ZABRI

Research project

The Salt Trial (ERABLE Project)

The Salt Trial

Project sponsor

Raphaël MATHEVET (CEFE - UMR 5175)

Financing

EPAU
from 2024
jusqu'à 2027
https://erable.archi.fr/projets
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The Salt Trial is a territorial fiction that looks at salt as an environmental motif accused in a fictitious trial, inviting all the living people of the Camargue to testify. The trial is a unifying event, creating a shared narrative. This action-research project aims to break down the barriers between different approaches, by recognising and questioning a wide range of vernacular knowledge and know-how, and involving players from all sectors. It explores the possibilities for adapting and transforming human activities in the Camargue in the face of salinisation of the environment and climate change, and aims to trigger social change around the challenges of ecological transition. 

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"A TRIAL WITH PLENTY OF SALT IN IT

"A TRIAL WITH PLENTY OF SALT IN IT

Read about the "Salt Trial" in the Camargue in Le Parisien

"The wild Camargue is a fragile ecosystem, made more vulnerable by the effects of global warming. To encourage local players to engage in dialogue, CNRS researcher Raphaël Mathevet has devised an extraordinary fictional trial, the salt trial, which will take place in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer in November 2025.

Pour découvrir l’article dans son intégralité, rendez-vous sur le site du Parisien !

What if a natural element could be judged?

This is the original idea behind the Salt Trial, a ground-breaking initiative exploring the possibilities for adapting and transforming human activities in the Camargue in the face of salinisation of the environment and climate change.

A story to rethink biodiversity in the Camargue

Next November, researchers, artists, elected representatives, residents and users will gather at Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer for a mock trial, giving all members of the local Camargue community the opportunity to testify on the region's current ecological problems.

L’objectif ? Mettre en récit une négociation entre intérêts divers et visions divergentes pour préserver l’écosystème camarguais fragilisé par les bouleversements climatiques et les usages de ses ressources.

Le Procès du sel se présente donc comme un modèle inspirant d’éducation écologique, montrant que l’art peut être un puissant moteur de débats constructifs