The Requin-ing: Netflix’s Sous la Seine and the Age of Human Disaster
In this guest post, Venus Bivar and Roxanne Panchasi reflect on the recent Netflix film ‘Sous la Seine’ in the context of the recent Paris Olympics and the ongoing climate emergency This past June, as France braced itself for a set of high-stakes snap legislative elections on the eve of the Paris Summer Olympics, Netflix […]
Paris 2024: Hidden and Innovative Histories, Jonathan Ervine
When it comes to the images that Olympic organisers seek to portray, there are several familiar discourses that emerge. These concern notions such as the supposed unifying potential of sport and the idea that it can contribute towards achieving peace. Within the official programme of this year’s Summer Olympics and Paralympics, the Paris 2024 organisers […]
