Festival Sud de Sciences - professional and student meeting on documentaries and other images of science
"How ignorance is created and how to combat misinformation" Based, among other things, on the practice of scientific documentary filmmaking
Schedule for the day:
9:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Interactive lecture: "What is scientific evidence?"
By Frédéric FEU (CIST), as part of the regional project "Science or Fake News?"
(also open to high school students).
1:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Meeting / ARTE CAMPUS master class on the documentary " La Fabrique de l'ignorance " (The Factory of Ignorance)
With Franck CUVEILLIER, co-director, scientists, communications managers from research organizations, and other professionals grappling with the growing problem of misinformation (including Sophie DELLA MUSSIA, head of the press office and cultural/scientific mediation advisor, CIRAD Communications Delegation / Pierrick LABBÉ, University Professor, Montpellier Institute of Evolutionary Sciences (ISEM)).
University libraries will be present between 1 p.m. and 6 p.m., with a selection of books available for loan.
In partnership with:
- ARTE Campus (educational platform for students and teachers)
- The Joint Documentation Service of the University of Montpellier
- Occitanie / Pyrenees-Mediterranean Region
The University of Montpellier subscribes to Arte Campus resources:
- Over 1,500 documentaries in several languages and covering all disciplines taught at UM.
- The ability to display subtitles and full transcripts.
- A comprehensive tool for preparing lessons and presentations, but also for enriching your general knowledge.
The offer is accessible via your digital workspace > "Libraries" tile > Databases.