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Taysir Batniji : S’interroger sur l’exil

Le photographe franco-palestinien Taysir Batniji, troisième lauréat du programme Immersion, une commande photographique franco-américaine, a vécu plusieurs mois chez des cousins américains qu’il connaissait à peine. L’exposition qui ouvre ces jours-ci à l’Aperture Foundation, à New York, dresse un portrait intime de sa diaspora familiale, tout en soulevant des questions

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May '68

May 68 or the irruption of modernity in society. Cohn-Bendit-Geismar Debate

More than two centuries later, the passions relating to 1789 are far from being extinguished: one need only mention the name Robespierre to immediately reappear in debates that could indeed be considered closed. Contrary to what the historian François Furet said (his formula "the Revolution is over" appears for the first time in the history of the French Revolution), Robespierre's passion for 1789 is far from being extinguished.

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culture

Reading plan: making France a country of readers

Ce 12 octobre, le ministre de l’Éducation nationale, Jean-Michel Blanquer, a présidé une « cérémonie de mobilisation pour le livre et la lecture ». Il s’agissait du lancement de la campagne de mobilisation « Ensemble pour un pays de lecteurs », en présence d’Alexandre Jardin, fondateur de l’association « Lire et faire lire

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Genetically modified plant

Genetically modifying a plant is not harmless.

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Currently, several new genetic modification techniques are being discussed to determine whether or not the products derived from them will be regulated as transgenic GMOs. This article by Eric Meunier of the journal inf'OGM allows us to understand some of the potential risks associated with the mere introduction of transgenic GMOs.

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Genetically modified plant

Genetically modifying a plant is not harmless.

Currently, several new genetic modification techniques are being discussed to determine whether or not the products derived from them will be regulated as transgenic GMOs. This article by Eric Meunier of the journal inf'OGM allows us to understand some of the potential risks associated with the mere introduction of transgenic GMOs.

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design thinking

Building a Design Thinking Culture

Popularized by Tim Brown, Design Thinking is a method of innovation that uses the designer's tools to design the most perfect response to customer expectations. Today, although its detractors are numerous, the concept is gradually spreading to new territories, to the nerve centre of organisations and

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écriture

Faites bouger les lignes !

Welovewords et Opinion Internationale lancent un concours d’écriture en ligne du 7 décembre au 7 janvier pour envisager le monde sous un angle positif et citoyen.   Opinion Internationale, le @magazine des libertés et des cultures, s’associe avec WeLoveWords, la première plateforme des auteurs et rédacteurs en ligne, pour lancer

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agriculture

Agriculture on the move: towards agrotech

As you know, this is currently the Salon de l'agriculture and SIMA (agricultural machinery) - the opportunity to check whether agriculture is on the move according to the theme of Salon 2015. Agriculture on the move to eat better...to preserve the planet...and to innovate! says the claim. And in terms of innovation,

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arts and culture

Alain Kleinmann, the palimpsests of memory

Le titre était facile car ils l’ont tous dit, d’Aragon à Jack Lang ou Peter Samis, en passant par Alain Finkielkraut, Elie Wiesel ou Georges Moustaki ! « L’incarnation d’un mythe de la mémoire, d’une mémoire collective » pour Pierre Restany, critique d’art, théoricien de l’école des Nouveaux Réalistes ; « Une somptuosité

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