paris
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A world in stable motion
MIGRANTS: In 2018, the Collège de France established its own professorship in migration studies. Francois Héran was chosen to fill it, and the book Migrations et sociétés is an extended version of his accession lecture.
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School for solidarity
ACTIVISM: A humiliating police encounter instills a newfound attitude of dissent toward state control for a group of Parisian high school students.
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Molenbeek through the eyes of children
CHILDHOOD: Aatos and Amine are deep thinkers, bright and curious. We follow the life of these two six-year-olds in Molenbeek – a multi-ethnic suburb in Brussels – discovering different ways of thinking about god(s) and pondering about life and its aftermath.
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Intelligent care for a world in disorder
PHILOSOPHY: The central argument in The Neganthropocene is that the world is at risk of lapsing into a nihilistic state, as our failure to care for it becomes ever more manifest. But the challenge Stiegler takes upon himself is to show the way to an alternative anthropology.
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The overlooked «in-betweener»
Two highlights of Doclisboa 2018 were documentaries from an often-overlooked category – the mid-length film.
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Zero conference and Nobel prices
CLIMATE CHANGE: If you are prone to dismiss warnings about environmental destruction as exaggerations, you might as well stop reading right away.
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Not around my luxury villa
AFRICA: If this book is translated into English, it will become a new French academic bestseller.
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A good value for money?
AFRICA: There is intense debate in France and French-speaking Africa about the use of the CFA monetary unit.