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Call for papers - Ethnology, anthropology

Contemporary ethnographic research in the Middle East

Many parts of the contemporary Middle East are confronted with war, sectarianism, transnational interferences, uprisings, and a comeback of authoritarian regimes. This brings about various difficulties for ethnographic research as a practice of knowledge production based on the immersion of researchers in given social contexts and the subsequent writing up and publishing of texts. The international conference No country for anthropologists? Contemporary ethnographic research in the Middle East explores the obstacles to do ethnography in the Middle East and take them as the starting point for reflection upon the role of anthropology with a view to the Middle East of today.

Dunkirk | Villeneuve-d'Ascq

Lecture series - Geography

Workshops of the territories of the Territories, Cities, Environment and Society Laboratory

L’objectif des ateliers des territoires du laboratoire « Territoires, villes, environnement et société » (TVES) est de renforcer l’approche transversale des objets « territoires », « villes », « environnement et société » développée au sein des travaux des enseignants-chercheurs du laboratoire. L’atelier représente une opportunité méthodologique et / ou épistémologique pour livrer des résultats ou débattre de recherches entre l'ensemble des membres du laboratoire et des chercheurs seniors, jeunes chercheurs ou professionnels du domaine.

Nablus

Call for papers - Modern

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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06 nov 2013	04 fév 2014	29 avr 2014
03 jui 2014

Paris

Seminar - Ethnology, anthropology

Bodies, cities, powers. Cinematographic writing and social sciences

Comment les corps habitent-ils, investissent-ils les villes ? De quelles expériences politiques sont-ils les porteurs et les témoins ? Que ce soient l’occupation de la place Tahrir en 2011, les passages clandestins de migrants en escale à Athènes ou les nuits des travailleurs itinérants des chantiers de Bangalore, les documentaires projetés dans le cadre de ces rencontres se saisissent de ces questions en dialogue avec les sciences sociales.

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.

Tours

Study days - Sociology

Taking care of the self, taking care of others

History, sociology and anthropology

Cette journée s’inscrit dans les actions collectives de L’UMR CITERES. Elle initie la sixième action transversale « Corps, sollicitude, santé : aux carrefours de soi, de l’autre et du monde » qui associe les équipes CoST et EMAM de CITERES travaillant sur la Construction politique et sociale des territoires et le Monde arabe et méditerranéen. Y seront soulignées les notions d'attention et de sollicitude dans des pratiques et espaces sociaux divers. Lors de cette journée, il s'agira de questionner par des regards croisés, la sollicitude, sous l’angle du carrefour entre l’intérêt pour soi et l’intérêt pour l’autre. L’attention, l’accueil ou l’assistance à l’autre est duale par l’impact possible sur soi. Intérêt ou besoin qui n’est pas uniquement corporel mais social, culturel, territorial et politique.

Brussels

Conference, symposium - Urban studies

Beirut, paradigm of a universally latent civil war

Colloque organisé par Les Halles de Schaerbeek, en collaboration avec le Département d’architecture, d’urbanisme et de planification (ASRO) de la K.U. Leuven, avec le soutien du RITS. Si la ville de Beyrouth connut une déchirante guerre civile de 1975 à 1990, elle reste le lieu de conflits latents, susceptibles de s’enflammer à tout instant. Cette latence de la guerre affecte le langage et la mémoire et crée des lignes de démarcations mentales. La production artistique en porte les traces, de même que la physionomie de la ville elle-même, la répartition de ses quartiers, l’occupation de ses espaces publics. Le colloque « Beyrouth, paradigme de la guerre civile universelle latente » invite un écrivain, des architectes et urbanistes, des anthropologues et politologues de Beyrouth à approfondir ces questions.

Amman

Call for papers - Sociology

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.

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