The purpose of this following article is to share some of the observations I made during my one month stay in Cape Town, in January 2017. Indeed, I will share with you some of the most turning points, analyzed with my ‘’Swiss student in sociology’’ skills. Therefore, I am totally aware of the subjectivity of my remarks, and ...
“If we go back 100 years and look through the newspapers, we see what arguments the colonial powers of that time advanced to justify their expansion into Africa and Asia (…) They cited arguments such as playing a civilizing role, the particular role of the white man, the need to civilize ‘primitive peoples.’ If we replace the term ...
Quels sont les héritages historiques et artistiques laissés par la Révolution russe de 1917 ? Le Groupe Regards Critiques et COSPOL – Comité Science Politique Lausanne ont le plaisir de vous inviter à la conférence qui traitera de l’héritage laissé par la Révolution russe d’Octobre 1917. Pour ceci, nous aurons l’honneur d’accueillir Stefanie Prezioso, Professeure d’histoire à l’IEPHI et Lada Umstätter, conservatrice du ...
Soirée des Science Po organisée par COSPOL le 1er novembre 2017 à Zelig. Un immense merci à toutes celles et ceux qui sont venu-e-s passer leur soirée en notre compagnie. Vous avez fait briller Zelig; et ce aux côté de Nébuleuse et La Claque. Tous les crédits vont à Fauxrêveur pour ces photos incroyables ! ...
As illustrated by the annual Oxfam report An Economy for the 1% dating from the 18th January 2016, the richest 1% of the world population now possesses as much wealth as the rest of the world combined. This fact indicates that wealth is accumulating in fewer and fewer hands, leading to deepening severe inequalities as well as to ...
