Meetings of the TRACES group (Trajectories, resonances, creative approaches, knowledge, investigation, shared knowledge)

Tuesday 28 to Thursday 30 April 2026 | Mmsh (Aix-en-Provence) and Mucem Lab (Marseille)

Programme under the responsibility of’Aline Chamahian, Aix-Marseille University (MESOPOLHIS, CeRIES), in partnership with ULB (Belgium) and UCAD (Senegal).

Consortium members present:

ULB : Aline Bingen, Laetitia Mélon (in person), Benoît Pinto (video)

UCAD El Hadji Malik Sy Camara, Samba Diouf (in person)

AMU : Aline Chamahian, Anne Tricot, Constance de Gourcy, Appoline Haquet, Elisa Ullauri -Llore, Maria Elena Buslacchi, Sylvie Chiousse (face-to-face), Louise Danhaive (video)

First day in collaboration with METISS seminar.

Programme :

Tuesday 28 April 2026 | 9.30am - 6pm | Salle Duby, Mmsh (Aix-en-Provence)

Study day on sound. «Research, radio, sound: does it resonate?», METISS Collective and TRACES project[1]

9.30am: Welcome

10am - 12pm: What does sound do to research?  

10am - 11.30am: Laetitia Mélon, Aline Bingen, Université Libre de Bruxelles. «Contrasting perspectives on a reflective approach using sound: the DiapaSON project (“Diffusion et Appropriation des principes de recherche-action par le son”)» funded by the Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF).

The project DiapaSOn is a project of reflective mediation through sound, inspired by the «photovoix» method, associating the ULB - A. Bingen, M. Fierens, L. Mélon; the Haute Ecole en Hainaut - Bénédicte Wantier; the Université du Québec à Rimouski (UQAR) - L. Géline Bingen, M. Fierens, L. Mélon; the Haute Ecole en Hainaut - Bénédicte Wantier; the Université du Québec à Rimouski (UQAR - L. Gélineau, J. Richard, J. Montplaisir; and the NGO GRAINES - R. Ndiatte Sy, A. Souleymane D.XX), and conducted in collaboration with a participatory research-action group on poverty in rural areas and a youth centre in Charleroi (Belgium). 

11:30am - 12:00pm: Pauline Casabianca. Presentation of the ISMED platform (Mediterranean Images and Sounds Platform) MMSH Aix-en-Provence

Lunch break

14:00 - 17:00: «Plateau radio»: feedback on the «Radio docks, research through listening 17-21 November 2025» workshop.», https://locusonus.org/vitae/index.php?page=Workshop+Radio+Dock.fr, organised by the Ecole d'Art d'Aix en Provence, IREMAM and the METISS collective.

Moderated by Cédric Parizot, anthropologist and director of research at the CNRS - IREMAM 

Guests:  

• Peter Sinclair, artist and teacher Locus Sonus - ESAAIX 
• François Parra, artist and teacher Locus Sonus - ESAAIX 
• Amélie Perrot, radio documentary maker. 
• Léa Paintandre, sound artist, composer and sound technician. Participants in the Radiodock workshop (students, doctoral students, researchers) from ESAAIX, IREMAM, MESOPOLHIS and URMIS Nice will also be taking part in this radio set.

End of the day around 5.30pm

Convivial meal in a restaurant (Aix-en-Provence)

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Wednesday 29 April 2026 | 9am - 6.30pm | Salle Duby, Mmsh (Aix-en-Provence)

«Les démarches créatives et participatives» (Creative and participative approaches), crossroads, perspectives?

9.00: Welcome and coffee for all participants

9.30am - 10.00am: Louise Danhaive, (en visio) University of Mons, Belgium. A woven cartography workshop with people in vulnerable situations, Brussels " Animal ramblings: mapping worlds».».

10.15am - 11.15am: Maria Elena Buslacchi, Elisa Ullauri Lloré: Presentation of a an experimental approach to sound recording and collective listening around a cot.

11.15am - 11.45am: Céline Ferlita, Director and Head of Audiovisual Department
UAR 2259 - Appui à la Recherche et Diffusion des Savoirs (ARDIS), Villejuif. Presentation of the RUSH network (https://rushs.cnrs.fr/?page_id=1425)

11.45 - 12.15: Discussion

12.00 - 1.30 pm: Lunch break

2.00 pm - 4.00 pm: Participative and creative approaches

14h00 - 2.30 pm: Aline Chamahian, Anne Marcilhac, Participatory research with older people, the example of citizen design workshops

3.00 pm - 3.30 pm: Cecilia Fridosky, Cie des constructions fragiles and Appoline Haquet, sociologist and MESOPOLHIS doctoral student, «Experimenting with dance in specialised hospitals: creating space and collective dynamics».»

15:30 - 16:00: Discussion

16.00 - 16.15: Break

16.15 - 17.00: Participative and creative research. Round table, group discussion

End of the day around 5.30 - 6.00 pm

Convivial meal in a restaurant (Aix-en-Provence)

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Thursday 30 April 2026 | 9.30am - 6pm | Mucem Lab (Marseille)

9.30am: coffee reception

From 10am: Collective writing workshop on the project following TRACES

12.30pm: lunch break

1.30pm: Resumption

End of the day around 5.30pm

A convivial meal in a restaurant (Marseille)

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[1] The TRACES project is funded under the European Alliance CIVIS programme and brings together 3 teams (CIVIS 2025-2026, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar and Université d'Aix Marseille - Mesopolhis).