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• 30 mai 2018

  31 mai 2018

  01 jui 2018

  Valencia

  Conference, symposium - Modern

  Territorial culture, social innovation and redirections in urban models

  The experience of Valence (Spain) and other South-European cities

  L'axe 4 du programme de recherche Métropoles crises et mutations étudie les effets socio-spatiaux de la crise et le déploiement d'un urbanisme de l'austérité dans les grandes villes espagnoles. L'objectif principal est d'analyser les transformations socio-spatiales, les nouvelles relations de pouvoir aux échelles locales et les reconfigurations en matière de politique publique à partir de trois contextes, Madrid, Valencia et Barcelone. En centrant les recherches sur les agendas urbains dans les grands domaines de la planification et de l'action publique (logement, mobilité, ...) mais aussi dans les stratégies mises en oeuvre (innovation sociale, action à partir des marges spatiales et sociales), les travaux mettent en lumière, de manière monographique ou comparative, les enjeux en termes de justice spatiale.

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• 03 jui 2016

  Granada

  Call for papers - Sociology

  Challenges of Cultural Diversity in Europe and the Arab World

  The era of globalization arises numerous challenges to accept plurality, differences and management of cultural diversity, especially, with the return of the ingredient of culture to the field of political action in a context in which culture has a central role in the post Cold War world. Globalization has tried to widespread certain values, practices and cultural expressions, whereas in numerous Arab and Western countries, refuge has been sought in cultural singularity and identity. Therefore, cultural factors have had their impact in the design of national, regional and international policies.

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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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