When HIV arrived in Leopoldville-Kinshasa, it was one of the burgeoning cities of late colonial Africa, rich with a new kind of urban life and music like this, recorded in the mid-50s.

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In this video, Edgar Morin proposes seven inseparable reforms - economic reform, social reform, political reform, ethical reform, reform of knowledge, of education, and of the way of life - in order to explore ways to reach for a new kind of society.

UNESCO: Social Sciences

Comprising a large front screen surrounded by screens on the top, bottom, left, and right, the system engulfs visitors on five sides with detailed life-like images in a new kind of image space.

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By making new sounds, he was preparing the way for a higher kind of life.

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But in January, she backed a political candidate for the first time, announcing her endorsement of Obama during the Democratic primary season with an opinion piece in the New York Times that drew days of the kind of media attention she has spent her life avoiding.

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If a new study by research firm Latitude is any indication, this kind of integration between game and meaningful life moments is no passing fad.

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