Festival Sud de Sciences—a professional and student gathering focused on documentaries and other visual representations of science
“How Ignorance Is Created and How to Combat Misinformation” Drawing, among other things, on the practice of scientific documentary filmmaking
Schedule for the day:
9:30 a.m. – 12:00 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.
ARTE CAMPUS Event / Master Class on the documentary “ La Fabrique de l’ignorance ”
Featuring Franck CUVEILLIER, co-director, along with scientists, communications directors 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 outreach coordinator, CIRAD Communications Department / Pierrick LABBÉ, University Professor, Montpellier Institute of Evolutionary Sciences (ISEM)).
University libraries will be on site from 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., offering a themed selection of books available for checkout.
In partnership with:
- ARTE Campus (an educational platform for students and teachers)
- The University of Montpellier's Joint Documentation Service
- Occitanie / Pyrénées-Méditerranée Region
The University of Montpellier has a subscription to Arte Campus resources:
- More than 1,500 documentaries in several languages and covering all academic disciplines taught at UM.
- The option to display subtitles and the full transcript.
- A comprehensive tool for preparing lessons and presentations, as well as for broadening one's general knowledge.
You can access this resource via your digital learning platform > “Libraries” tile > Databases