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• 08 nov 2019

  Tunis

  Call for papers - Urban studies

  The resilient city - realities and perspectives in Africa and the Middle East

  International conference of the Association for the promotion of teaching and research in town and regional planning *(APERAU AMO)

  Le colloque invite à se concentrer sur les recherches empiriques s’appuyant sur des expériences réelles portant sur les villes africaines et celles du Moyen-Orient et issues d’enquêtes de terrain. Les approches transdisciplinaires en rapport avec la thématique de la résilience (géographie urbaine, génie urbain, sociologie urbaine…) sont encouragées afin de privilégier une approche globale dans le traitement de la problématique du colloque.

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• 08 nov 2019

  Hammamet

  Call for papers - Urban studies

  Urban and architectural identities in Mediterranean cities

  Identités urbaines et architecturales dans les villes méditerranéennes

  The architectural and urban diversity characterising mediterranean city is inseparable from their identity. It seems clear at that this diversity and multiplicity of different identities shoud be considered as one of the greatest cultural and human values. The coexistence of forms in time and space, the blending of urban and architectural cultures, influences and contaminations, even the contrast and and contradictions of identity that are revealed in the mediterranean urban  territory reflect the stratification of the city in its pragmatics implications and its identity meanings. Today, in a context of a competition and attractiveness betwen territories, several mediterranean cities are going through a period of profound changes. Faced with these transformations, the reference to "identity territories" (Troin, 2004) and the ability of the city to build an identity and speared it among the population are called into question.

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