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Abstract A crisis is first and foremost a problem of collective action in an uncertain and complex environment. It requires the ability to improvise, tinker, and reassemble—capabilities that are complementary to, or sometimes distinct from, the mechanisms …

Introduction I would like to invite everyone who has led a “translation-reinvention” of the Dictionary of the Untranslatable to this conference. They have never all met before, even though some of them—particularly those who collaborated on the French …

Abstract After a crisis occurs, there is a moral imperative to learn from it in order to prevent it from happening again or to better cope with it should it recur. However, organizations are often reluctant to conduct a “lessons learned” review; or, when …

Abstract In a 9th century letter on papyrus from the Fayoum oasis, the sender wrote: "Ḥasan told me that you had mentioned that I had been rude to you in my letter. But my rudeness, coming from someone like me to someone like you, is actually a mark of …