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• 15 nov 2014

  Paris

  Call for papers - Sociology

  Economic Elites in Developing Countries

  Academic debates on economic elites in “developed” countries are abundant. These theoretical or empirical works study, amongst others, the surge of a transnational capitalist class or the relevance of local dynamics in understanding elite behavior and selection. For their part, studies assessing elites in developing countries tend to uphold the notion that a dominant class exists and that it is able to consolidate its domination by colluding with political strongmen allied to the State and that often, this domination is maintained through a monopoly of the relations with the international economy. However, the political upheavals that recently affected countries in the Arab world as well as those that took place in Latin America in the 1990s, as well as in Eastern Europe and in South-East Asia, call such one-dimensional analyses into question. As this proposal brings to sight, more than a decade ago the combined accumulation of old and new processes led to the emergence, circulation or transformation of existing reproduction modalities in developing countries. Unsurprisingly, these changes caused socio-political disruptions that in turn triggered the renewal of career paths to elite positions, alongside new modalities of international education and State/business collusion mechanisms. We invite applicants to join us in studying these structural yet paradoxical dynamics in order to contribute to a critical understanding of economic elites in different contexts. This workshop is mainly open to empirical research dealing with the analysis of economic elites in developing countries, their resistance to transformations of the international order and, of course, their adaptation to the disruptions of the last twenty years.

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• 18 jui 2014

  Orléans

  Study days - Ethnology, anthropology

  Heritage challenged

  Appropriations, disparities, redefinitions

  Les reconfigurations des normes du patrimoine de ces vingt dernières années ont profondément bouleversé le paysage de la culture à l’échelle mondiale, notamment au travers de l’apparition de la catégorie du patrimoine immatériel et de nouvelles frontières entre les patrimoines naturel et culturel. Dorénavant tout est potentiellement patrimoine. À des échelles diverses, les enjeux et tensions contribuent à la mise en place d'une géopolitique du patrimoine dans laquelle celui-ci devient instrument de soft power et élément de politique locale. Que provoquent ces nouvelles configurations ? Comment les « détenteurs de patrimoine » doivent ou peuvent-ils se positionner face aux institutions ? Comment se réapproprient-ils ce qui est considéré comme une identité culturelle et qui leur échappe ? Quels en sont les enjeux pour ce qui n'est pas spontanément considéré comme du patrimoine et qui tendrait à le devenir ?

   

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• 11 mar 2014	25 mar 2014	10 avr 2014
  29 avr 2014	13 mai 2014	...

  Paris

  Seminar - Ethnology, anthropology

  Political anthropology and Antonio Gramsci

  Influences, inspirations and interpretations

  Le programme du séminaire 2014 « L'anthropologie politique et Antonio Gramsci : influences, inspirations et interprétations » organisé par Riccardo Ciavolella, IIAC-LAIOS (CNRS/EHESS) et Gianfranco Rebucini, IIAC-LAIOS (CNRS/EHESS).

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• 24 mar 2014

  Call for papers - Geography

  Family agriculture: trajectories, modernities and controversies

  Alors que 2014 a été désignée Année internationale de l’agriculture familiale par l'ONU, plaçant ainsi cette forme sociale et technique d’agriculture au cœur des agendas politiques et scientifiques internationaux, l’objectif de ce numéro est d’apporter un éclairage renouvelé sur la diversité des agricultures familiales, la singularité de leurs trajectoires à différentes échelles spatiales et temporelles, ainsi que leur multifonctionnalité. En revisitant son rôle économique, social, politique et environnemental, ce dossier de la Revue Tiers Monde se propose ainsi d’interroger la modernité de cette forme d’agriculture aujourd'hui réhabilitée et les controverses qu'elle suscite.

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• 01 mar 2014

  Istanbul

  Call for papers - Urban studies

  CODATU XVI

  Climatic change, air quality and energy challenges: the role policy in urban transport and preventative measures in developing countries and emerging economies

  Transport is an integral component of sustaining livelihoods: without efficient urban transport mankind would not survive and develop and nor would economies. Yet, despite the immense benefits that transport enables, such as access to jobs, markets, education, and consumer goods and services via global supply chains, the transport sector generates substantial disbenefits. These include dependence on non-renewable energy, greenhouse gas emissions, local pollutions, road accidents and inequalities of access. Such disbenefits clearly demonstrate that the transport sector is currently unsustainable economically, environmentally and socially.

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