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60 Years of Supporting Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences
Founded in 1963 by the historian Fernand Braudel, the Fondation Maison des Sciences de l’Homme supports research and the dissemination of knowledge in the humanities and social sciences
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Our work is currently organized around the following general focus areas.
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Plastics, key players in the global ecological crisis
17 March | Embedded in a system driven by overproduction and planned obsolescence, plastics have come to underpin our consumer societies. The opening session of the series will bring together Baptiste Monsaingeon and Henri Bourgeois-Costa (Fondation Tara Océan), and will be chaired by Aurélie Luneau.
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