SATURDAY 2 JUNE

Musée du quai Branly, Jacques Kerchache Reading Room
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:: 11am - 7pm

The agricultural theatre: vernacular knowledge, sustainable development and green imperialism The agricultural theatre: vernacular knowledge, sustainable development and green imperialism is a study day dedicated to exploring the political, socio-economic, legal and ecological stakes of the production, transformation and distribution of agriculture, historically and today. Anthropologists, historians, theoreticiens and professionals of food commerce and distribution have been brought together to address themes ranging from the intellectual property of local knowledge, to the standardisation of agricultural produces, and to question the nuances and contradictions inherent in the idea of sustainable development. The agricultural theatre puts into perspective subjects located at the heart of the speculative and legal battles between multinationals, agrarian politics and land workers, and interrogates, through the experience and research of the participants, the present and the possible futures of agriculture under the sign of biodiversity and social justice.

Contributors : Benoit Daviron (researcher in research economics and management at Cirad, ‘environments and societies’ department), Max-Henri Léon (project manager working in food distribution), Birgit Müller (research fellow at the Laboratoire d’anthropologie des institutions et des organisations sociales, EHESS), Marie Phliponeau (associate researcher at Laboratoire Erasme de l’Institut Maghreb-Europe, Paris 8 University), Jean-Claude Rabeherifara (sociologist and Adjunct Director of CILDA, Centre international des industries de la langue et du développement - Afrique-Amériques-Asie - Université Paris Ouest Nanterre-La Défense), Frédéric Thomas (research fellow at IRD, Institute of research for development), historian of sciences and engineering, and geographer) and Françoise Vergès (political theorist).

Free admission, seating on a first-come, first-served basis.

SUNDAY 3 JUNE

Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Auditorium of the Grande Galerie de l’Evolution
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:: 2pm - 5.45pm

Directed by Amos Gitaï, Ananas (1984, 76 min) starts with the label of a preserved pineapple tin on which one can read: “produced in the Philippines, canned in Honolulu, distributed in San Francisco”, and in the corner, “printed in Japan”. A combination of historical discourse, testimonies and revealing images, Ananas addresses and untangles the various strands of the global spider web that makes up a multinational fruit company. Taking Ananas as a starting point, a number of specialists whose fields of study include rubber plants, bananas or wood have been invited to give a history of these well-travelled plants and to comment on the various issues of their industrial production.

Contributors: Dominique Juhé-Beaulaton (historian, Research Fellow at CNRS, CEMAf, Centre d’études des mondes africains), Catherine Coquery-Vidrovitch (historian), Gabriela Lamy (Head Gardener at the gardens of the Domaine de Marie-Antoinette), Françoise Vergès (political scientist), Serge Volper (agronomist and archivist at the Cirad historical library).

Free entrance, but limited capacity (120 seats). Tickets can be collected at reception from 1.30pm.