Quand la biogéographie métagénomique reconfigure les spatialités.

Metagenomics, also termed environmental genomics, is a recently developed technique aiming at the global characterization of the ensemble of DNAs present at a given site. As such, it gradually establishes itself as a novel form of spatial metrology and as a quantitative and qualitative measure of the DNA content of a portion of space (taken in turn as an indicator of the community of human and non-human life forms present at the sampled site). It is currently being applied [...]

« Vous prenez quoi en photo là ? »

Une approche du quotidien de la rénovation urbaine.

What can be done when the researcher notices that her methodology of investigation does not apply well to the studied neighborhood ? This research takes place in the Villeneuve of Grenoble, a large neighborhood created as a new center of Grenoble during the 70’s by a pluridisciplinary agency of urbanism and architecture named AUA (Atelier d’Urbanisme et d’Architecture). This urban project, significantly conceived like a social and physical utopia, has become an atypical and complex neighborhood, with its qualities [...]

La lutte pour l’instauration de nouvelles normes corporelles.

Le cas des mouvements naturistes en France (du 19e siècle aux années 30).

Naturism is based on the practice of collective nudity. That’s why it has long appeared to be part of a deviance, of an abnormality. In the 19th century, as in the beginning of the 20th century, the pioneers of naturism are aware of transgressing social norms, with the judicial risks involved. From these remarks, we will examine, from an historical perspective, the factors that determined the emergence of these bodily practices deemed deviant, but also their diffusion and their [...]

Revisiter le renouvellement urbain et sa fabrique temporelle.

Un nouvel espace de connaissance de la rénovation de l’habitat social ?

The paper questions the everyday life of an urban area whose renewal is part of a project to achieve a « sustainable habitat ». This empirical research has a double purpose. On the one hand, it is a matter of restoring the worlds experienced by the inhabitants and professionals as the lifetime of the so-called and qualified housing. On the other hand, we aim to open up the debate on what the researcher produces through the repeated presence on [...]

Les pratiques touristiques : transgression normalisée ou norme transgressive ?

By examining the Baltic coastline of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, a culturally and spatially highly standardized tourist area, this paper aims at analysing the relationship between norms and tourism practices. Spatial planning, like boundaries between nudist and non-nudist beaches, or those tolerating pets, demonstrates the public stakeholders’ intention to regulate tourism practices, which therefore proves the political dimension of norm. If German tourists are aware of these spatial norms, the latter appear more formal than efficient. Indeed, tourism practices tend to [...]

Mobilité.

Notion du glossaire relatif à la recherche INEDUC.

De janvier 2012 à octobre 2015, l’Unité Mixte de Recherche CNRS 6590 « Espaces et Sociétés » (ESO), le Centre d’Études et de Recherches sur les Qualifications (CEREQ) accompagné de la Plateforme Universitaire des Données de Caen (PUDC), le Groupement d’Intérêt Scientifique Môle Armoricain de Recherche sur la SOciété de l’Information et les Usages d’INternet (M@rsouin), le [...]

Tourisme gay et normativités sexuelles.

Berlin, destination hors normes ?

This paper aims at understanding the mechanisms behind Berlin’s attractiveness for gay tourists. With a focus on urban events and their representations, the article investigates the role taken by sexual normativities in the shaping of a tourist destination. The city positions itself not only as beyond heteronormativity, especially as it is considered a gay homeland, but also as beyond other normativities which marginalize some sexual practices, like the one linked to leather and fetish culture, for example. This paper [...]

Dans le brouillard du projet urbain.

Observer sa ville comme habitant.

Cet article donne à voir une étape d’une recherche en cours sur la transformation de l’espace et les possibilités de subjectivation politique qu’elle donne ou pas. Située à Toulouse, elle prend place dans un moment particulier d’intensification du projet urbain, dans une ville déjà profondément marquée par les transformations. Partant du dit « projet urbain », l’auteur prend acte d’une dissolution de son objet, la Ville, dans la multiplicité des expériences qui constituent l’urbain. Commence alors une tentative méthodologique [...]

Le concept de rythme au coeur d’un tournant esthétique de la pensée et des politiques de la ville.

In many respects, the city's policies and practices are now experiencing what could be called an "aesthetic shift". Most of the time, this turning point is the subject of analyses focused on one or other of its components, such as the rise of the creative city's standards or attractiveness, but without their aesthetic significance, in the full sense of the term, which refers to aesthesis, to sensitivity. By focusing on the concept of rhythm, which is also gaining momentum [...]

Loisirs.

Notion du glossaire relatif à la recherche INEDUC.

De janvier 2012 à octobre 2015, l’Unité Mixte de Recherche CNRS 6590 « Espaces et Sociétés » (ESO), le Centre d’Études et de Recherches sur les Qualifications (CEREQ) accompagné de la Plateforme Universitaire des Données de Caen (PUDC), le Groupement d’Intérêt Scientifique Môle Armoricain de Recherche sur la SOciété de l’Information et les Usages d’INternet (M@rsouin), le [...]