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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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