial has been extended until 2023, the French still seem to be very attached to the consumption of meat by their children. However, their German neighbors, despite such heated debates, are rather tolerant of the idea these days.
