College of Humanities

“Cartography is a continuously changing visual dialect”

Published:09.01.26 — What can hundreds of thousands of historical maps tell us about power, culture, and how ideas spread? Through his PhD research, Rémi Petitpierre of the Time Machine Unit research group (TMU) at EPFL explores how maps, and the visual languages behind them, transform across centuries.

Sculptures at EPFL confront the illusion of mastering nature

Published:25.11.25 — Tremblement, a series of eight sculptures by Geneva-based artist Séverin Guelpa installed at the Rolex Learning Center, uses architectural materials to reflect on territory, solidarity, and the necessity for human beings to accept their inability to control nature.

“Do we want our lives to be documented from A to Z?”

Published:06.11.25 — From supermarket checkouts to Olympic stadiums, video surveillance is becoming smarter, more pervasive, and increasingly controversial.