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• 08 nov 2019

  Hammamet

  Call for papers - Urban studies

  Urban and architectural identities in Mediterranean cities

  Identités urbaines et architecturales dans les villes méditerranéennes

  The architectural and urban diversity characterising mediterranean city is inseparable from their identity. It seems clear at that this diversity and multiplicity of different identities shoud be considered as one of the greatest cultural and human values. The coexistence of forms in time and space, the blending of urban and architectural cultures, influences and contaminations, even the contrast and and contradictions of identity that are revealed in the mediterranean urban  territory reflect the stratification of the city in its pragmatics implications and its identity meanings. Today, in a context of a competition and attractiveness betwen territories, several mediterranean cities are going through a period of profound changes. Faced with these transformations, the reference to "identity territories" (Troin, 2004) and the ability of the city to build an identity and speared it among the population are called into question.

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• 30 sep 2016

  Call for papers - Sociology

  The Zabbaleens - a victim of over-analysis?

  Revue Égypte Monde arabe journal

  Les chiffonniers du Caire, ou zabbalin en arabe, ont fasciné les chercheurs et journalistes depuis plusieurs décennies. Ces communautés vivant de la collecte des déchets, de leur recyclage et de l’élevage de porcs nourris par les restes organiques, se situent en effet à la croisée de nombreuses problématiques fondamentales liées à la capitale égyptienne. Leur situation souligne les failles d’un État qui ne s’est avéré capable ni de gérer le ramassage des ordures ménagères, ni d’intégrer pleinement cette population marginalisée. L’objectif de ce numéro d’Égypte Monde Arabe est de rassembler pour la première fois les nombreuses études portant sur les divers aspects touchant à la vie et l’activité des zabbalines, mais aussi d’interroger de façon critique une certaine fascination académique pour cet objet d’étude.

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• 20 avr 2012

  Istanbul

  Study days - Urban studies

  Metropolitan energy policies: the case of the Turkish cities

  Call for paper for a Seminar at the French Institute of Anatolian Studies (IFEA), co-organized by Eric Verdeil (Jean Moulin University in Lyon - UMR Environment City Corporation) and Jean-François Pérouse (Galatasaray University and IFEA). The report Energy and Urban Innovation (2010) by the World Energy Council underlines the fundamental role of cities in the energy transition and the interlocking of several series of actions, related to technology, economy and policy. It appears that the political and social practices are a major issue and justify an increased contribution of social sciences to the analysis of the implementation of these new policies. The seminar intends to address these issues in the case of large Turkish cities.

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