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Dreamlands. Cultures du divertissement, cultures de l'urbain ?
Présentation par le diffuseur :
Des expositions universelles à Las Vegas ou Dubaï, de Disneyland à la patrimonialisation des villes historiques européennes, quelle filiation ?
Les modèles de foires…
Creative city limits
Organisers' description :
An unflinching critique of the recently popularized notion of the ‘creative city’ is developed. The geographic reach and political salience of this near-ubiquitous development fix is explained not in terms of…
The city as encyclopedia : Lessons from Melbourne's urban past
In this talk, Andrew Brown-May takes his listeners on a virtual tour of historic Melbourne, concentrating on the 'soft city' of people, memory and culture.
Andrew Brown-May is Associate Professor in Australian History at the University of…
Mots-clés: Brown-May Andrew, culture urbaine, histoire urbaine, Melbourne, mémoire, rue, société urbaine, sociologie urbaine, urbanité
State, space and citizenship : Indian cities in the global era
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“State, Space and Citizenship” is the title of a year of thematic programming on key issues confronting Indian cities, beginning in January 2009. This is sponsored by the Center for South Asian Studies at the…
Old city, new city : Locating the past in urban India
Organisers' description : As part of the first Trehan India Initiative Theme Year at the University of Michigan, a three-panel interdisciplinary graduate student conference will be held September 25, 2009. This Theme Year, entitled “State,…
Mots-clés: aménagement urbain, histoire urbaine, Inde, India, patrimoine, Sundaram Ravi, urbanisation, utopie
Urban encounters : Rethinking landscape
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Urban Encounters: Routes and Transitions explores the dialogue and practice of visual urbanism to bring together international researchers, academics, photographers and artists concerned with the transitional nature of…
Do Londoners have a right to the city?
Organisers' description :
London grassroot groups are certainly making it clear what they need, from housing and transport to jobs and the environment. Is there a basic demand that underlies these needs? Is the idea of rights to the city a focus…
Economic and social change and violence in Ahmadabad 1950-2000
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What dynamics contribute to emergence of social tensions and conflicts in an urban environment? Mass mobilisations and episodes of collective violence have been a constant element in the development of large Indian…
Middle Eastern urban frontiers, migrants and states
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Dr. Fuccaro traces the development of the urban settlements of Bahrain and Kuwait and their (predominantly Iranian) migrant communities, as well as the rapid economic change from pearl fishing and merchants to the…
Mots-clés: Arab world, Bahrain, Bahreïn, développement urbain, économie, histoire urbaine, Koweït, Kuwait, migrant, Monde Arabe, Moyen-Orient
London lives
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www.londonlives.org) will provide access, using an integrated search facility, to primary sources containing 240,000 pages of manuscripts sources, and 3.2 million names, reflecting the history of eighteenth-century London.…
Mots-clés: histoire urbaine, London, Londres, société urbaine, sociologie urbaine
L'invention de la cité-ghetto
Présentation par le diffuseur :
Le modèle sociologique qui décrit la ville de manière binaire, un centre ville qui accueille les richesses et les périphéries qui concentrent la pauvreté demeure…
Mots-clés: cités, ghetto, politique de la ville, Stébé Jean-Marc, zone urbaine sensible
Regards croisés sur les méthodes d'analyse urbaine : du quantitatif au qualitatif
Présentation par l'organisateur :
L’association ESSPACES organise son deuxième séminaire de méthodologie en sciences sociales. Après avoir décrypté la carte comme outil et objet…
Traversées urbaines
Présentation par le diffuseur :
Les traversées urbaines en débat dans cette conversation perchée*, enregistrée au Merlan le 21 mai 2010.
Traversées urbaines, c’est à dire parcours,…
Mots-clés: cartographie, forme urbaine, habitants, patrimoine, promenade urbaine, représentations
The right to the city : Prospects for critical urban theory and practice
Organisers' description :
The conference will focus on the meaning of the "right to the city" in the context of neoliberal urban restructuring. While the notion of "the right to the city" was popularized by Henri Lefebvre in the…
La politique des quartiers à Thuin, avant tout un "état d'esprit"
Présentation par le diffuseur :
Depuis 8 ans, la ville de Thuin (située dans la province du Hainaut) développe avec les citoyens une politique des quartiers. Une politique qui crée du lien social et vise à contrer…
Smart city radio
Description from the website :
Smart City is a weekly, hour-long public radio talk show that takes an in-depth look at urban life, the people, places, ideas and trends shaping cities. Host Carol Coletta talks with national and international public…
Urban age : New York
Part of the Urban Age six-year conference series, this conference takes as its theme 'New York : Almost alright?'. As well as a wealth of related data and analysis, mp3 recordings of the entire conference are available on the Urban Age website. Many…
Mots-clés: aménagement urbain, banlieue, emploi, espace public, espace urbain, gouvernance, logement, London, Londres, mobilité, New York, planification, sécurité, transport, voisinage
Cities under siege
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Cities have become the new battleground of our increasingly urban world. From the slums of the global South to the wealthy financial centres of the West, Cities Under Siege traces how political violence now operates…
Urban age : Mumbai
Part of the Urban Age six-year conference series, this conference takes as its theme 'Johannesburg : Challenges of inclusion?'. As well as a wealth of related data and analysis, mp3 and video recordings of the entire conference are available on the…
Urban outcasts: Incubating the precariat in the 21st Century
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The American ghetto, the British inner city, and the French urban periphery are widely known as the "problem districts, the no-go areas" of their metropolis - territories of deprivation, dereliction and…