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The Works heading gathers theoretical or methodological research papers that contribute to epistemological thinking in the social sciences and other fields of knowledge.
This article aims at understanding how the urban dweller experiments the heterogeneity that emerges from the density and diversity of urban space. Two classical propositions are presented : Simmel’s figure of the ...
S’appuyant sur ses propres travaux et ceux de ses collègues archéogéographes, l’auteure entend exposer la position et le propos d’une nouvelle discipline, l’archéogéographie, en montrant sa part d’originalité par rapport à la ...
L’Ouvroir de Littérature Potentielle (OuLiPo), created in the sixties, brings together writers who use language in a recreational and experimental way by inventing constraints to generate new literary dynamics. This article intends ...
« Grain upon grain, one by one, and one day, suddenly, there’s a heap, a little heap, the impossible heap. »Beckett, Endgame (1957)Paleontology, as taught in schools and to the general public, sometimes produces ...
La Mariée mise à nu par ses célibataires, même est une œuvre de Marcel Duchamp. Exécutée en 1915, brisée, puis réparée en 1923, elle est également intitulée Le Grand Verre — d’où la ...
Various maps of the results of the 9th February 2014 Swiss vote “Against mass immigration” have been used in the debate that followed it. They offer the opportunity to question methodological decisions ...
At a time when cities are competing as rivals with cultural landmarks, artistic events and prestigious labels to be more attractive, the famous Banksy and the alternative art scene insure the city’s ...
Des référentiels géographiques « sur étagère » au déluge de données géolocalisées. Pendant longtemps, la palette des référentiels géographiques disponibles pour les cartographes et autres géomaticiens consistait pour l’essentiel en des produits « sur étagère » ...
Following the 20th February movement and the vote of a new constitution on the 1st July 2011 in Morocco, parliamentary elections were held on 25th November 2011. Cartograms of electoral results show ...
Humour is at the same time universal and highly cultural. As such, it represents a highly valuable lense to study cultures. Literature on the topic has shown that in interindividual groups or ...
This paper focuses on the cases of several museums and memorials located within major cities (Berlin, Jerusalem, Montreal, Washington, Budapest and Paris). Building upon these examples, it explores the connections between the ...
The reports of a permanent rise of the urban population, a possible scarcity of oil in the future, a means of energy mainly used in the transportations of goods and an essential ...
Cet article, qui combine le regard ethnographique avec l’analyse des politiques publiques et la géographie urbaine, cherche à documenter les politiques en direction des migrants roms en situation précaire en Île-de-France. Jusqu’à ...
This article carries the constructivist idea to its logical conclusion. If space is always perceived in three dimensions and does not have a substance, why not consider social topics in the the ...
Geohistory of the French wine area (1808-2010) highlights, for the whole of the French territory, two cycles of growth and decline of vineyards. We can observe a period of wine transition (“transition ...
