PATRICE LEBON / THE CABINET OF PERSPECTIVES
Curiosity
opens from.
From institutions to oceans, from texts to projects. Enter a world in which ideas meet and perspectives widen.
Find my path FRANCE · MAURITIUS · INDIAN OCEAN01 / YOUR GUIDING THREAD
What would you like
to discover?
One starting point, three stages. Choose your purpose and let the works speak to one another.
The Republic / Patrice LebonINSTITUTIONS · REPRESENTATION · CITIZENSHIP
From casting a vote to exercising power.
Question representation, place its mechanisms in context and follow the development of a proposal for reform.
02 / WORLDS TO EXPLORE
Open doors.
Distinctive horizons.
Read, observe, imagine. Each space offers a different way into the questions and projects.
01Texts with which to think about the world.
The library
Commentary, essays and analysis. Search by theme, date or publication, with an introduction to each text.
Choose a reading
02One island. Global questions.
Mauritius, viewed from the sea
Territories, institutions, the economy and the maritime domain. An introduction to Mauritius and Rodrigues within their regional setting.
Explore the territory
03The sky as an invitation.
L’Archipel des Airs
A proposed regional gathering for hot-air balloons, the discovery of islands and the meeting of their cultures.
Discover the project
04A different perspective.
Africa Viewed from the Sea
An examination of maritime spaces, connections and the conditions of Mauritian sovereignty, published by Menara.
Read the analysis
03 / TAKING THE TIME
Thought, too, has
its own rhythm.
Close reading. A musical interlude. A moment to let ideas resonate before taking up the thread again.
Personal reading paths, reference dossiers, the testing of ideas and a private notebook.
The perspectives desk ↗04 / USEFUL POINTS OF REFERENCE
Return to the essentials.
Go further.
Find a text
Search the collection by keyword, theme, year or publication.
Open search ↗Understand the trajectory
The convictions, commitments and connections that run through the work.
Vision & background ↗Start a conversation
Consultancy, journalism, speaking or a project. Give the conversation a starting point.
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