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<div class="book"><onlyinclude>Mapping the wanderings of the Mundaneum in Brussels from inception until its move to Mons</onlyinclude></div>
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Maybe this timeline would need some explanation......
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<div class="book"><onlyinclude>This timeline starts in Brussels and proportions itself variably. It is an attempt to situate some of the events in the life, death and revival of the [[Mundaneum]] in a broader context, and to relate them to both local and international events.
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By connecting several geographic locations at different scales, it is hopefully provoking ''cqrrelations'' in time and space that could help us formulate questions about the ways local events repeatedly mirror and reformulate global situations, and vice versa.</onlyinclude></div>
  
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This timeline starts in Brussels and proportions itself variably, it is an attempt to situate some of the events related to the life death and revival of the  Mundaneum in a broader context, with regards both to local events and international situation.
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[[Author::Natacha Roussel]]
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It tries to fix events from several geographic locations and at different scales, and hopefully provokes  cqrrelations in time and space, that could help us formulate questions about the ways local events repeatedly mirror and reformulate a global situation.
 
  
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The large archive of the Mundaneum is though by Paul Otlet with support of Henry Lafontaine at a time when occidental colonialism is at its heights and the first tensions are only starting to manifest themselves, while at the same time war is at the door of modern European societies. In this context, the general Mundaneum project is strongly rooted by Henri Lafontaine in an ideal of peace (though constantly energized by Paul Otlet's encompassing view of classification systems and norms). The Mundadeum archives are constituted with an intentionality, major effort is put in alternative topics as the well known feminist archives but also information on anarchism and pacifism. Furthermore the project is rooted by Lafontaine in a larger network of associations and meta-structures which objective is to structure an international network for civil societies. This is a conscious process of thought structured in a larger theoretical framework by Lafontaine. This process takes place in the context of the general internationalisation of society that is already becoming crucial at the end of XIX century while at the same time an increasing social clivage due to the booming industrial society was also addressed in Brussels by the brand new sociology discipline. <ref>http://www.philodroit.be/IMG/pdf/bf_-_le_droit_global_selon_ecole_de_bruxelles_-2014-3.pdf?lang=fr</ref> that tried to formulate something that would be a legal engineer to address social inequalities; Otlet an Lafontaine spend  a large part of their life in attempting to formulate a mondial society, while Lafontaine clearly roots its thinking on a strong civil society organization, according to Benoit Friedman, Otlet is the first person to quote the term "Mondialisation" in French.
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The large (in size? ambitious?) archive (project? collection?) of the Mundaneum is developed by [[Paul Otlet]] with support of [[Henri Lafontaine]] at a time when occidental colonialism is at its height and the first tensions (between what and what?) are only starting to manifest themselves (who is manifesting to who? who's tensions?) while at the same time war is at the door of modern European society. In this context it is important that Henri Lafontaine, though constantly energized by Paul Otlet's encompassing view of classification systems and norms (wondering if it is better to use the term 'standards' instead of 'norms'?), links the Mundaneum project strongly to an ideal of achieving peace through knowledge of the world. The Mundaneum archives are constituted with an intentionality, a major effort is made to include alternative topics such as the well known archives of the feminist movement in Belgium but also information on anarchism and pacifism. Furthermore the project is rooted in a larger network of associations and meta-structures which have as an objective to structure an international network for civil societies. This is a conscious process of thought, structured in a larger theoretical framework developed by Lafontaine. This process takes place in the context of the general internationalisation of society, already becoming crucial at the end of the 19th century, while at the same time the social gap increases due to the booming industrial society. This (gap?) was addressed in Brussels by the brand new discipline of sociology <ref>http://www.philodroit.be/IMG/pdf/bf_-_le_droit_global_selon_ecole_de_bruxelles_-2014-3.pdf?lang=fr</ref> that tried to formulate something that would be a legal engineer (what do you mean?) to address social inequalities. Otlet and Lafontaine spent a large part of their lives on attempts to formulate a ''mondial'' society. While Lafontaine clearly roots his thinking in a strong civil society organization, according to Benoit Friedman, Otlet is the first person to use the term ''Mondialisation'' in French (seems with this phrase you set up a contrast between Lafontaine and Otlet that I don't understand from this sentence?) <ref>Benoit Friedman reference ???</ref>.
  
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Furthermore, it is in between war that the communication systems associated to Mundaneum were conceived; some of them were thought as prospective possibilities, such as Mondotheque, but others were already implemented and formed the basis of an international communication network, based on postal services and telegraph networks. Otlet and Lafontaine's Project took place in an era of international agreements over communication networks. It appears that associative structures, acted as networks of information-sharing organizing modalities of exchange to the general benefit of civil society. It was also the epoch when the rise of international countries agreements structured international life from diplomatie to normalisation ; some of these structures are still the basis of our actual globalized organization, but they are all challenged by private capitalist structures. How does this relates to the comparison between the Mundaneum and the actual knowledge economy.
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The communication systems associated with the Mundaneum were conceived in between the two World Wars. Some of them such as the [[La Mondothèque|Mondothèque]] were imagined as prospective possibilities, but others were already implemented at the time and formed the basis of an international communication network, consisting of postal services and telegraph networks. Otlet and Lafontaine's project took place in an era of international agreements over communication networks. It appears that associative structures (which ones?), acted as networks of information-sharing organizing modalities of exchange to the general benefit of civil society. It was also the epoch of international agreements between countries, structuring international life from diplomacy to normalisation; some of these structures still form the basis of our actual globalized organization, but they are all challenged by private capitalist structures. How is the development of the Mundaneum project related to the development of the actual knowledge economy?
  
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<ref>http://www.philodroit.be/IMG/pdf/bf_-_le_droit_global_selon_ecole_de_bruxelles_-2014-3.pdf?lang=fr</ref>
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Furthermore, it is in between war that the communication systems associated to Mundaneum were conceived; some of them were thought as prospective possibilities, such as Mondotheque, but others were already implemented and formed the basis of an international communication network, based on postal services and telegraph networks. Otlet and Lafontaine's Project took place in an era of international agreements over communication networks. It appears that associative structures, acted as networks of information-sharing organizing modalities of exchange to the general benefit of civil society. It was also the epoch when the rise of international countries agreements structured international life from diplomatie to normalisation  ; some of these structures are still the basis of our actual globalized organization, but they are all challenged by private capitalist structures. How does this relates to the comparison between the Mundaneum and the actual knowledge economy.
 
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| [[date::1934]]  
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| [[date::1934]]
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|| As the Mundaneum is closed by governmental decision, the archives are moved [[place::Rue Fetis 44, Brussels]] in the House of [[person::Paul Otlet]]
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|| The [[Mundaneum]] is closed after a governmental decision. A part of the archives are moved [[place::Rue Fétis 44, Brussels]] to the house of [[person::Paul Otlet]]
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|| HOUSE
 
|| HOUSE
 
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| [[date::1992]]  
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| [[date::1992]]
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|| Creation of the Internet Society - American association with international vocation .
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|| Creation of ''[http://www.internetsociety.org/ the Internet Society]'', an American association with international vocation.
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||WORLD
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|| WORLD
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[date::1960]]'s
 
| [[date::1960]]'s
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|| "Les amis du palais mondial" organize different events to the memory of [[person::Paul Otlet]]
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|| ''Les Amis du Palais Mondial'' organize different events to celebrate the memory of [[person::Paul Otlet]].
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||EVENT
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|| EVENT
 
|| HOUSE
 
|| HOUSE
 
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|-
 
| [[date::1914]]
 
| [[date::1914]]
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|| "The palais mondial" sets up at [[place::Parc du Cinquantenaire 11, Brussels|Jubelpark, 11 Parc du Cinquantenaire, Brussels]]. Installation will be a little delayed due to the upcoming WWI.
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|| The ''Palais Mondial'' sets up at [[Parc du Cinquantenaire 11]]. The opening is delayed due to the upcoming World War I.
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||MOVE
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|| MOVE
 
|| CITY
 
|| CITY
 
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|-
 
| [[date::1920]]
 
| [[date::1920]]
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|| Foundation of the League of Nations at the Paris peace conference
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|| Foundation of the ''League of Nations'' at the ''Paris peace conference''.
 
|| EVENT
 
|| EVENT
 
|| WORLD
 
|| WORLD
 
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|-
 
| [[date::1920]]
 
| [[date::1920]]
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|| Opening of the "Palais Mondial"
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|| Opening of the ''Palais Mondial'' in [[Parc du Cinquantenaire 11|Parc du Cinquantenaire]].
 
|| EVENT
 
|| EVENT
 
|| CITY
 
|| CITY
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[date::1924]]  
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| [[date::1924]]
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|| "Foire du caoutchouc" at the Palais Mondial, some collections will be moved to leave space for the event.
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|| ''Foire du caoutchouc'' (Rubber fair) in the ''Palais Mondial''. Some collections will be moved to make space for the event.
 
|| MOVE
 
|| MOVE
 
|| CITY
 
|| CITY
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[date::1941]]
 
| [[date::1941]]
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|| Some files from the Mundaneum collections that concerned international associations, are transferred to Germany because they are assumed to have propaganda value.
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|| Some files from the Mundaneum collections concerning international associations, are transferred to Germany. They are assumed to have propaganda value.
 
|| MOVE
 
|| MOVE
 
|| WORLD
 
|| WORLD
 
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|-
 
| [[date::1934]]
 
| [[date::1934]]
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|| Publication of the book "[[Traité de documentation]]"
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|| Publication of Otlet's book ''[[Traité de documentation]]''.
 
|| PUBLICATION
 
|| PUBLICATION
 
|| WORLD
 
|| WORLD
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[date::1891]]
 
| [[date::1891]]
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|| [[person::Henri Lafontaine]] publishes an essay "Pour une bibliographie de la paix"
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|| [[person::Henri Lafontaine]] publishes an essay ''Pour une bibliographie de la paix''.
 
|| PUBLICATION
 
|| PUBLICATION
 
|| NATION
 
|| NATION
 
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|-
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| [[date::1895]] 2-4 septembre
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| [[date::1895]] 2-4 September
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|| First Conférence of Bibliographie that decides the creation of "l'Institut International de Bibliographie" (IIB)
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|| First ''Conférence de Bibliographie'' at which it is decided to create ''l'Institut International de Bibliographie'' (IIB).
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|| ASSOCIATIONS
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|| ASSOCIATION
 
|| CITY
 
|| CITY
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[date::1893]]
 
| [[date::1893]]
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|| [[person::Paul Otlet|Otlet]] and [[person::Henri Lafontaine|Lafontaine]] start together "l'Office International de Bibliologie Sociologique (OIBS)" 
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|| [[person::Paul Otlet|Otlet]] and [[person::Henri Lafontaine|Lafontaine]] start together ''l'Office International de Bibliologie Sociologique'' (OIBS).
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|| ASSOCIATIONS
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|| ASSOCIATION
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|| CITY  
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|| CITY
 
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|-
 
| [[date::1910]] May
 
| [[date::1910]] May
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|| Official Creation of IUA, "International union of associations" In 1914, it federates 230 organizations, a little more than half the existing ones. L'IUA promotes internationalist aspirations and desire for peace that will lead in 1920 to the creation of "Société des Nations".
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|| Official Creation of the ''International union of associations'' (IUA). In 1914, it federates 230 organizations, a little more than half the existing ones. The IUA promotes internationalist aspirations and desire for peace that will lead in 1920 to the creation of the ''Société des Nations''.
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|| ASSOCIATIONS
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|| ASSOCIATION
 
|| WORLD
 
|| WORLD
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[date::1907]] June
 
| [[date::1907]] June
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|| [[person::Paul Otlet|Otlet]] and [[person::Henri Lafontaine|Lafontaine]] organize a Central Office for International Associations that will become the "International Union of Associations" (IUA) at the first Congres mondial des associations internationales in Brussels in May 1910
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|| [[person::Paul Otlet|Otlet]] and [[person::Henri Lafontaine|Lafontaine]] organize a ''Central Office for International Associations'' that will become the ''International Union of Associations'' (IUA) at the first ''Congrès mondial des associations internationales'' in Brussels in May 1910.
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|| ASSOCIATIONS
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|| ASSOCIATION
 
|| CITY
 
|| CITY
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[date::1903]]
 
| [[date::1903]]
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|| Création of the international Women's suffrage alliance (IWSA) that will become the International Alliance of Women
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|| Creation of the international ''Women's suffrage alliance'' (IWSA) that will later become the ''International Alliance of Women''.
 
|| ASSOCIATION
 
|| ASSOCIATION
 
|| WORLD
 
|| WORLD
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[date::1910]] 25-27 August
 
| [[date::1910]] 25-27 August
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|| Le "Congrès International de Bibliographie et de Documentation" deals both with issues of international cooperation between non governmental organizations and the structure of universal documentation.
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|| ''Le Congrès International de Bibliographie et de Documentation'' deals both with issues of international cooperation between non-governmental organizations and the structure of universal documentation.
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|| ASSOCIATIONS
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|| ASSOCIATION
 
|| WORLD
 
|| WORLD
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[date::1911]]
 
| [[date::1911]]
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|| More than 600 people/institutions are listed as IIB members or reffwering to heir methods specifically UDC..
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|| More than 600 people and institutions are listed as IIB members or refer to their methods, specifically the [[UDC]].
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|| ASSOCIATIONS
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|| ASSOCIATION
 
|| WORLD
 
|| WORLD
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|-  
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|-
 
|| [[date::1914]]
 
|| [[date::1914]]
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|| Germany declares war to France and invades Belgium
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|| Germany declares war to France and invades Belgium.
 
|| EVENT
 
|| EVENT
 
|| WORLD
 
|| WORLD
 
|-
 
|-
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|| [[date::1919]] june 28
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|| [[date::1919]] June 28
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|| Traité de Versailles
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|| The ''Traité de Versailles'' marks the end of World War I.
 
|| EVENT
 
|| EVENT
 
|| WORLD
 
|| WORLD
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[date::1924]]
 
| [[date::1924]]
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|| Creation, within l'IIB, of the Central Classification Commission focusing on the development of Universal Decimal Classification
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|| Creation (within the IIB), of the ''Central Classification Commission'' focusing on the development of the ''Universal Decimal Classification'' ([[UDC]]).
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|| ASSOCIATIONS
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|| ASSOCIATION
 
|| NATION
 
|| NATION
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[date::1931]]
 
| [[date::1931]]
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|| IIB becomes l'International Institut of documentation (IID) and in [[date::1938]] is named International Fédération of documentation (IDF)
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|| The IIB becomes the ''International Institute of documentation'' (IID) and in [[date::1938]] is named ''International Fédération of documentation'' (IDF).
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|| ASSOCIATIONS
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|| ASSOCIATION
 
|| WORLD
 
|| WORLD
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[date::1939]] sept 1st
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| [[date::1939]] September
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|| Invasion of Poland by Germany beginning of WWII
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|| Invasion of Poland by Germany, start of World War II.
 
|| EVENT
 
|| EVENT
 
|| WORLD
 
|| WORLD
 
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|-
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| [[date::1908]] 10-11 juillet
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| [[date::1908]] July
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|| "Congrès bibliographique international" (Bruxelles)
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|| ''Congrès bibliographique international'' in Brussels.
 
|| EVENT
 
|| EVENT
 
|| CITY
 
|| CITY
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[date::1900]]
 
| [[date::1900]]
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|| "Congrès bibliographique international" (Paris)
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|| ''Congrès bibliographique international'' in Paris.
 
|| EVENT
 
|| EVENT
 
|| WORLD
 
|| WORLD
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[date::1913]]
 
| [[date::1913]]
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|| [[person::Henri Lafontaine]] is awarded the Nobel Price for Peace
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|| [[person::Henri Lafontaine]] is awarded the Nobel Price for Peace.
 
|| EVENT
 
|| EVENT
 
|| WORLD
 
|| WORLD
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[date::1916]]
 
| [[date::1916]]
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|| [[person::Henri Lafontaine|Lafontaine]] publishes "The great solution: magnissima charta" while in exile in United States
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|| [[person::Henri Lafontaine|Lafontaine]] publishes ''The great solution: magnissima charta'' while in exile in the United States.
 
|| PUBLICATION
 
|| PUBLICATION
 
|| WORLD
 
|| WORLD
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[date::1882]]
 
| [[date::1882]]
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|| Triple Alliance renewed in [[date::1902]]
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|| ''Triple Alliance'', renewed in [[date::1902]].
 
|| EVENT
 
|| EVENT
 
|| WORLD
 
|| WORLD
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[date::1904]]
 
| [[date::1904]]
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|| "Entente cordiale" between France and England over the colonies
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|| ''Entente cordiale'' between France and England over the colonies (what was agreed upon?).
 
|| EVENT
 
|| EVENT
 
|| WORLD
 
|| WORLD
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[date::1890]]'s
 
| [[date::1890]]'s
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|| first colonial wars (fachoda, boers...)
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|| First colonial wars (Fachoda, Boers ...).
 
|| EVENT
 
|| EVENT
 
|| WORLD
 
|| WORLD
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[date::1889]]
 
| [[date::1889]]
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|| [[person::Henri Lafontaine]] creates la "Société Belge de l'arbitrage et de la paix"
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|| [[person::Henri Lafontaine]] creates ''La Société Belge de l'arbitrage et de la paix''.
 
|| EVENT
 
|| EVENT
 
|| NATION
 
|| NATION
 
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|-
 
| [[date::1944]]
 
| [[date::1944]]
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|| Death of Paul Otlet. he is buried in [[place::Cimetière d'Ixelles|Etterbeek cemetery]]
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|| Death of Paul Otlet. He is buried in [[place::Cimetière d'Ixelles|Etterbeek cemetery]].
 
|| EVENT
 
|| EVENT
 
|| CITY
 
|| CITY
 
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|-
 
| [[date::1993]]
 
| [[date::1993]]
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|| [[person::Elio Di Rupo]] organises the transportation of Otlet archives to [[place::76 Rue de Nimy, Mons|76 rue de Nimy]], à Mons
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|| [[person::Elio Di Rupo]] organises the transport of the Mundaneum archives from Brussels to [[place::76 Rue de Nimy, Mons|76 rue de Nimy]] in Mons.
 
|| MOVE
 
|| MOVE
 
|| NATION
 
|| NATION
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[date::1890]]
 
| [[date::1890]]
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|| [[person::Henri Lafontaine]] meets [[person::Paul Otlet]]
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|| [[person::Henri Lafontaine]] meets [[person::Paul Otlet]].
 
|| PERSON
 
|| PERSON
 
|| CITY
 
|| CITY
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[date::1894]]
 
| [[date::1894]]
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|| [[person::Henri Lafontaine]] is elected senator from Hainaut and later on senator from Liège-Brabant
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|| [[person::Henri Lafontaine]] is elected senator of the province of Hainaut, and later senator of the province of Liège-Brabant.
 
|| EVENT
 
|| EVENT
 
|| NATION
 
|| NATION
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[date::1907]]
 
| [[date::1907]]
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|| [[person::Henri Lafontaine]] is elected president of "bureau international de la paix" that he previously contributed to organize
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|| [[person::Henri Lafontaine]] is elected president of the ''Bureau international de la paix'' that he previously initiated.
 
|| PERSON
 
|| PERSON
 
|| NATION
 
|| NATION
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[date::1891]]
 
| [[date::1891]]
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|| Entente franco-russe: preliminairy to the "triple entente" that will be signed in [[date::1907]]
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|| ''Franco-Russian entente'', preliminary to the ''Triple entente'' that will be signed in [[date::1907]].
 
|| EVENT
 
|| EVENT
 
|| WORLD
 
|| WORLD
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[date::1870]]
 
| [[date::1870]]
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|| Franco-Prussian war
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|| Franco-Prussian war.
 
|| EVENT
 
|| EVENT
 
|| WORLD
 
|| WORLD
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[date::1905]]
 
| [[date::1905]]
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|| First Morroccan Crisis
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|| First Moroccan crisis.
 
|| EVENT
 
|| EVENT
 
|| WORLD
 
|| WORLD
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[date::1874]]
 
| [[date::1874]]
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|| Creation of General Postal Union, by ONU <ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Postal_Union</ref> aiming at federating international postal distribution
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|| ONU creates the ''General Postal Union'' <ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Postal_Union</ref> and aims to federate international postal distribution.
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|| NORMS
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|| STANDARD
 
|| WORLD
 
|| WORLD
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[date::1875]]
 
| [[date::1875]]
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|| General Conference on Weights and Measures
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|| ''General Conference on Weights and Measures'' in Sèvres, France.
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|| NORMS
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|| STANDARD
 
|| WORLD
 
|| WORLD
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[date::1865]]
 
| [[date::1865]]
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|| International Union of telegraph-future International telecomunication union (UTI)
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|| The ''International Union of telegraph'', the future ''International Telecomunication Union'' (UTI) sets up.
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|| NORMS
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|| STANDARD
 
|| WORLD
 
|| WORLD
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[date::1947]]
 
| [[date::1947]]
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|| INTERNATIONAL Telecomunication Union(UTI) is attached to UN
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|| The ''International Telecomunication Union'' (UTI) is attached to the UN.
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|| NORMS
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|| STANDARD
 
|| GLOBE
 
|| GLOBE
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[date::1963]]
 
| [[date::1963]]
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|| ASCII is developed  
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|| ''American Standard Code for Information Interchange'' (ASCII) developed.
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|| NORMS
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|| STANDARD
 
|| GLOBE
 
|| GLOBE
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[date::1966]]
 
| [[date::1966]]
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|| ARPANET project initiated  
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|| The ARPANET project is initiated.
 
|| ASSOCIATION
 
|| ASSOCIATION
 
|| NATION
 
|| NATION
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[date::1974]]
 
| [[date::1974]]
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|| Telenet the first public version of the Internet is founded.  
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|| ''Telenet'', the first public version of the Internet founded.
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|| NORMS
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|| STANDARD
 
|| WORLD
 
|| WORLD
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[date::2012]]
 
| [[date::2012]]
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|| Failure of WCIT to reach an international agreement on Internet regulation.  
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|| Failure of the ''World Conference on International Telecommunications'' (WCIT) to reach an international agreement on Internet regulation.
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|| NORMS
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|| STANDARD
 
|| GLOBE
 
|| GLOBE
 
|-
 
|-
 
|}
 
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'''Additional timelines'''
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some timelines:
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* https://www.timetoast.com/timelines/la-premiere-guerre-mondiale
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https://www.timetoast.com/timelines/la-premiere-guerre-mondiale
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* http://www.telephonetribute.com/timeline.html
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* https://www.reseau-canope.fr/savoirscdi/societe-de-linformation/le-monde-du-livre-et-de-la-presse/histoire-du-livre-et-de-la-documentation/biographies/paul-otlet.html
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* http://monoskop.org/Otlet
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* http://archives.mundaneum.org/fr/historique
  
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'''References'''
 
[[Category:Timeline]] [[Category:Publication]]
 
[[Category:Timeline]] [[Category:Publication]]

Revision as of 11:09, 29 December 2015

DRAFT VERSION

This timeline starts in Brussels and proportions itself variably. It is an attempt to situate some of the events in the life, death and revival of the Mundaneum in a broader context, and to relate them to both local and international events. By connecting several geographic locations at different scales, it is hopefully provoking cqrrelations in time and space that could help us formulate questions about the ways local events repeatedly mirror and reformulate global situations, and vice versa.

Natacha Roussel

The large (in size? ambitious?) archive (project? collection?) of the Mundaneum is developed by Paul Otlet with support of Henri Lafontaine at a time when occidental colonialism is at its height and the first tensions (between what and what?) are only starting to manifest themselves (who is manifesting to who? who's tensions?) while at the same time war is at the door of modern European society. In this context it is important that Henri Lafontaine, though constantly energized by Paul Otlet's encompassing view of classification systems and norms (wondering if it is better to use the term 'standards' instead of 'norms'?), links the Mundaneum project strongly to an ideal of achieving peace through knowledge of the world. The Mundaneum archives are constituted with an intentionality, a major effort is made to include alternative topics such as the well known archives of the feminist movement in Belgium but also information on anarchism and pacifism. Furthermore the project is rooted in a larger network of associations and meta-structures which have as an objective to structure an international network for civil societies. This is a conscious process of thought, structured in a larger theoretical framework developed by Lafontaine. This process takes place in the context of the general internationalisation of society, already becoming crucial at the end of the 19th century, while at the same time the social gap increases due to the booming industrial society. This (gap?) was addressed in Brussels by the brand new discipline of sociology [1] that tried to formulate something that would be a legal engineer (what do you mean?) to address social inequalities. Otlet and Lafontaine spent a large part of their lives on attempts to formulate a mondial society. While Lafontaine clearly roots his thinking in a strong civil society organization, according to Benoit Friedman, Otlet is the first person to use the term Mondialisation in French (seems with this phrase you set up a contrast between Lafontaine and Otlet that I don't understand from this sentence?) [2].

The communication systems associated with the Mundaneum were conceived in between the two World Wars. Some of them such as the Mondothèque were imagined as prospective possibilities, but others were already implemented at the time and formed the basis of an international communication network, consisting of postal services and telegraph networks. Otlet and Lafontaine's project took place in an era of international agreements over communication networks. It appears that associative structures (which ones?), acted as networks of information-sharing organizing modalities of exchange to the general benefit of civil society. It was also the epoch of international agreements between countries, structuring international life from diplomacy to normalisation; some of these structures still form the basis of our actual globalized organization, but they are all challenged by private capitalist structures. How is the development of the Mundaneum project related to the development of the actual knowledge economy?

DATE EVENT TYPE SCALE
1934 The Mundaneum is closed after a governmental decision. A part of the archives are moved Rue Fétis 44, Brussels to the house of Paul Otlet MOVE HOUSE
1992 Creation of the Internet Society, an American association with international vocation. STANDARD WORLD
1960's Les Amis du Palais Mondial organize different events to celebrate the memory of Paul Otlet. EVENT HOUSE
1914 The Palais Mondial sets up at Parc du Cinquantenaire 11. The opening is delayed due to the upcoming World War I. MOVE CITY
1920 Foundation of the League of Nations at the Paris peace conference. EVENT WORLD
1920 Opening of the Palais Mondial in Parc du Cinquantenaire. EVENT CITY
1924 Foire du caoutchouc (Rubber fair) in the Palais Mondial. Some collections will be moved to make space for the event. MOVE CITY
1941 Some files from the Mundaneum collections concerning international associations, are transferred to Germany. They are assumed to have propaganda value. MOVE WORLD
1934 Publication of Otlet's book Traité de documentation. PUBLICATION WORLD
1891 Henri Lafontaine publishes an essay Pour une bibliographie de la paix. PUBLICATION NATION
1895 2-4 September First Conférence de Bibliographie at which it is decided to create l'Institut International de Bibliographie (IIB). ASSOCIATION CITY
1893 Otlet and Lafontaine start together l'Office International de Bibliologie Sociologique (OIBS). ASSOCIATION CITY
1910 May Official Creation of the International union of associations (IUA). In 1914, it federates 230 organizations, a little more than half the existing ones. The IUA promotes internationalist aspirations and desire for peace that will lead in 1920 to the creation of the Société des Nations. ASSOCIATION WORLD
1907 June Otlet and Lafontaine organize a Central Office for International Associations that will become the International Union of Associations (IUA) at the first Congrès mondial des associations internationales in Brussels in May 1910. ASSOCIATION CITY
1903 Creation of the international Women's suffrage alliance (IWSA) that will later become the International Alliance of Women. ASSOCIATION WORLD
1910 25-27 August Le Congrès International de Bibliographie et de Documentation deals both with issues of international cooperation between non-governmental organizations and the structure of universal documentation. ASSOCIATION WORLD
1911 More than 600 people and institutions are listed as IIB members or refer to their methods, specifically the UDC. ASSOCIATION WORLD
1914 Germany declares war to France and invades Belgium. EVENT WORLD
1919 June 28 The Traité de Versailles marks the end of World War I. EVENT WORLD
1924 Creation (within the IIB), of the Central Classification Commission focusing on the development of the Universal Decimal Classification (UDC). ASSOCIATION NATION
1931 The IIB becomes the International Institute of documentation (IID) and in 1938 is named International Fédération of documentation (IDF). ASSOCIATION WORLD
1939 September Invasion of Poland by Germany, start of World War II. EVENT WORLD
1908 July Congrès bibliographique international in Brussels. EVENT CITY
1900 Congrès bibliographique international in Paris. EVENT WORLD
1913 Henri Lafontaine is awarded the Nobel Price for Peace. EVENT WORLD
1916 Lafontaine publishes The great solution: magnissima charta while in exile in the United States. PUBLICATION WORLD
1882 Triple Alliance, renewed in 1902. EVENT WORLD
1904 Entente cordiale between France and England over the colonies (what was agreed upon?). EVENT WORLD
1890's First colonial wars (Fachoda, Boers ...). EVENT WORLD
1889 Henri Lafontaine creates La Société Belge de l'arbitrage et de la paix. EVENT NATION
1944 Death of Paul Otlet. He is buried in Etterbeek cemetery. EVENT CITY
1993 Elio Di Rupo organises the transport of the Mundaneum archives from Brussels to 76 rue de Nimy in Mons. MOVE NATION
1890 Henri Lafontaine meets Paul Otlet. PERSON CITY
1894 Henri Lafontaine is elected senator of the province of Hainaut, and later senator of the province of Liège-Brabant. EVENT NATION
1907 Henri Lafontaine is elected president of the Bureau international de la paix that he previously initiated. PERSON NATION
1891 Franco-Russian entente, preliminary to the Triple entente that will be signed in 1907. EVENT WORLD
1870 Franco-Prussian war. EVENT WORLD
1905 First Moroccan crisis. EVENT WORLD
1874 ONU creates the General Postal Union [3] and aims to federate international postal distribution. STANDARD WORLD
1875 General Conference on Weights and Measures in Sèvres, France. STANDARD WORLD
1865 The International Union of telegraph, the future International Telecomunication Union (UTI) sets up. STANDARD WORLD
1947 The International Telecomunication Union (UTI) is attached to the UN. STANDARD GLOBE
1963 American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) developed. STANDARD GLOBE
1966 The ARPANET project is initiated. ASSOCIATION NATION
1974 Telenet, the first public version of the Internet founded. STANDARD WORLD
2012 Failure of the World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT) to reach an international agreement on Internet regulation. STANDARD GLOBE

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References
  1. ↑ http://www.philodroit.be/IMG/pdf/bf_-_le_droit_global_selon_ecole_de_bruxelles_-2014-3.pdf?lang=fr
  2. ↑ Benoit Friedman reference ???
  3. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Postal_Union
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