"Little hands"

This play, directed by Odile Macchi and the "Si et seulement si" theater troupe, is based on fieldwork conducted in China, Japan and France by a team of researchers from Ehess, Inalco, Université Paris-Cité and SciencesPo as part of the Eurasemploi project (ANR-16-CE26-0005 project) that Bernard Thomann, professor at Inalco and researcher at IFRAE, has coordinated since 2016.
image de vêtements
Affiche © Odile Macchi‎

"Made in China". Beneath this label lie invisible but very real people and gestures, those of the workshops where "little hands" work. Up close and personal with textile and mine workers, sociologist and director Odile Macchi weaves together ethnography and theatrical writing.

Don't hesitate to come and see this experiment in rendering a humanities and social sciences research work through theater.

Friday, April 26, 2024 7pm-8:25pm
Saturday, April 27, 2024 8pm-9:25pm

Reservations can be made at:
https://ens-paris-saclay.fr/scene-de-recherche/petites-mains

Synopsis

From factories to stage

"Made in China". Beneath this label lie invisible but very real people and gestures, those of the workshops where "little hands" work. Cutting, dyeing, assembling, sewing... so many operations to end up with our clothes.

At close quarters with textile and mine workers, sociologist and director Odile MACCHI weaves together ethnography and theatrical writing.
Are the blue-tinted fingers of fashion workers so different from the black faces of miners?

Odile MACCHI is benefiting from several residency periods at Scène de recherche in 2023-2024.
She led a collective interdisciplinary Project with students from ENS Paris-Saclay in 2022.