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Holon | Bordeaux
Street signage in urban Africa and Israel/Palestine
Memories, identities, politics
The exhibition will examine street signage in urban Africa and Israel/Palestine as an outcome of dialectic processes, short and long termed, of spatial production and attached imagery and symbolism. That is, beyond being a signifier of a spatial orientation per se.
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Nablus
Living, Consuming and Action in Glocal Palestine
More often than not, Palestine, characterised by conflict, is analysed through the sole lenses of its political or cultural idiosyncrasy. Yet, new ways of living, consuming and acting that are embedded in the global reality, have emerged in the previous years and remained understudied. This global dimension may be understood as an imposed and inescapable reality, yet it is also adopted, integrated, amended and applied to a local dimension, so as to create a purely Palestinian form of it.This event will gather mostly researchers and PhD students in social sciences specialised in Palestine but will also pursue a comparative approach by resorting to other cases in the Middle East, North Africa or Europe. The conference also aims at confronting various approaches at the crossroads between art and science, research and action; it will create the frame for a dialogue between social sciences and the works of artists, architects as well as the new actions and philosophy of citizen and activist societies.
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Ramallah
Conference, symposium - Sociology
Contestations, Emotions! Social and artistic expressions in the Public Space
A theoretical and practical perspective from the ground
During the recent movements of contestation in Mediterranean countries different kind of aesthetic gestures using the streets and the public spaces as places for a public manifestation of some social, ordinary -or radical- critic. They proceed from an ordinary culture that is transformed, adapted then spread out upon a new form in artistic tracks taking place in public spaces. These actions have both a critical and aesthetic dimension. They rely on the environment, mobilize cognitive, memorial and cultural or ordinary patterns. They also mobilize a common culture . This is the case of rap, new uses of old music, villages against occupation, graphic art in Palestine, in Egypt or in Syria. The conference will present and analyse some forms of experimentations, and public and critical commitments. What kind of “public spaces” is in use nowadays? How it configures new spaces of critic and public space and a new environment ? The panel will adopt a trans-disciplinary perspective by bringing together social scientists and practicers or activists.
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Beirut
Scholarship, prize and job offer - Modern
L'Ifpo recrute en 2013 son directeur du département scientifique « Études contemporaines »
Le poste de Directeur du département des études contemporaines de l'Institut français du Proche-Orient sera renouvelé en septembre 2013. L'appel à candidature est publié sur le site du Ministère des affaires étrangères. -
Beirut
Conference, symposium - Urban studies
From suburbs to city, spaces and actors of urban negotiation
Colloque organisé par l’Institut français du Liban et l’Institut français du Proche-Orientavec le soutien du Fonds d’Alembert, à Beyrouth, les 31 octobre et 1er novembre 2011. -
Istanbul
Conference, symposium - Urban studies
Oryantalizmin Panzehiri
Le but de ce colloque n’est pas de revisiter l'univers d’Edward Saïd et d’analyser à nouveau la propension à projeter exotisme et clichés sur l’Orient. Les interventions s’interrogeront plutôt sur la façon dont la création contemporaine (artistique, architecturale) dans les pays d’Orient ressuscite, relit, réinterprète, s’approprie, récuse, ou tourne en dérision le regard orientaliste. Les domaines investigués seront l’architecture et l’esthétique urbaine, le roman et les arts contemporains. Les artistes seront invités à exposer leurs productions qui reflètent ce dialogue avec l’orientalisme. -
Beirut
Scholarship, prize and job offer - Urban studies
The Ifpo is Recruiting its Head of the Urban Observatory Program - Beirut
L’Ifpo recrute son Responsable du programme Observatoire Urbain (Beyrouth). Prise de poste le 1er septembre 2011 ; dépôt des candidatures avant le 15 décembre 2010. Descriptif du poste : élaboration et mise en œuvre de recherches individuelles et collectives en sciences humaines et sociales sur le Proche Orient contemporain (programme « Observatoire urbain »). -
Amman
Workshop on Palestinian Refugee Camps in Jordan
A Lasting Temporariness: Population, Space and Social Practices, 1990-2010
This one day workshop will focus on the social and spatial organization of the camps, the social practices of their inhabitants, and the influences, interpretations and effects of what we call a lasting temporariness on the Palestinian refugee camps in Jordan. Due to their significance and status, the camps represent key social spaces for exploring patterns of interaction between different religious groups and national minorities, for examining governance, for studying development and planning issues (infrastructure and services), for mapping the constitution of territories and identities, and for analyzing the development of an intricate network of economic and political connections inside and outside of their spaces. -
Aleppo
Conference, symposium - Urban studies
The metropolises of Syria in the global processes of urbanisation
What future for city centres and new centralities?
Ce colloque se tiendra à Alep du 15 au 17 mars 2010. Il a pour but de présenter la façon dont les centres des grandes villes syriennes évoluent et se transforment tout en situant ces changements dans le processus mondialisé de l'urbanisation. L'approche comparative est privilégiée. Elle a pour ambition de répondre aux questions soulevées par les évolutions et transformations les plus récentes des métropoles syriennes et en particulier Alep. Ce colloque s’inscrit dans un programme scientifique de trois ans : « Les métropoles du Proche-Orient dans la mondialisation : entre ville « orientale » traditionnelle, modernisation à l’européenne et modèle du golfe ». Sur le plan formel, ce colloque s’intègre dans la politique de coopération décentralisée entre Lyon et Alep. Il sera l’occasion de renforcer ou de créer des partenariats entre les institutions de ces deux métropoles.
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