1950, youth under control
Audio 48:30
"The International of Children's Republics, 1939-1955" (Anamosa) and "The word is to the accused" (Textual).
© Editions Anamosa / Textuel
By: Valérie Nivelon
50 min
In the Europe of the 1950s, where millions of children found themselves left to their own devices, youth was at the heart of adults' utopias.
While communities called “Children's Republics” are emerging and experimenting with “self-governance”, “delinquent” youth find themselves at the heart of the experimentation with juvenile justice, established by the famous 1945 ordinance.
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A round table proposed by the Anamosa (publisher site) and Textuel (publisher site) editions recorded at the RDVS of the history of Blois 2020 (Rdvs site of history) with Mathias Gardet and Véronique Blanchard for
La parole est aux accused,
aux Textuel and Martine Ruchat editions, Samuel Boussion and Mathias Gardet for
The International of Children's Republics,
Anamosa editions.
The authors Mathias Gardet, Véronique Blanchard and Samuel Boussion.
© Mathias Gardet / Véronique Blanchard / Samuel Boussion
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