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Wokism
Daniele Cosson-Schere

Is Wokeism in trouble?

The Grand Inquisitors of the inclusive-diversity sect know no borders: the proof! Note: The Rectorate of Bordeaux has suspended for three years the director of the Catholic school group of the Immaculate Conception in Pau, (4th best high school

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Featured
Jean Rohmer

Should Alice Recoque be placed in the Pantheon? A Little Manual of De-Invisibility

This text discusses the effectiveness of the book “Who Wanted to Erase Alice Recoque?” published in February 2024, which quickly rehabilitated Alice Recoque, a pioneer of computer science and artificial intelligence, by generating a large media and political momentum. Recoque, born in 1929 and died in 2021, is known for her role in the design of French computers in the 1950s and 70s. The book, driven by a theory of the invisibility of women in the history of science, and amplified by influential figures, led to the decision to name a European supercomputer after her in 2024. The text analyzes how a well-orchestrated narrative strategy can transform a forgotten subject into a major public figure, and the literary mechanisms of disinvisibility used in it.

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