The Institute, in partnership with the Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SEFRI), celebrates the release of the book Figures de la Faiblesse, co-edited by Marc-Henry Soulet (University of Fribourg, Chairman of the Institute's Scientific Advisory Board) and Thomas Hunkeler (University of Fribourg, member of the Institute's Board of Directors).
5pm-10pm
Amphitheatre - Lobby
On the occasion of the release of the book Figures de la Faiblesse (published by Episteme) in October 2024, the Institut welcomes its co-directors Marc-Henry Soulet and Thomas Hunkeler, as well as the book's contributors.
“Weakness is, as one might expect, not a popular term in the academic world. There is little interest in this notion marked by lack, deficit, even defect or failure. Its plasticity, lability and impalpability make it a literally elusive notion, both theoretically and disciplinarily. But weakness may be stronger than it first appears. This book invites us to leave behind the socio-cultural and symbolic presupposition that weakness is a notion without quality, and to focus on what it allows us to grasp intellectually and epistemologically - and perhaps even emotionally - about human experience.”
Edited by Thomas Hunkeler and Marc-Henry Soulet, this book takes the approach of weakness through a plurality of points of view from academic researchers (history, sociology, anthropology, literature, law), as well as writers and video artists. An original work that invites us to think differently about the world.”
The evening will begin with a screening of Anna Konik's film Silence Heard Loud in the presence of its director, followed by a conversation with the book's co-directors and contributors:
Anna Konik, Alfonsina Bellio, Mathias Savadogo, Jacques Gilbert et Svetla Koleva.
A cocktail will be then served to participants in the Institute's lobby.
