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Midi MagazinePourquoi, dans des situations dangereuses, des hommes et des femmes choisissent-ils de résister et de protéger leurs semblables ?Pourquoi, dans des situations dangereuses, des hommes et des femmes choisissent-ils de résister et de protéger leurs semblables ? A partir de l’histoire du Chambon-sur-Lignon, hier et aujourd’hui, Maggie Paxson, anthropologue américaine, réfléchit au mystère des motivations humaines et tente de répondre à cette question : oui, pourquoi ?Hébergé par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.
2022-03-1653 min
In Conversation… with Frank SchaefferMaggie PaxsonFrank Schaeffer In Conversation with Writer, Anthropologist, and Performer Maggie Paxson, exploring her book, The Plateau, and the wartime music of The Bomb Shelter Cafe._____CONNECT WITH MAGGIE ON INSTAGRAM._____Maggie Paxson is the author of The Plateau (Riverhead Books, 2019), which received the 2020 American Library in Paris Book Award for the "moral urgency of the questions it poses, for its ambitious efforts to connect France’s past to its present, for its big heart, poetic writing and genre-defying structure." The Plateau was described by Oprah magazine as "radiant" and by the Washington Post as...
2022-01-181h 05
The World Ethnography ProjectWEP Episode 52 Maggie Riekman – It's All Greek to Me!Maggie Reickman Reviews Making Modern Mothers: Ethics and Family Planning in Urban Greece
Through thick description, statistical research, interviews, her own narrative, and inclusivity of Greek voices and language, Paxson explores motherhood and femininity in contemporary Athens, Greece. Athens is a changing city, stuck between ancient familial tradition, religious values, and patriarchal stigmas and modernization due to the globalization of Western ideology through tourism, media, legal system, economy, etc. Paxson tracks and interprets change through evolving abortion regulation, family planning in birth control, biomedicine in fertility technology, capitalism advertising pregnancy, etc. This ethnography focuses on the...
2020-11-2414 min
City of RefugeBONUS: The plateau continues to welcome refugeesAfter years of studying war-torn communities, anthropologist Maggie Paxson had had enough. She wanted to see what she could learn about a place that specialized in peace. A family connection to Le Chambon and its World War II rescue operation brought her to the plateau, where she learned that a new effort to help refugees was underway. In this bonus episode, Paxson shares stories from her new book “The Plateau,” and what she learned about this remarkable place that continues to help strangers.
For more information on “City of Refuge” — including transcripts of all our episodes — visit Waging Nonvi...
2020-05-1533 min
2019-10-1626 min
This Is the AuthorS4 E48: Ibram X. Kendi, Maggie Paxson, and Gretchen RubinIn this episode meet Ibram X. Kendi, author of HOW TO BE AN ANTIRACIST; Maggie Paxson, author of THE PLATEAU; and Gretchen Rubin, author of FORTY WAYS TO LOOK AT WINSTON CHURCHILL.
These authors have researched their subjects deeply, unearthing history and examining the stories of others. They’ve each found themselves personally moved by the power of history and how it is at work in all of our lives.
Hear more about how recording these audiobooks affected them, and what “little” audiobook one of these authors returns to again and again.
HOW TO BE AN ANTIRACIST by Ibram X. Kendi...
2019-08-2114 min
Football Night in ChicagoEp. 544: What can we expect from Otto Porter Jr.'s Bulls debut?Mark Carman, Seth Gruen and Maggie Hendricks join Leila Rahimi on the panel0:00- Jason Benetti joins Leila from Brooklyn where he's calling the Bulls-Nets matchup. The two discuss Otto Porter, Jr.'s debut, Jabari's comments about Jim Boylen and, of course, Jason gets asked about Manny Machado.8:30- The panel discusses Ken Rosenthal's report that the White Sox are willing to let the Machado market set itself and stay away from a bidding war.13:00- The Blackhawks have won 6 straight. They are 2 points...
2019-02-0922 min