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• 10 déc 2019

  Nanterre

  Call for papers - Ethnology, anthropology

  Jazz, globalisation and communities

  Jazz, globalisation and communities

  Now a quasi-universal musical form, present in all five continents, jazz developed as a result of a complex process of cultural exchange, making it a true product of cultural globalisation. Typical of the success of the « glocal », as defined by Robertson in 1994, between the « resilience of the local and global consciousness », jazz has generated new communities of amateur and professional musicians around a strong local musical tradition, thanks first to the presence of foreign musicians, and second to the global nature of jazz itself. The aim of this one-day conference will be to explore the local and global dimensions of these jazz communities from the point of the musicians, the audiences and media, in order to understand how jazz, the quintessentially global musical genre, creates not just local and global communities, but also the links between these very communities. 

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• 15 jui 2017

  Vanves

  Call for papers - Geography

  Waste Sciences, Knowledges and Practices

  European, North and Latin American perspectives

  Waste has emerged as a main environmental, economic and social issue in the last fifty years. The convergence of interests from various fields of reflection and action suggests a potential and fruitful “epistemological turn”. Yet this process is still on the verge of formalization. Research and decision on waste organizational and representational systems remain either fragmented or dependent on local context though some waste management recommendations arise from worries on the global consequences of discard. Hence this international symposium aims at opening transatlantic conversations between academic, technical and artistic areas in order to clarify how waste challenges our everyday sciences, knowledges and practices.

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• 14 mar 2016	19 avr 2016	08 jui 2016
  22 jui 2016

  Paris | Saint-Denis | Gennevilliers

  Seminar - Political studies

  Sustainable development and "social acceptability"

  Actors and production régimes of social acceptability

  Cet atelier s'intéresse à la dimension performative du développement durable, qui s’appuie sur un consensus moral préalable, une représentation partagée permettant aux acteurs d’agir ensemble. Ce caractère performatif s’exerce notamment à l’aide d’indicateurs et par l’attribution de rôles aux différents acteurs qui y participent, donnant une place essentielle à l’expertise et à la recherche. Les indicateurs sont en effet des instruments de mesure et des médiateurs facilitant les apprentissages organisationnels, la co-construction et l’innovation institutionnelle. L’expertise et la recherche tiennent quant-à-elles, un rôle essentiel dans la performativité du développement durable, au moins pour deux raisons.

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• 25 jui 2013

  Nanterre

  Call for papers - Urban studies

  Representing South African cities

  This conference proposes to present the latest developments in the research on South African cities, but also to offer an opportunity for academics from various fields (literature, social sciences, architecture, geography, visual arts, etc.) to compare their respective analysis and their theoretical conclusions with the imaginative, artistic representations of the cities of South Africa. The convenors therefore not only invite researchers from all fields to come and present their latest work on South African cities, but also strongly encourage papers which offer a cross-disciplinary approach, or joint presentations between researchers from various fields or academics and artists (writers, directors, photographs). Some major actors of the literary and art scene will be present to expose their views and discuss their works with researchers as well as with a wider, more general audience.This conference is part of the Official Season of South Africa in France.

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