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• 15 nov 2019

  Call for papers - Sociology

  Associative Worlds : Grasping Politics by doing Ethnography on Associations

  Special issue 2021, vol. 47(3) of the Swiss Journal of Sociology

  This special issue aims to discuss ethnographic approaches that allow to shed light on the plurality of associations, societies and clubs. The aim is to examine the plurality of associational practices and meanings of associations, in order to contribute to a new scrutiny of the political dimension of associations. On the one hand, the papers will allow, by relying on ethnographic enquiries, to grasp the large variety of situations and worldviews that the world of associations entails, and through this, to open the way for underlying sociological questions. On the other hand, they shall question the contribution of ethnography to an exploration of the political potential of associational action - without limiting themselves to an organizational or motivational approach of the origins of an association.

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• 15 oct 2019

  Paris

  Call for papers - Urban studies

  Gender Dynamics and Practices in Architecture, Urbanism and Landscape Architecture

  In France, as in several other countries, the professions of architect, urban planner and landscape architect have crossed a historic threshold in terms of feminization. However, numerical parity does not mean men and women have equal professional opportunities: numerous demands of feminist associations remain unsatisfied. They note the persistence of many professional inequalities: in terms of income, in terms of financial control and job insecurity, in terms of visibility, and in terms of recognition. This call for papers aims to gather contributions for an assessment of the gains and limits of feminization and gender dynamics at work in the professional worlds of architecture, urban planning and landscape architecture in France, fifty years after the "massive" entry of women into architecture schools in 1968. 

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• 08 avr 2019

  Montpellier

  Call for papers - Urban studies

  Methods of architectural and urban research

  Si la méthode est une notion qui se fait discrète dans l’espace médiatisé de l’innovation architecturale et urbaine, selon nous, elle représente un levier justement, ou un obstacle, nécessaire à interroger pour renouveler (ou mieux définir) la recherche architecturale et urbaine. Bien que la recherche autour de ces deux disciplines ne soit pas nouvelle, ses méthodes demeurent finalement peu qualifiées. Une chose est certaine, ces deux disciplines n’ont, peut-être, été autant abordées sous des angles aussi divers : les dimensions sociales, politiques, techniques et esthétiques. Ainsi, il nous semble que mieux cerner les spécificités des méthodes de recherche architecturale et urbaine peut servir à fonder de nouvelles ressources d’actions politiques, éthiques et sociales, porteuses d’innovations.

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