The tallest buildings in the world, and the fastest computers.
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Situationnisme
Exposition sur Guy Debord à la BNF ; Debord’s Kriegspiel inspired by Clausewitz exists as a computer game.
An experimental space for artistic research (a kind of Kitchen?) in the North of Paris.
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Ethnography of institutions
Bruno Latour spent a lot of time in research laboratories as an observer to study how scientists collaborate ; Marc Abélès did the same in political arenas such as the European parliament or the WTO ; Xerox PARC pioneered the use of corporate ethnography for human-centered technology design.
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Le roi de la pampa
La poésie combinatoire sur Internet est un genre de littérature numérique générative.
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Hypotheses
Online platform for academic blogs in the humanities and social sciences.
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Swiss mythology
Nains de jardin, Gamins, Nabots… These mythical figures represent the hard-working Swiss,
in the popular imagination.
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Thomas Minder
A modern-day William Tell that sends a strong message about the Swiss identity : no to golden parachutes, no to a divide between employers and employees, no to abusive executives.
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«Angst essen Seele auf» remixed
A wonderful film-mix by François Ozon, with his commentary as a voice-over. It is not made live. Parallel editing of two difficult love stories.
An international and interdisciplinary 2-day conference involving scholars from USC, UCLA and Paris VIII.