Luc Guillemot | 09.07.2014
Relativism and universalism are two opposite but not antithetical views of the World. Relativism reflects the diversity of cultures and therefore allows to fight ethnocentrism, and makes controversies possible by denying that absolute truth exists in scientific utterances. However, it addresses the realities of the world according to how different they are ; thus it lacks the ability to underscore what these realities have in common. Relativity does not deny relevance to universality when the latter is considered as [...]
Une victoire des réseaux sur les territoires.
Jacques Lévy et Luc Guillemot | 19.11.2012
Spatial characteristics are more relevant than socio-economic features to distinguish Romney and Obama’s electoral bodies. A cartographic representation at county level that uses a population cartogram as a base map makes the opposition between both geographies obvious. As in 2008, big cities and other places interfacing with the outside world favoured Barack Obama, whereas outskirts and small cities primarily voted for Mitt Romney. This spatial dichotomy is not surprising considering the parties’ opposing views on the idea of society [...]
(A) Renaud Le Goix, Cyrille Suss et Julien Daniel, Atlas Mégapoles. New York, 2009. (B) Thierry Sanjuan, Madeleine Benoit-Guyod et Julien Daniel, Atlas Mégapoles. Shanghaï, 2009.
Luc Guillemot | 07.12.2009
La nouvelle collection « Atlas Mégapoles » des éditions Autrement, dirigée par Thierry Sanjuan, a pour ambition de donner à voir l’espace des mégapoles à travers une cinquantaine de cartes, un reportage photographique et des graphiques. Les deux premières parutions sont consacrées à New York, la mégapole occidentale par excellence, et à Shanghaï, son pendant [...]
