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City and soul in divided societies

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Abstract from the publisher: In this unique book Scott A. Bollens combines personal narrative with academic analysis in telling the story of inflammatory nationalistic and ethnic conflict in nine cities – Jerusalem, Beirut, Belfast,…

Mots-clés: Barcelona, Barcelone, Beirut, Belfast, Beyrouth, Bilbao, Bollens Scott A., cadre de vie, conflit urbain, Jérusalem, Johannesburg, Mostar, Nicosia, Nicosie, Sarajevo, ségrégation urbaine, société urbaine, urbanité, violence urbaine

Cities into battlefields: Metropolitan scenarios, experiences and commemorations of total war

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Abstract from the publisher: Cities have always had a key role in warfare, as strategic centres which periodically suffered the horrors of siege and sack. With industrialisation, however, they were drawn ever closer to the front line and to direct…

Mots-clés: commémoration, conflit urbain, culture urbaine, Goebel Stefan, Keene Derek, mémoire, memory, ville en guerre, violence urbaine

Cities in translation: Intersections of language and memory

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Abstract from the publisher: All cities are multilingual, but there are some where language relations have a special importance. These are cities where more than one historically rooted language community lays claim to the territory of the city.…

Mots-clés: Barcelona, Barcelone, Calcutta, conflit urbain, culture urbaine, Kolkata, language, langue, Montréal, multilingualism, multilinguisme, Simon Sherry, Trieste, urbanité

Tuff city: Urban change and contested space in central Naples

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Abstract from the publisher: During the 1990s, Naples’ left-wing administration sought to tackle the city’s infamous reputation of being poor, crime-ridden, chaotic and dirty by reclaiming the city’s cultural and architectural…

Mots-clés: centre historique, citoyenneté, conflit urbain, Dines Nick, espace public, immigration, mouvement social, Naples, patrimoine urbaine, renouvellement urbaine, sécurité, tourisme

Muslims in Indian cities: Trajectories of marginalisation

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Abstract from the publisher: Muslims constitute the largest minority in India yet, surprisingly, they suffer the most politically and socioeconomically. Forced to contend with severe and persistent prejudice, they often fall victim to violence and…

Mots-clés: conflit urbain, ethnicité, ethnicity, Gayer Lauren, Inde, India, Jaffrelot Christophe, marginalité, Muslim, Musulman, ségrégation urbaine, société urbaine, violence urbaine

Cities under siege

Organisers' description : 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…

Mots-clés: aménagement urbain, conflit urbain, Graham Stephen, guerre, Jones Gareth, ordre social, sécurité, ville en guerre, violence urbaine

Economic and social change and violence in Ahmadabad 1950-2000

Abstract from the distributor : 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…

Mots-clés: Ahmadabad, Ahmedabad, aménagement de l'espace, conflit urbain, développement urbain, fragmentation sociale, Inde, India, ségrégation urbaine, tissu urbain, violence urbaine

Kevin Mumford, "Newark : A history of race, rights and riots in America" : New books in history

Abstract from the distributor : In this week’s interview, we discussed Dr. Mumford’s latest book, Newark: A History of Race, Rights and Riots in America. David Roediger of the University of Illinois raves that “Meticulously…

Mots-clés: conflit urbain, histoire urbaine, Mumford Kevin, Newark, Poe Marshall, politique de la ville, race, ségrégation urbaine

Governing polarized cities

Abstract from the distributor : This article provides a comparative analysis of different institutional approaches to dealing with antagonistic group identity claims on the city. I discuss Brussels, Johannesburg, Belfast, Sarajevo, Jerusalem,…

Mots-clés: Bagdad, Baghdad, Belfast, Bollens Scott, Brussels, Bruxelles, collectivités locales, conflit urbain, gouvernance, Jérusalem, Johannesburg, Kirkouk, Kirkuk, politique de la ville, Sarajevo, ségrégation urbaine

Wounded cities

Abstract from the distributor: In contrast to theorizing cities that have experienced disaster or trauma as systems that need to become more resilient, in this talk Karen Till argues that cities marked by past structures of violence and exclusion…

Mots-clés: catastrophe, conflit urbain, ethnologie, exclusion, lien social, mémoire, ségrégation urbaine, Till Karen, violence urbaine

Faut-il avoir peur de la Banlieue ?

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Un entretien diffusé sur Dailymotion par lemonde.fr dans le cadre de "L'Atelier des idées neuves". Présentation par le diffuseur : Judith Revel, philosophe et italianiste, est maître de conférences…

Mots-clés: banlieue, Birnbaum Jean, conflit urbain, discrimination, émeute, exclusion, philosophie, Revel Judith

Scales of agency in a global world: Individuals, cities, nations, and beyond

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Speaker: Jonathan Glover, Kings College, London

Readings on the Various Scales and Locations of Identity and Power in a Globalizing world

Mots-clés: conflit, conflit urbain, guerre, philosophie, politique urbaine, violence, violence urbaine

September 11th and the city / Urban trauma and the resilience of cities

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September 11th and the City

Ralph Waldo Emerson once wrote "The test of civilization is the power of drawing the most benefit out of cities." The test of terrorism, then, may well be the power to inflict the…

Mots-clés: catastrophe naturelle, conflit urbain, guerre, natural disaster, reconstruction, terrorism, terrorisme, ville détruite, violence urbaine

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