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Post-truth politics
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2019Brave new World. Entre illusion et désillusion
Anne Maddalena Käppeli, Valérie Cina
Résultat du concours lancé par "dIS-" dans n° 9 SPACEESCAPE sur les mondes du divertissement. ; Le site choisi est un morceau d'une ville-palimpseste. Laquelle? Cela n'a pas d'importance. Ce qui importe, ce sont les éléments narratifs qui le composent, les ...
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