Marked out by authoritative voices and a proven research methodology, the academic path may seem fairly straightforward. In her book Zizanies, art historian and critic Clara Schulmann takes a different approach, allowing herself to be drawn in as she listens to the voices in her daily life: hers first, but also those of other women, be they podcast authors, thinkers, artists, or friends. Composed of fragments, Schulmann’s book forms a weaving of voices, drawing an intellectual and emotional landscape marked by feminism while also revealing the author's own line of thought. In this free-flowing conversation, Julie Enckell asks Schulmann about the implications of this personal transition within the pedagogical context.

Whether working behind the camera, in casting studios, nightclubs, or on a football field, river is methodically helping trans and queer people gain visibility. For a long time, the film industry’s conservative structures only ever imagined the stories of trans people in pathos or fetishism mode. Now, figures from minority communities are instilling new narratives, in which they embody active subjects. In this interview, river discusses issues of representation and his own path, which he deliberately keeps more hidden.  

There is a unique sort of drama to court proceedings. It is this shaping of reality which sparked Yamina Zoutat’s interest in filmmaking when she was a court reporter. In her films, Zoutat seeks to bring out voices consigned to oblivion, such as those of defendants’ mothers called to the stand, whose testimonies seem to have a secondary status.