The Geneva auto show: should we still promote cars?

Auto salon © Marvin Meyer 2019 Unsplash

Auto salon © Marvin Meyer 2019 Unsplash

Tiphaine Robert, historian in the sociology of urban mobility at EPFL, takes part in the debate on the relevance today of having an event that glorifies the car. For the scientist, the car show, created 100 years ago, remains emblematic and a place of ritual where contacts are made, even if it has become a place of contestation since the 70s.

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