Intergenerationals Conversations

A podcast produced as part of the 4th edition of Salon58’s Feminist Writing Retreat

Artists from different regions of Quebec gathered in Marsoui for the 4th Salon58 Feminist Writing Retreat in April 2024. This event gave us the opportunity to organize intergenerational encounters between those taking part in the Retreat and women of different ages based in Marsoui and the surrounding area. This podcast offers a glimpse into the heart of these exchanges.

Divided into 4 episodes of around 40 minutes, the conversations cover the following themes: rurality, relationships, work, media.

Production, sound recording, sound design and editing
Claude Périard

Participants
Carmelle Bernatchez (La Martre), Catherine-Alexandre Briand (Montreal), Claire Moeder (Maria), Claude Périard (Montreal), Émilie Sabourin (La Martre), Gabrielle Bücheler (La Martre), Gabrielle Huot-Foch (Montreal), Gaëlle Dupuis (Montreal), Ginette Bonami (La Martre), Jess Roy (Montreal), Joé⸱e Dufresnes (Montreal), Joëlle Gauvin-Racine (St-Jean-Port-Joli), Julie Fournier (Sainte-Anne-des-Monts), Katy Collet (Gaspé), Kharoll-Ann Souffrant (Kingston), Louise Lafond (La Martre), Marie-Ève Paquette (Québec), Marlene Sohier (Marsoui), Michelle Gauthier (Eastman), Renée Gasse (Marsoui), Sarah Paradis (Sainte-Anne-des-Monts).

Writing and script
Claude Périard, with the collaboration of Emma Desgens, Karla Etienne, Élise Ross-Nadié and Priscilla Guy

Mixing and mastering
Guillaume Campion

Graphic design
Étienne Després

Promotion and communications
Cédric Trahan

Administrative management
Marie-Charlotte Castonguay-Harvey

Episode 1: Rurality. In this first episode, we share our experiences and views on life in the regions. What separates rural and urban lifestyles? What brings them together? We share our thoughts on access to services, anonymity and cultural diversity. These stories reveal, in filigree, the depth of the ties we forge with the territories.

With : Catherine-Alexandre Briand (Montreal), Gabrielle Bücheler (La Martre), Ginette Bonami (La Martre), Katy Collet (Gaspé), Marie-Ève Paquette (Quebec City), Marlene Sohier (Marsoui), Michelle Gauthier (Eastman). Animation: Priscilla Guy (Marsoui).

Episode 2: Relationships. How do we build our interpersonal relationships? What place do we give to the bonds that transform us? This second episode looks at friendships, chosen families and intimate relationships. We question different relational models, the possibility of cultivating intergenerational ties as well as the care we take of ourselves and others through these plural connections that have the power to embody our political reflections on a daily basis.

With : Claude Périard (Montreal), Gabrielle Bücheler (La Martre), Gabrielle Huot-Foch (Montreal), Gaëlle Dupuis (Montreal), Jess Roy (Montreal), Joé⸱e Dufresnes (Montreal), Joëlle Gauvin-Racine (St-Jean-Port-Joli), Katy Collet (Gaspé), Louise Lafond (La Martre), Marlene Sohier (Marsoui), Michelle Gauthier (Eastman), Sarah Paradis (Sainte-Anne-des-Monts). Animation: Emma Desgens (Mont-Louis).

Episode 3: Work. In this third episode, we explore our relationship with work. How does our perception of work evolve throughout our lives? What career-related challenges do we face? What are our desires and aspirations? Have we had to reconcile work with family or artistic life? This conversation leads us to question the uneven visibility and valuation of work, exploring the spectrum that unfolds from burnout to the full flowering of our productive forces.

With : Carmelle Bernatchez (La Martre), Claire Moeder (Maria), Émilie Sabourin (La Martre), Julie Fournier (Sainte-Anne-des-Monts), Marlene Sohier (Marsoui), Michelle Gauthier (Eastman). Animation: Karla Etienne (Montreal).

Episode 4: Media. Tracing the genealogy of the different media that have crossed our lives, from the emergence of the telephone to the democratization of the Internet and social networks, we look at the role of the evolution of information and communication technologies on the future of society. How do new media influence our interpersonal relationships? Do we still cherish traditional modes of communication, such as epistolary exchanges? This latest episode of the Intergenerational Conversations podcast is a foray into those institutions that manufacture our political representations of the social world.

With : Claude Périard (Montreal), Kharoll-Ann Souffrant (Kingston), Marlene Sohier (Marsoui), Michelle Gauthier (Eastman), Renée Gasse (Marsoui). Moderated by Élise Ross-Nadié (Montreal).

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