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Population, Time, Territories (CIST2020)

The latest in the series of Collège international des sciences territoriales (FR2007 CIST) conferences, this 5th international conference spotlights the concept of population as a central issue in the debates within territorial sciences. The concept of population, which is central to demography and biology and more marginal for other disciplines, involves the grouping together of individual entities. Depending on the particular approach used, the preferred criterion for aggregation will be the social, territorial, biological, etc., with timescales and observation scales varying accordingly. Linking together population, time and territory in a transdisciplinary and international perspective is the main goal of this conference; beyond the fact that it represents a theoretical and methodological breakthrough, the diversity of the proposed thematic sessions is a clear sign that this trio is at the heart of contemporary issues.

Santiago de Compostela

Call for papers - Representation

The epoch of space. State and new perspectives

For centuries, the study of time was one of the main academic interests in the field of Humanities. However, in the second half of the 20^th century, most scholars and philosophers shifted their focus to the question of space. The interest in studying this in the field of the arts has increased significantly in recent years, and is especially noticeable in the case of literary creations.The growing influence of ecocriticism and geocriticism is especially noticeable in digital humanities. The bridges recently built between these fields are already proving to be productive, as they have led to the development of new tools, approaches, and methodologies, such as deep mapping techniques and the spatial humanities. How have the disciplines evolved in recent years? Do we need to redefine the key concepts regarding space and place? Has our relationship with territory changed? Have we produced new ways of inhabiting space?

Call for papers - Sociology

The Right to Lefebvre

Call for papers about Henri Lefebvre and his work

Le colloque Henri Lefebvre : Une pensée devenue monde, organisé à l’Université Paris Ouest-Nanterre en 2011 en est une autre manifestation. Toutefois cet intérêt est assez relatif, puisque le peu de chercheur-e-s qui s’y intéressent sont souvent des philosophes. A l’exception de quelques figures, comme Jean-Pierre Garnier, qui mobilise explicitement cet auteur dans la majorité de ses travaux en sociologie urbaine, les sciences sociales semblent globalement continuer de l’ignorer. Même dans la géographie critique, Lefebvre n’est pas toujours cité comme une référence au contraire de David Harvey et Edward Soja, qui pourtant revendiquent une filiation directe aux chantiers conceptuels ouverts par Lefebvre. Cela peut s’expliquer par des divergences méthodologiques, épistémologiques, mais également politiques quant à l’appropriation du corpus.

Call for papers - Geography

Environmental inequalities in the Americas

La revue L'ordinaire des Amériques (ORDA) - lance un appel à articles sur le thème : « Les inégalités environnementales dans les Amériques ». Les contributions porteront sur les différentes facettes des inégalités environnementales dans les Amériques, notamment : approches théoriques et méthodologiques ; études de cas portant sur les inégalités liées à l’environnement dans les Amériques.

Bondy | Paris

Call for papers - Geography

New flows and spatial relations

Peripheral spaces within globalisation

La mondialisation contemporaine présente un visage inédit par bien des aspects. Elle modifie les relations entre les espaces, les institutions, les entreprises et les individus et entraîne notamment une transformation radicale des liens des périphéries avec d'autres lieux. Les flux de toutes natures que ces relations déclenchent, les stratégies des acteurs qui sont au centre de ces dynamiques, les territoires institutionnels, politiques ou identitaires que construisent ou renforcent ces reconfigurations et les dissymétries sociales et économiques qu’elles génèrent ont été étudiés par le programme collectif de recherche Périmarge : « Périphéries, marges : interpréter les relations aux centres dans la mondialisation », financé par l’ANR sur l’appel « Métamorphoses des sociétés : Inégalité-Inégalités ».

Call for papers - Urban studies

Zone: the space of a life on the margins

Espaces et sociétés

While the everyday of "suburban youth" occupies the attention of French sociologists, the other face of the youths that have been relegated to "dropouts" (“zonards”) remains virtually invisible in terms of the social sciences. This issue aims to provide a first synthesis of French work on “the zone” as an area of life on the margins, and a presentation of pioneering English-language research in this field of study. This will be explore the range or meanings of experiments whose originality derives from a shared nomadic lifestyle, keeping a distance from institutions, as well as normative territories. The expected proposals will favor the investigation of spaces and the constituent cultures of dropouts (squatters, punks, ravers ...).

Paris

Call for papers - Urban studies

Revisit Patrick Geddes

In the interdisciplinarity of his thought, its international dimensions and the timeliness of his ideas, but also given the misunderstanding of his work in France, Espaces et Sociétés devotes its next folder issue to Patrick Geddes, pioneer of modern urbanism and interdisciplinary methods, precursor of environmentalism. In effect, the environmental question has not emerged suddenly in urbanism, it goes back to the 19th century and the beginnings of the 20th century with authors such as Geddes. The choice of Geddes reflects the interdisciplinarity of his thought, its international reach and the novelty of his ideas, but also by the lack of his work in France; it was necessary, in fact, to wait until 1994 for the first translation of his work Cities in Evolution (1915). Equally this number wishes to address this oversight by understanding and by calling for a critical rereading of his work.

Madrid

Call for papers - Epistemology and methodology

Littératures grises et pouvoirs : méthodes et pratiques

Le pouvoir emprunte bien souvent des itinéraires sous-jacents, cachés, inconsistants. En deçà de ses manifestations visibles, en deçà des discours officiels élaborés dans des formes codifiées et institutionnalisées, bien avant qu’elle ne s’énonce ni ne s’annonce en tant que telle, en théorie comme en pratique, toute forme de pouvoir est le résultat de multiples processus d’élaboration. Dans des mesures variables selon les époques et les lieux, ces travaux de l’ombre ont laissé des traces dans les archives d’État ou dans d’autres fonds. Nous aimerions orienter notre réflexion non pas vers la définition théorique d’un pouvoir en tant que tel, visible et identifiable, mais au contraire vers la mise en lumière de la multiplicité de ses expressions indirectes. Cette journée d’études a donc pour objectif d’articuler une réflexion transdisciplinaire sur la production des discours qui conduisent à la mise en récit du pouvoir. L’histoire, la géographie, l’urbanisme, la sociologie, l’anthropologie ou encore la philosophie doivent être associées à une entreprise de réévaluation des possibilités épistémologiques offertes par les « littératures grises ».

Lyon

Call for papers - Urban studies

XIIth World Congress on Earthen Architectures (Terra 2016)

Terra 2016 is the twelfth in a series of international events organised since 1972, bringing together academics, professionals and experts, and a broad audience gathering around earthen architectures. The congress is organised under the aegis of the ISCEAH Committee of ICOMOS international, in the framework of the UNESCO World Heritage Earthen Architecture Programme (WHEAP). The 2016 edition will focus mainly on issues dealing with sustainable development, particularly in urban areas. This event will gather more than 800 participants from the fields of heritage conservation, archeology, architecture and urban planning, engineering, social sciences, as well as fields related to local sustainable development and crisis intervention.

Paris

Call for papers - Epistemology and methodology

Observation and its Angles

Call for papers from Espaces et Sociétés

A fundamental tool in the approach to space and in the relationships that societies maintain with it, direct observation or in situ is only simple in appearance Espaces et Sociétés thus invites authors to think about the way they have mobilized observation in their research. More specifically, we wish to explore the hypothesis that the plurality of the theoretical and technical declensions of observation are particularly striking when this concerns spaces, their configurations and their uses. What status does observation grant to space? What are the original manners to grasp places and the social activities which produce them? What are the criteria of validity of this method? Which criticisms can we address to observation as a method ?

Strasbourg

Call for papers - Urban studies

International comparison: methods and challenges

Journal Espaces et sociétés

Espaces et sociétés raises the issue of the aims of international comparison in its specific scientific field: the relationship between societies and their spaces. This themed issue intends to discuss the challenges and methodologies at stake in comparative research. The aim is not to present data extracted from an international comparison, but to focus on the epistemological and methodological challenges in the process of their production.

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