Back in February of 2022, anyone who knew anything thought the War in Ukraine would be over in a few weeks. Russia simply had more bodies to fight with and more steel to kill with.Fast-forward to today, however, and the war is anything but over. Ukraine has held and regained territory with shocking resilience. Stranger still, a small, cheap gadget that up un ... Show More
Jun 12
On the Media: American Emergency
A little while back, our friends over at On the Media released a gripping and immersive reporting series about FEMA, the agency that is supposed to be there for all of us in the wake of disaster. In American Emergency (https://zpr.io/MtrUmJU3yEMW), OTM investigates how the agency ... Show More
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Apr 2017
Rebecca Scales, “Radio and the Politics of Sound in Interwar France, 1921-1939” (Cambridge UP, 2016)
What did sound mean to French people as radio and other listening technologies began to proliferate in the early twentieth century? What was the nature and significance of French auditory culture in the years between the two world wars? These are two of the central questions that ... Show More
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Sep 2020
Algérie, histoire d'un silence
<p>Si la guerre d’Algérie commence enfin à faire partie intégrante de l’histoire de notre pays, on peine encore à faire exister sa réalité, sa complexité et ses séquelles concrètes. </p><br><p>Une difficulté aggravée par un élément central : parmi les milliers de soldats français ... Show More
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