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Un manifeste signé par des scientifiques, philosophes et sociologues reconnus qui adresse un signal fort à nos sociétés contemporaines et s'intéresse au concept de migration, qu'elle concerne l'humain ou les autres êtres vivants, à l’occasion du cinquantenaire de la Déclaration universelle des droits de l'homme, célébrée le 10 décembre 2018.
Manifeste du Muséum : migrations
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Un manifeste signé par des scientifiques, philosophes et sociologues reconnus qui adresse un signal fort à nos sociétés contemporaines et s'intéresse au concept de migration, qu'elle concerne l'humain ou les autres êtres vivants, à l’occasion du cinquantenaire de la Déclaration universelle des droits de l'homme, célébrée le 10 décembre 2018.
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In 1832, Eug ne Delacroix accompanied a French diplomatic mission to Morocco, the first leg of a journey through the Maghreb and Andalusia that left an indelible impression on the painter. This comprehensive, annotated English-language translation of his notes and essays about this formative trip makes available a classic example of travel writing about the "Orient" from(...)
Journey to the Maghreb and Andalusia, 1832. The travel notebook and other writings
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In 1832, Eug ne Delacroix accompanied a French diplomatic mission to Morocco, the first leg of a journey through the Maghreb and Andalusia that left an indelible impression on the painter. This comprehensive, annotated English-language translation of his notes and essays about this formative trip makes available a classic example of travel writing about the "Orient" from the era and provides a unique picture of the region against the backdrop of the French conquest of Algeria.
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Phantom islands
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From the famed Atlantis to the remote Rupes Nigra, islands have long held our fascination: they are locales isolated from ordinary life, lurking in unexplored corners of the globe and thus full of undisclosed mysteries. At times, however, our fascination with islands has bled into reality, as real maps bear the coordinates of fictional lands and travelogues tell tall(...)
Phantom islands
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From the famed Atlantis to the remote Rupes Nigra, islands have long held our fascination: they are locales isolated from ordinary life, lurking in unexplored corners of the globe and thus full of undisclosed mysteries. At times, however, our fascination with islands has bled into reality, as real maps bear the coordinates of fictional lands and travelogues tell tall tales of their inhabitants, their natural wonders, or their treasures. In ''Phantom islands,'' Dirk Liesemer tells the stories of thirty of these fantastical islands. Beginning with their supposed discovery, he recreates their fabled landscapes, the voyages that attempted to verify their existence, and, ultimately, the moment when their existence was finally disproven. Spanning oceans and centuries, these curious tales are a chronicle of human lust for discovery and wealth.
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Antonin Artaud's journey to Ireland in 1937 marked an extraordinary—and apocalyptic—turning point in his life and career. After publishing the manifesto ''The New Revelations of Being'' about the 'catastrophic immediate-future,' Artaud abruptly left Paris for Ireland, remaining there for six weeks without money. Artaud was eventually arrested as an undesirable alien,(...)
Artaud 1937 Apocalypse: letters from Ireland
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Antonin Artaud's journey to Ireland in 1937 marked an extraordinary—and apocalyptic—turning point in his life and career. After publishing the manifesto ''The New Revelations of Being'' about the 'catastrophic immediate-future,' Artaud abruptly left Paris for Ireland, remaining there for six weeks without money. Artaud was eventually arrested as an undesirable alien, beaten by the police, and summarily deported back to France. On his return, he spent nine years in asylums, remaining there through the entire span of World War II. During his fateful journey, Artaud wrote letters to friends in Paris which included several 'magic spells,' intended to curse his enemies and protect his friends from the city's forthcoming incineration and the Antichrist's appearance. This book collects all of Artaud's surviving correspondence from his time in Ireland, as well as photographs of the locations he traveled through.
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From the ruins of Palmyra in the Syrian desert to the ghost town of Bodie, the painted churches of Sucevita in Romania, and a fire festival in a Japanese village, Michael Webb has ventured far afield in search of the rare and beautiful. He recalls memorable experiences of people and places over eight decades of travel around the world, and some of the buildings and(...)
Moving around: a lifetime of wandering
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From the ruins of Palmyra in the Syrian desert to the ghost town of Bodie, the painted churches of Sucevita in Romania, and a fire festival in a Japanese village, Michael Webb has ventured far afield in search of the rare and beautiful. He recalls memorable experiences of people and places over eight decades of travel around the world, and some of the buildings and landscapes that have left a lasting impression. It's getting harder to find places that have not been commercialized and overwhelmed by mass tourism, but they can still be found, even in the most popular destinations. Webb's recommendations should inspire you to get off the beaten track and make your own discoveries.
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La mer de l'intranquilité
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''La Mer de l'Intranquillité'' retrace la saga des treize dernières missions Apollo – moins de cent jours de vol cumulés qui changèrent la face du monde. Puisant auprès des 33 000 prises de vue de la NASA (la mission photographique la plus chère au monde), ce timelapse de quelques milliers d'heures et de près de 3 000 vues invite ici à la face cachée d'infinis voyages(...)
La mer de l'intranquilité
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''La Mer de l'Intranquillité'' retrace la saga des treize dernières missions Apollo – moins de cent jours de vol cumulés qui changèrent la face du monde. Puisant auprès des 33 000 prises de vue de la NASA (la mission photographique la plus chère au monde), ce timelapse de quelques milliers d'heures et de près de 3 000 vues invite ici à la face cachée d'infinis voyages intérieurs : dans l'effrayant silence du cosmos ou dans les plaines désertes du sol lunaire, dans la tête et les pulsations cardiaques de ces marcheurs perdus dans l'espace, mais aussi, pour les Terriens que nous sommes, dans l'expérience d'un indicible déloignement existentiel...
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De New York à Paris, de Tokyo à Londres en passant par Venise, l'auteure dresse le portrait de la flâneuse, une femme déterminée en phase avec le potentiel créatif de la ville dans laquelle elle déambule, à l'image de la réalisatrice Agnès Varda, la correspondante de guerre Martha Gellhorn ou les romancières George Sand et Virginia Woolf.
Flâneuse
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De New York à Paris, de Tokyo à Londres en passant par Venise, l'auteure dresse le portrait de la flâneuse, une femme déterminée en phase avec le potentiel créatif de la ville dans laquelle elle déambule, à l'image de la réalisatrice Agnès Varda, la correspondante de guerre Martha Gellhorn ou les romancières George Sand et Virginia Woolf.
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This work of literary nonfiction is a deep dive into our surroundings- cities, countryside, and sprawl- exploring change in the meaning of place and reimagining the world in a time of transition. Whether it be climate change altering the meaning of nature, or digital communications altering the nature of work, the effects of global enclosure on the meaning of place are(...)
The absent hand: reimagining our American landscape
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This work of literary nonfiction is a deep dive into our surroundings- cities, countryside, and sprawl- exploring change in the meaning of place and reimagining the world in a time of transition. Whether it be climate change altering the meaning of nature, or digital communications altering the nature of work, the effects of global enclosure on the meaning of place are panoramic, infiltrative, inescapable. In this exploration of our surroundings, ''The Absent Hand'' contends that to reimagine landscape is a form of cultural reinvention.
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The art of travel
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Few activities seem to promise as much happiness as going travelling: taking off for somewhere else, somewhere far from home, a place with more interesting weather, customs and landscapes. But although we are inundated with advice on where to travel to, we seldom ask why we go and how we might become more fulfilled by doing so. With the help of a selection of writers,(...)
The art of travel
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Few activities seem to promise as much happiness as going travelling: taking off for somewhere else, somewhere far from home, a place with more interesting weather, customs and landscapes. But although we are inundated with advice on where to travel to, we seldom ask why we go and how we might become more fulfilled by doing so. With the help of a selection of writers, artists and thinkers, Alain de Botton provides invaluable insights into everything from holiday romance to hotel minibars, airports to sightseeing. The perfect antidote to those guides that tell us what to do when we get there, this book tries to explain why we really went in the first place - and helpfully suggest how we might be happier on our journeys.
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These essays, from one of Germany's greatest and most influential thinkers Georg Simmel, are readable portraits of three Italian cities: Rome, Venice and Florence. Simmel saw the city as a work of art in itself, and taken together these pieces act as a powerful suite expounding that notion. A seminal work of psycho-geography, this collection has never been published(...)
The art of the city: Rome, Florence, Venice
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These essays, from one of Germany's greatest and most influential thinkers Georg Simmel, are readable portraits of three Italian cities: Rome, Venice and Florence. Simmel saw the city as a work of art in itself, and taken together these pieces act as a powerful suite expounding that notion. A seminal work of psycho-geography, this collection has never been published together in English before.
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