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• 16 déc 2018

  Barcelona

  Call for papers - Sociology

  Religion and Politics in Small Nations: Comparative Socio-cultural and Institutional Dimensions

  ISSR's 35th Congress - Thematic session

  Small nations of Central and Eastern Europe have provided fertile ground to study the relationship between religion and politics. Too often, however, research on the region suffers from a problematic Orientalism, depicting nationalism in the East as a dangerous ethnic, religious, and anti-modern force. This bilingual thematic session, organized within the framework of the 2019 Congress of the International Society of Sociology of Religions (ISSR - July 9-12 - Barcelona), seeks to understand the relationship between politics and religion “from within” small nations themselves.

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• 28 sep 2018

  Barcelona

  Call for papers - Ethnology, anthropology

  Patrimonios alimentarios, turismos y sostenibilidades

  V congreso internacional del Observatorio de la alimentación y la fundación Alicia

  El patrimonio alimentario, como el «patrimonio» en general, ha sido considerado tanto como una construcción socio-cultural, con capacidad para representar simbólicamente una identidad, como una industria de valores añadidos. Por parte de numerosos gobiernos, estatales o regionales, existe una voluntad de conocer el patrimonio alimentario de las poblaciones con el propósito de proponer políticas de fomento productivo y de iniciar procesos de desarrollo local mediante la valorización de los productos y cocinas locales. Las gastronomías locales forman parte, cada vez más, de los recursos susceptibles de ser explotados por parte de la oferta turística. Turismo y restauración no solamente contribuyen a la valoración de la cocina tradicional y a su posible recuperación si no, también, a su transformación y redefinición, bajo parámetros diversos y, a veces, contradictorios: por un lado, «selección», «reducción» y «simplificación» de aquellos platos y productos considerados representativos; y por otro, «idealización», «replicación» y generalización...

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• 07 nov 2012	08 nov 2012	09 nov 2012
  10 nov 2012

  Barcelona

  Conference, symposium - Urban studies

  Desertions, Counter-movements and Forced Mobilities in the Contemporary City

  First International Conference on Anthropology of Urban Conflict

  Social conflict is inherent in urban society in general. Social conflict is a historic constant that makes cities the epicenter of revolt in all of its forms. Despite our attempts to systematically classify the varied logics that lay behind existing disparate scales of uprising, e.g. large mass movements, small groups organized around blueprint actions, or individuals that quietly rebelled with daily contempt, to date it has not been possible to bring them all under a common systemic defiance. Political movements vs. social movements, peaceful vs. violent actions, organization vs. spontaneity, etc., these are old dichotomies overcome by the force of the present situation. So, how does conflict come about in contemporary cities? The varied kinds of agitation featured in the current crisis are a good example of the different types of rebellion against public order, the norms that sustain it, and the authorities that implement them. From a demonstration against government cuts to apolitical graffiti somewhere on the urban fringe, from insubordination against mortgage repossessions to the refusal to pay for the use of public transport, from symbolic happenings performed in public spaces to the defense, at any cost, of squatted housing, of neighborhood resistance against evictions or of the opposition to identification raids on undocumented migrants.

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• 21 jui 2010

  Barcelona

  Conference, symposium - Urban studies

  Public spaces in the Maghreb: meanings, practices, methods

  Espace négocié, espace partagé, espace de conflits et d’enjeux sociaux, l’espace public n’est pas un simple lieu de passage et de circulation, il est aussi et surtout, le cadre du cheminement des individus et des groupes oscillant entre exposition et évitement, entre fermeture et ouverture, entre dedans et dehors, entre public et privé. Ces antagonismes sont au fondement de la formation sociétale au Maghreb dans laquelle les villes et les territoires urbains donnent à voir les ambivalences et les paradoxes qui balisent les rapports au pouvoir et à autrui. Le débat portera sur les dispositifs et les ressources du changement dans les sociétés maghrébines contemporaines. Au-delà de la diversité des lieux et des liens, c’est bien l’insertion politique et sociale des individus qui est au cœur de cette réflexion. C’est à l’évidence, une problématique dont les ramifications se situent au carrefour de plusieurs disciplines.

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