Regular Guided Tour: Happy Babel?
Luxembourg is, in the heart of Europe, the daily laboratory of a living multilingualism. The plurality of languages, symbolized since the Bible by the episode of the Tower of Babel, constitutes a challenge and a richness. "Happy Babel?" explores polyglossia and translation, placing them in a historical and philosophical perspective that goes beyond the Luxembourg space. Thanks to a rare collection of masterpieces, objects, and documents, both exceptional and everyday, the exhibition travels through Babel's representations and highlights the successes and pitfalls of translation, from the Rosetta Stone to artificial intelligence. It questions the conditions of a "Happy Babel" (Roland Barthes), in space and time, up to our present day.
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Reservation recommended to ensure your place during the visit. National Library of France, Department of Prints and Photography, Ms. Français 1753, fol. 7r / © gallica.bnf.fr / BnF.
Available dates:
- October 13 at 11:00 (FR)
- October 20 at 11:00 (DE / LU)
- October 27 at 11:00 (EN)
- November 3 at 11:00 (FR)
- November 10 at 11:00 (DE / LU)
- November 17 at 11:00 (EN)
- November 24 at 11:00 (FR)
- December 1 at 11:00 (DE / LU)
- December 8 at 11:00 (EN)
- December 15 at 11:00 (FR)
- December 22 at 11:00 (DE / LU)
Duration: 1h
Price: Museum Entry
Registration required
Automatically translated from French.
Where does it take place?
Luxembourg City History Museum
14 Rue du St Esprit
1475 Ville-Haute Luxembourg
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