In 1945, after the war, Dr. Vannevar Bush published «As we may think» in the Atlantic monthly, calling all scientists to concentrate their efforts on pacific instruments and the dissemination of knowledge.
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Hiroshima mon amour
In 1959, Alain Resnais compared the Hiroshima bomb to failed relationships.
In 2010, Americans and Japanese have agreed to work together on the «Hiroshima Reconstruction Project», supervised by Eric Hanson (xRez Studio), to create a virtual model of what Hiroshima was like before 1945.
In «Soleil de la Conscience», Edouard Glissant, when visiting Paris from La Martinique, contrasts the gaze of «the Son» (le Fils) and the vision of «the Stranger» (l’Étranger).
Swiss contemporary artist Thomas Hirschhorn is building a temporary public monument in the Bronx dedicated to the memory of Italian marxist philosopher Antonio Gramsci, who developed the concept of cultural hegemony.
World Summit of Information Society Forum 2013 in Geneva hosted by the ITU.
The tallest buildings in the world, and the fastest computers.
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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.
An international and interdisciplinary 2-day conference involving scholars from USC, UCLA and Paris VIII.