Collège international des sciences du territoire - Université Paris Diderot, UFR GHES Case 7001, 75205 Paris cedex 13 - www.gis-cist.fr CALL FOR PAPERS 4th international conference of the Collège international des sciences du territoire (CIST) Representing territories 22&23 March 2018 Université de Rouen Normandie, France After three conferences that have successively sought to define and lay the foundations for territorial sciences, to go beyond disciplinary frontiers and boundaries, namely through interdisciplinary collaboration, and to explore territorial social demand, the 4th CIST conference aims at mobilising the territorial sciences to address the question of representation. The objective of the conference, which will comprise 17 sessions, is to determine the contribution of the representational approach to the analysis of territories from a theoretical, methodological and empirical point of view. Analyses of representations have their origins in different disciplinary fields, particularly psychology, and have spread throughout the human sciences so that today they are used in a wide variety of contexts by geographers, sociologists, historians and specialists in the political and legal sciences. Both the concept of territory and that of representation, on account of their polysemy, provide the opportunity to bring together different topics, methods and disciplines. The conference is open to every type of representation: concepts, ideas, frameworks, maps, texts, still or animated images, databases, and multimedia vectors used in the context of the construction, development and transformation of territories. Similarly, a wide variety of sources may be used: surveys, interviews, biographies, testimonies, legal, political and cultural documents, plans, programmes, projects or dreams, artistic productions, advertising, social or campaign materials, canonical works, transient footprints on social networks, etc. The most important aspect will be the possibility of using empirical material likely to provide useful input to scientific debates on the role of representations in the territorialisation of societies. Papers will have to be presented in one of the 17 sessions listed below (abstracts are accessible online). 1 – Territorial struggles and social representations Co-facilitators: Laurent BEAUGUITTE (IDEES) & Marta SEVERO (Dicen IDF) The territory, which has often been defined as a portion of space appropriated by a social group to satisfy its needs (Le Berre, 1995), can be an object of struggle between actors with divergent interests. The notion of territorial struggle refers to conflicts related to the use of a portion of space (Dechézelles & Olive, 2016). Each actor involved in a territorial struggle mobilizes images and texts that generate representations congruent with their objectives (Mauvaise troupe, 2016). This session will focus on the creation and features of these conflicting territorial representations. Whether one considers the airport project at Notre-Dame des Landes, the nuclear waste disposal site at Bure, the Welzow open-pit mine or the Standing Rock pipelines, communication, in both its physical (banners, slogans, demonstrations, etc.) and digital forms, is one of the essential tools of the actors involved. The new online arenas of expression (social media, pure players, mailing lists...) enable opponents of a given project to emancipate themselves from traditional media and to spread their actions beyond militant circles at the local and international level. The investigation of newspapers (Comby et al., 2010) and digital traces (websites, blogs, periscope, facebook pages, see Severo & Romele, 2015), as well as the physical aspects of mobilization, is likely to provide a rich vein of material for conducting longitudinal studies of the representations of territorial struggles generated by the interactions between actors. Yet this type of research raises both conceptual issues (how to take into account the diversity of expressions) and methodological concerns (delimitation and representativeness of the corpus, volume of data, type of analysis), especially when territorial struggles are still in progress. BIBLIOGRAPHY Combes H., Garibay D., Goirand C. (dir.), 2016, Les lieux de la colère : occuper l'espace pour contester, de Madrid à Sanaa, Paris, Karthala.
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Collège international des sciences du territoire - Université Paris Diderot, UFR GHES Case 7001, 75205 Paris cedex 13 - www.gis-cist.fr
CALL FOR PAPERS
4th international conference of the Collège international des sciences du territoire (CIST)
Representing territories
22&23 March 2018 Université de Rouen Normandie, France
After three conferences that have successively sought to define and lay the foundations for territorial sciences, to go beyond disciplinary frontiers and boundaries, namely through interdisciplinary collaboration, and to explore territorial social demand, the 4th CIST conference aims at mobilising the territorial sciences to address the question of representation. The objective of the conference, which will comprise 17 sessions, is to determine the contribution of the representational approach to the analysis of territories from a theoretical, methodological and empirical point of view. Analyses of representations have their origins in different disciplinary fields, particularly psychology, and have spread throughout the human sciences so that today they are used in a wide variety of contexts by geographers, sociologists, historians and specialists in the political and legal sciences. Both the concept of territory and that of representation, on account of their polysemy, provide the opportunity to bring together different topics, methods and disciplines. The conference is open to every type of representation: concepts, ideas, frameworks, maps, texts, still or animated images, databases, and multimedia vectors used in the context of the construction, development and transformation of territories. Similarly, a wide variety of sources may be used: surveys, interviews, biographies, testimonies, legal, political and cultural documents, plans, programmes, projects or dreams, artistic productions, advertising, social or campaign materials, canonical works, transient footprints on social networks, etc. The most important aspect will be the possibility of using empirical material likely to provide useful input to scientific debates on the role of representations in the territorialisation of societies. Papers will have to be presented in one of the 17 sessions listed below (abstracts are accessible online).
1 – Territorial struggles and social representations
Co-facilitators: Laurent BEAUGUITTE (IDEES) & Marta SEVERO (Dicen IDF)
The territory, which has often been defined as a portion of space appropriated by a social group to satisfy its needs (Le Berre, 1995), can be an object of struggle between actors with divergent interests. The notion of territorial struggle refers to conflicts related to the use of a portion of space (Dechézelles & Olive, 2016). Each actor involved in a territorial struggle mobilizes images and texts that generate representations congruent with their objectives (Mauvaise troupe, 2016). This session will focus on the creation and features of these conflicting territorial representations. Whether one considers the airport project at Notre-Dame des Landes, the nuclear waste disposal site at Bure, the Welzow open-pit mine or the Standing Rock pipelines, communication, in both its physical (banners, slogans, demonstrations, etc.) and digital forms, is one of the essential tools of the actors involved. The new online arenas of expression (social media, pure players, mailing lists...) enable opponents of a given project to emancipate themselves from traditional media and to spread their actions beyond militant circles at the local and international level. The investigation of newspapers (Comby et al., 2010) and digital traces (websites, blogs, periscope, facebook pages, see Severo & Romele, 2015), as well as the physical aspects of mobilization, is likely to provide a rich vein of material for conducting longitudinal studies of the representations of territorial struggles generated by the interactions between actors. Yet this type of research raises both conceptual issues (how to take into account the diversity of expressions) and methodological concerns (delimitation and representativeness of the corpus, volume of data, type of analysis), especially when territorial struggles are still in progress.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Combes H., Garibay D., Goirand C. (dir.), 2016, Les lieux de la colère : occuper l'espace pour contester, de Madrid à Sanaa, Paris, Karthala.
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Comby E., Le Lay Y. F., Merchez L., Tabarly S., 2010, « Visages médiatiques du barrage des Trois-Gorges : l'analyse statistique des données textuelles en géographie », Géoconfluences, geoconfluences.ens-lyon.fr/doc/etpays/Chine/ChineScient7.htm Dalibert M., Lamy A., Quemener N. (dir.), 2016, « Circulation et qualification des discours : conflictualités dans les espaces publics (1) », Études de communication, n° 47. Dechézelles S., Olive M. (dir.), 2016, « Conflits de lieux, lieux de conflits », Norois, pp. 238-239, norois.revues.org/5838 Le Berre M., 1995, « Territoires », in Bailly A., Ferras R., Pumain D. (dir.), Encyclopédie de géographie, Paris, Économica. Mauvaise troupe, 2016, Contrées. Histoires croisées de la ZAD de Notre-Dame-des-Landes et de la lutte No TAV dans le Val Susa, Paris, éd. de l’éclat. Mabi C., 2016, « Luttes sociales et environnementales à l’épreuve du numérique : radicalité politique et circulation des discours », Études de communication, 47(2), pp. 111-130, www.cairn.info/revue-etudes-de-communication-2016-2-page-111.htm. Severo M., Romele, A. (dir.), 2015, Traces numériques et territoiresI, Paris, Presses des Mines.
EXPECTED TYPES OF PAPER
Theories, methodology, fieldwork, results.
2 – The proliferation of territories. Efficacy of territorial engineering versus political legitimacy.
Co-facilitators: Sylvia CALMES-BRUNET (CUREJ) & Yann RICHARD (PRODIG)
After having envisaged an end to territories, social scientists (lawyers, geographers, political scientists...) are now observing a proliferation of territories, at every scale (particularly local) and every level (from intranational to international). This proliferation has resulted in a blurring of boundaries that undermines the legitimacy of these territories, which appear more as scales of action (political or otherwise) or strategic frameworks than as constructs resulting from long-term social processes, based on democratic, institutional, and normative mechanisms. The multiplication of territories combined with their permanent reconfiguration prevents their appropriation by the populations concerned, because power is given more to space than to citizens or other stakeholders. This trend in the organisation of political space raises questions on important issues such as the level of democracy, the construction of collective identity, and growing inequalities. It seems ultimately that the territorialisation of human societies does not permit the legitimization of their political representatives. Nor does it permit the construction of identities based on collective experience. In these circumstances, many territories cannot become objects of representation or identity referents. In the light of such developments, several hypotheses may be put forward that will be examined in the proposed session: (i) The proliferation of territories contributes to the decreasing legitimacy of territorial frameworks. Paradoxically, it undermines their political effectiveness; (ii) This lack of legitimacy ironically paves the way for more political centralization; (iii) ‘De-proliferation’ does not enable the re-legitimization of territories.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Baron A., Kada N. (dir.), 2016, Communes et départements, frères ennemis du social ?, Grenoble, Presses universitaires de Grenoble, Droit & action publique. Chicot P.-Y. (dir.), 2013, Décentralisation et proximité. Territorialisation et efficacité de l’action publique, Dalloz, Thèmes et commentaires. Claval P., 1979, Espace et pouvoir, Paris, PUF. Di Meo G., 1998, Géographie sociale et territoires, Paris, Nathan. Jean Y. (dir.), 2013, Lire les territoires, Tours, Presses universitaires François Rabelais. Le Berre M., 1992, « Territoire », in Bailly A.S., Pumain D. (dir.), Encyclopédie de la Géographie, Paris, Économica. Marti G., 2015, « Territoire(s) et Union européenne », Civitas Europa, 2015/2, n° 35. Rouvellat C., 2014, « Présentation », dossier « Démocratie : territoires et frontières », Cités, 2014/4, n° 60, pp. 147-148, www.cairn.info/revue-cites-2014-4-page-147.htm Sack R., 1986, Human territoriality. Its theory and history, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press. Wora G., 2015, La territorialisation du droit et le principe d’égalité, thèse de doctorat en droit public soutenue le 11 mai 2015 à l’Université Lyon 2, sous la direction de Sophie Nicinski, www.theses.fr/2015LYO22002
EXPECTED TYPES OF PAPER
All kinds of presentations are expected (theory, case studies, methodology…) by specialists of various disciplines.
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3 – Web data and territorial representations
Co-facilitators: Marta SEVERO (Dicen IDF), Pierre BECKOUCHE (LADYSS), Bernard ELISSALDE (IDEES), Marianne GUÉROIS (Géographie-cités), Françoise LUCCHINI (IDEES) & Malika MADELIN (PRODIG)
With the diffusion of digital technology in our societies, researchers and pratictioners in territorial and communication sciences have increasingly undertaken analyses on data from the Web, social networks and, more generally, soft data. They focus on answering two questions: Do these new data potentially provide us with new insights into our spatial practices and our territorial representations? Do they suggest the emergence of new constraints and/or services for the population? To answer these questions, researchers are developing tools and concepts enabling them to cross-reference geolocalized data, with time information and territorial attributes of a semantic nature. From another viewpoint, large companies, whether they are the so-called giants of the net (e.g. GAFA, with their various applications) or those of the automobile sector (with instantaneous maps of a vehicle’s environment), are setting up territorial digital matrices to cover an ever-increasing number of daily uses. Their methodological and strategic choices could lead to hegemonic standards in the digital representation of territories and therefore underline the need to take into account the citizen debate about the ethical use of such data. By combining current scientific work with that conducted by the general public around participatory mapping or alternative census projects, this session aims to illustrate the diversity of approaches (qualitative or quantitative, spatial analysis or digital ethnography) using examples based on different social networking data sets. The papers should emphasize the challenges of the topographic and topological representation of these data as well as their display format.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Beauguitte L., Severo M., Pecout H., 2016, « Une analyse géomédiatique de l’actualité internationale : hiérarchies et effets de voisinage », L’Espace géographique, 45(2), pp. 124-141. Elissalde B., Lucchini F. et al., 2014, "Urban events and emerging phenomena", The 4th International Conference on Complex Systems and Applications (ICCSA 2014), Le Havre. Giraud T., Grasland C., Guérois M., Madelin M., Severo M., 2017, « Données massives et information géographique », La lettre de l’InSHS, n° 45, pp. 25-28. Guérois M., Pavard A., Bretagnolle A., Mathian H., 2016, « Les temps de transport pour délimiter des aires urbaines fonctionnelles ? Une investigation critique à partir de trois métropoles européennes », Belgeo - Revue Belge de Géographie, n° 2, belgeo.revues.org/17789 Lucchini F., Grassot L., Elissalde B., Baudry J., 2015, "Mobile phone use, events and emergent phenomena", Proceedings of European Colloquium on Theoretical and Quantitative Geography, Bari, Italy. Lucchini F., Elissalde B., Grassot L., Baudry J., 2016, « Paris tweets, données numériques géolocalisées et évènements urbains », Netcom, n° 30, 3/4, pp. 207-230. Severo M., Romele A. (dir.), 2015, Traces numériques et territoires, Paris, Presses des Mines.
EXPECTED TYPES OF PAPER
Methodology, fieldwork, results.
4 – Representing territories: revealed values of territories
When representing territories, one tacitly attributes different values to them. Sometimes these values are measured and expressed in terms of prices derived from territorial assets: for example, when attributing prices to land and real estate, we accord a certain market value to their use. For other territories, non-market values need to be taken into account, for which it is necessary to develop specific analyses like those relative to environmental, cultural or heritage amenities. These analyses are based on revealed preferences (hedonic prices and travel cost method. See Carlsson, 2011; Freeman III et al., 2014) or on stated preferences (contingent valuation method or choice experiment. See Alfness & Rickertsen, 2011; Freeman III et al., 2014). However, behind the commodification of the territory we find an ensemble of preferences and more or less implicit values that go beyond their economic evaluation. The territory is therefore the object of a symbolic valorization. The given values reflect the level of interest that the agent has for the territory. How do you determine these values? If possible, different techniques can be employed to assign a value to each asset of a certain territory. How do you assess a territory’s global value? Gauging these values is the way to better understanding the operation and the collective construction of the territory. In this regard, if we go beyond the economic approach, determining the global value of a territory can only be apprehended by a pluri-disciplinary approach. Thus studies from disciplines such as territorial marketing, sociology, psychology or geography should be encouraged with a view to enriching this debate.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Alaux C., Serval S., Zeller C., 2015, « Le Marketing territorial des Petits et Moyens Territoires : identité, image et relations », Gestion et management public, 2015/4, n° 2, p. 142.
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Alfness F., Rickertsen K., 2011, “Non-market Valuation: Experimental Methods”, in Lusk J.L., Roosen J., Shogren J.F. (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of the economics of food consumption and policy, vol. 10, pp. 215-242. Carlsson F., 2011, “Non-market Valuation: Stated Preference Methods”, in Lusk J.L., Roosen J., Shogren J.F. (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of the economics of food consumption and policy, vol. 10, pp. 181-214. Casanova L., Helle C., 2012, « Ce que les dynamiques foncières révèlent du devenir des territoires : éléments de prospective du sud-est français », L’Espace géographique, 2012/2, tome 41, p. 96. Chamard C., Liquet J.-C., Mengi M., 2013, « L'image de marque des régions françaises : évaluation du "capital territoire" par le grand public », Revue française du Marketing, n° 244/245, décembre 2013, pp. 27-42. Freeman III A.M., Herriges J.A., Kling C.A., 2014, The Measurement of Environmental and Resource Values (Theory and Methods), Third Edition, RFF Press. Tiano C., 2010, « Quelles valeurs pour revaloriser les territoires urbains ? », Cybergeo : European Journal of Geography, Débats, Les valeurs de la ville, mis en ligne le 03 mai 2010.
EXPECTED TYPES OF PAPER
Communications may be theoretical, applied and/or methodological. Communications associating theoretical aspects and empirical verification, particularly case studies, will however be given priority.
5 – Spatial and temporal shortcuts in the representation of ‘priority areas’
Co-facilitators: Julie VALLÉE (Géographie-cités)
Targeting areas in public action at the local level has emerged as an attractive way of reducing social inequalities related to health, unemployment, education, etc. The effectiveness of area-based interventions, however, requires that territories and their needs be properly represented. Unfortunately, public actors often want to kill two birds with one stone when they target ‘priority areas’: they want to both reach priority groups and change area attributes. The present session aims to discuss how this confusion over targets leads to some spatial and temporal shortcuts when representing ‘priority areas’ for public action. Spatial discordance may occur when a similar spatial scale (often the smallest possible scale) is used for either targeting priority groups or implementing interventions aimed at reducing social inequalities. Social issues may appear concentrated in certain specific areas, but their underlying causes are often primarily of a structural nature and therefore external to the local communities where their effects are most acute. Temporal discordance may also occur when representations of ‘priority areas’ are from the result of a residential-based approach focusing on the concentration of ‘priority groups’ residing in these areas, but neglecting incoming or outgoing mobility not only on a daily basis but also over the years.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Busquet G., 2011, "Spatial determinism and territorial public action in France: Challenges and evolutions", Journal of Urban and Regional Analysis, vol. III, n° 1, pp. 67-76. Hancock C., Lelévrier C., Ripoll F., Weber S. (dir.), 2016, Discriminations territoriales. Entre interpellation politique et sentiment d’injustice des habitants, Marne-la-Vallée, L’oeil d’or, coll. « critiques & cités ». Le Roux G., Vallée J., Commenges H., 2017, "Social segregation around the clock in the Paris region", Journal of Transport Geography, n° 59, pp. 134-45. Mallet S., 2014, "The urban rhythms of neoliberalization", Justice spatiale | Spatial justice, n° 6. Sharpe E.K., 2013, "Targeted neighbourhood social policy: a critical analysis", Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events, n° 5, pp. 158-71. Tunstall R., Lupton R., 2003, "Is targeting deprived areas an effective means to reach poor people?", in Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, CASEpaper, London, UK, London School of Economics and Political Science. Vallée J., 2017, “Challenges in targeting areas for public action. Target areas at the right place and at the right time”, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health [in press]. Van Gent W.P.C., Musterd S., Ostendorf W., 2009, "Disentangling neighbourhood problems: area-based interventions in Western European cities", Urban Research & Practice, n° 2, pp. 53-67.
EXPECTED TYPES OF PAPER
Every theoretical, methodological or empirical communication discussing spatial and temporal shortcuts in representations of ‘priority areas’ is welcome in this session.
6 – TERRIT’ARTS. Reinventing places through art; rethinking art with space
Our aim in this session is to study interrelationships and hybridizations between art and geography. Interest in such dynamics began 20 years ago and has continued since then in various meetings and publications, especially in France. The links between art and geography are not only one-way. They are characterized by interactions and hybridizations, consubstantial with the aesthetic relationship linking art and place. Artistic interventions can drive territorialization processes (‘artialisations’, aestheticization, tourism development, spatial
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development etc.). Similarly, a specific place can inspire, locate or generate an artistic practice (land art, artistic cartography, art in public space, etc.). Beyond these processes, we may also observe the formulation of hybrid experiments between art and geography: art can be included in territorial development processes or it can be used in the conception of aesthetic and sensitive mapping, allowing artists and geographers to express themselves and to jointly understand a place or places. Art is then not only an object of study for geographers but also a means for producing alternative geographical knowledge. We hope that this session will renew the dialogue between artists interested by place and space, and geographers interested by art in different contexts (urban/rural, developed countries, the global South, etc.). We would therefore like to invite artist-geographers who are attempting individually or collectively to work on new forms of hybridization (via transdisciplinary research projects, shared practices, etc.) to participate in this session.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Blanc N., Regnauld H., 2015, « La géographie peut-elle être un art plastique comme un autre ? », L’Information géographique, n° 4, pp. 97-108. Guyot S. (coord.), à paraître, numéro spécial de la Revue de géographie alpine, « La mise en art des espaces montagnards dans le monde ». Guinard P., Tratnjek B., 2016, « Géographies des émotions », Carnets de géographes, n° 9, cdg.revues.org/480 Guyot S., 2015, Lignes de front : l’art et la manière de protéger la nature, HDR de géographie, Université de Limoges. Guyot S., Guinard P., 2015, « L’art de (ré)imaginer l’Afrique du Sud », L’Information géographique, 79(4), pp. 70-96. Hawkins H., 2011, "Dialogues and Doings: Sketching the Relationships Between Geography and Art: Dialogues and doings", Geography Compass, 5(7), pp. 464-478. Mekdjian S. et al., 2014, « Figurer les entre-deux migratoires : pratiques cartographiques expérimentales entre chercheurs, artistes et voyageurs », Carnets de géographes, no 7. Molina G., Guinard P. (dir.), à paraître, numéro spécial de la revue Articulo, « Arts in Cities - Cities in Arts ». Olmedo E., 2015, Cartographie sensible. Tracer une géographie du vécu par la recherche-création, thèse de doctorat, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. Volvey A., 2014, « Entre l’art et la géographie, une question (d’)esthétique », Belgeo. Revue belge de géographie, no 3.
EXPECTED TYPES OF PAPER
We expect original presentations in terms of the art forms considered (performances, representations and artistic images, maps, etc.) as well as in terms of their theoretical background and methodological aspects (be it because of their fieldwork, the type of research projects they are part of, or the geo-artistic experiments they envisage). Pending consent of the CIST organisers, proposals for communications might also give rise to an extension of activities beyond the session in the form of performances, collective experiments or implementation workshops.
7 – Marketing and staging territories: material representations and reactions
Co-facilitators: Pascale NEDELEC (CREDA) & Laura PÉAUD (PACTE)
In an economic context of increasing international competition between metropolises or regions to attract investors and new inhabitants, policies designed to achieve this have become vital for local governments, reinforcing the role of place marketing in the urban and territorial fabric. Institutional material representations have therefore increased, encompassing advertising media, urban planning documents, posters on construction sites or even city slogans. Such representations are part of the semiotic process of “city branding” or “territorial branding” ensuring visibility at the global scale. This session aims to analyse the performativity of the institutional material representations of such regions and metropolises, representations designed by local governments, urban planning agencies, architecture firms, etc. Three lines of questioning will be given priority: - How are material representations produced and designed? How are metropolises, medium-sized cities or
regions staged and marketed? - How are metropolitan or regional symbols and images disseminated, be it at the local, national or
international scale(s)? Which audience is targeted and why? - How are representations perceived and understood? Do they contribute to the metropolitan and/or regional
sense of place (if there is any)? Or, on the contrary, do they only target outsiders in order to increase territorial attractiveness?
Building on diverse material (fieldwork and surveys, discourse and image analysis, interviews, etc.), this session invites researchers to question the performativity of metropolitan, regional and even medium-sized city representations in various spatial contexts – a comparison between metropolises from the Global North and South would be appreciated – and whether these representations are successful or not.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Dinnie K., 2010, City branding. Theory and Cases, Palgrave Macmillan.
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Evans G., 2003, “Hard-branding the cultural city – from Prado to Prada”, International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 27(2) Houllier-Guibert C.-E., 2012, « De la communication publique vers le marketing des territoires : approche microsociologique de la fabrication de l'image de marque », Gestion et management public, 1(2), pp. 35-49. Kavaratzis M., 2004, Place Branding Public Diplomacy, Palgrave Macmillan. Marcotte P. et al., 2011, « Branding et labels en tourisme : réticences et défis », Management & Avenir, 7(47), pp. 205-222. Riza M., Doratli N., Fasli M., 2012, "City Branding and Identity", Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, n° 35, pp. 293-300. Seisdedos G., 2006, State of the Art of Citymarketing in European Cities, Istanbul, 42nd IsoCaRP Congress.
EXPECTED TYPES OF PAPER
Although the session encourages presentations on the results of field studies, proposals concerning the methodology and theoretical approach to these questions are not excluded. Communications are also welcome on metropolises, medium-sized cities and regions of France, Europe and the developed world as well as cities in the emerging and less-developed countries. We strongly encourage spatial comparisons that take into account different contexts as well as comparisons of scale. Communications from different fields will also be particularly appreciated. Thus contributions from sociology, history, architecture, urban studies, management sciences, philosophy and geography will be welcome, along with a comparison of the different viewpoints underpinning such contributions.
8 – Representing cyberspace: landscapes, territories and sovereignty. Geopolitical and legal challenges
Cyberspace is neither a physical place nor a territory according to the classical definition in geography. It is a new environment generated by the global interconnexion of information and communication systems, primarily the Internet, a space forged by an infinity of links between users that challenges the traditional notions of distance and frontiers. Cyberspace is the product of human groups who organize and shape this new space for the purpose of appropriation, exploitation of its resources, exchanges and communication. This environment is however generated by physical infrastructures and equipment deeply grounded in terrestrial space. Cyberspace is supported by a material network that is strongly dependent on its physical, political, economic, social and legal environment, an environment that in turn it helps to shape through the activities it allows. These characteristics mean that a multi-dimensional and multi-scalar approach is required to understand the complexities of the interactions that constitute cyberspace. The transfrontier activities it permits and the emergence of new powerful global actors like intermediation platforms challenge the notions of national territory, jurisdiction and sovereignty, and transform power relationships between a multiplicity of actors. From a legal perspective, attempts to "territorialize" cyberspace involve projecting state borders to justify law enforcement by states. Cyberspace also forces us to rethink the issue of extraterritorial law. This territorialization of cyberspace thus creates a new form of sovereignty in the digital era. It raises the question of a specific geography that combines a topographical approach (physical, legal, technical territoriality of the elements of cyberspace) and a topological approach (reticular territoriality defined by centers, links, communities, flows or even a new form of territory) to represent this new space of links and interactions. It would therefore seem most appropriate to revisit the notions of distance and power relationships between actors at the very heart of geopolitics.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Desforges A., 2013, « Les frontières du cyberespace », in Douzet F., Giblin B (dir.), Des frontières indépassables ?, Paris, Armand Colin, pp. 101-112. Desforges A., Douzet F., Limonier K., 2014, « Géopolitique du cyberespace : territoire, frontière et conflits », CIST2014 – Fronts et frontières des sciences du territoire, mars 2014, Paris, France, Proceedings du 2e colloque international du CIST, pp.173-178. Douzet F., 2007, « Les frontières chinoises de l'Internet », Hérodote, n° 125, pp.127-142. Douzet F. (dir.), 2014, Cyberespace : enjeux géopolitiques (Cyberspace : Geopolitical Challenges), La Découverte, Hérodote, pp. 152-153. Douzet F., Faravelon A., Grumbach S., Robine J., 2015, "The Geopolitics of Intermediation platforms: a cartographic approach", Plurimondi. An International Forum for Research and Debate on Human Settlements. Kittichaisaree K., 2017, Public International Law of cyberspace, Springer. Kohl U., 2007, Jurisdiction and the Internet: a study of regulatory competence over online activity, C.U.P. Treppoz E., 2016, “Jurisdiction in the Cyberspace”, Revue suisse de droit international et droit européen, vol. 26, pp. 273-287. Tsagourias N.K., Russell B., 2015, Research Handbook on International Law and cyberspace, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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EXPECTED TYPES OF PAPER
Beyond reflections that could be made on the distinction between territory, space or zone in cyberspace, it is important to know, on the one hand, to what extent the theories applicable to so-called classical or real territories apply and, where appropriate, to those spaces referred to as ‘virtual’ and, on the other hand, to analyse the power struggles in cyberspace and to seek insights into the development of a geography of cyberspace. The following topics could be the subject of a communication: - Are the criteria for state jurisdiction over a territory still relevant (personnel, equipment)? - Has the effects doctrine, as set forth in the Lotus jurisprudence, been renewed by cyberspace, in a similar
manner to the theoretical reflections on the extraterritoriality of law? - Conflicts of jurisdiction and sovereignty issues in cyberspace - Mapping of different dimensions, landscapes and territories in cyberspace - Analysis of geopolitical representations of cyberspace (territory, military environment, battlefield, a ‘virtual’
space) - Cartography of power strategies in cyberspace - Intermediation platforms, territories and juridictions in cyberspace The aim is to be able to prepare a cartography of cyberspace in both its geopolitical and legal dimensions.
9 – Territoriality and the European Union. Representing territories within the EU
Representation can be defined as the visual model of something or as the idea of standing in for someone. In law, representation is polysemous. Representation in the context of the European Union is an ambitious study because of the interdisciplinary framework. Several research topics could be considered. First and foremost, the study can be the institutional and material representation of territories: the institutional aspects might be about the representative organs of territories, while the material aspect would be that of the development of tools to assess the territorial impacts of EU legislation. Analysis might also focus on the perception of territory from a sociological point of view: it can be a negative or positive perception. For example, the migration situation in Europe conveyed a negative perception. Nevertheless, careful planning of migrant settlement could help to revive fragile territories. Another aspect might focus on the conceptual perception of territory, especially within a cross-border construction (for instance, the digital territory). Finally, one cannot forget the effects of the territorial reorganization that the EU is about to experience with Brexit: there is undoubtedly a need to reflect on changing relations within this territory following its reorganisation.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Alland D., 1986, « Les représentations de l’espace en droit international public », ADP, pp. 163 et s. Badie B., 1995, La fin des territoires, Paris, Fayard. Collectif, Outre-Terre, vol. 49, n° 4. Di Meo G., 2004, « Pour une approche compréhensive et complexe des objets géographiques », Cahier géographique, n° 5, pp. 101 et s. Fargion V. et al., 2006, « Européanisation et représentation territoriale en Italie », Pôle Sud, 24(1), pp. 99-120. Lebon L., 2015, La territorialité et l’Union européenne – Approches de droit public, Bruxelles, Bruylant. Lévy J., 2016, "A Cartographic Turn", in Mapping and the Spatial Challenge in Social Sciences, EPFL Press, Collection “Urbanism”. Marti G., 2015, « Territoire(s) et Union européenne », Civitas Europa, 2015/2, n° 35. Mathias P., 2007, « The last frontier ? L'Internet au-delà de tout territoire », Cités, 31(3), pp. 93-103. Salerno R., Piga B. (dir.), 2017, Urban Design and Representation. A Multidisciplinary and Multisensory Approach, Springer International Publishing.
EXPECTED TYPES OF PAPER
Analytical contributions can be of a theoretical or practical nature, on the aspects mentioned above and related topics.
10 – Health Representations and Territorial Practices
During this session, geographers, planners, sociologists, anthropologists, economists with an interest in health issues, as well as public health specialists, will examine the "major destinations" of care pathways as well as the more “backdoor routes” (Strauss, 1978). The objective of this aspect of territorial analysis is to show the multiplicity of health care representations and the territorial practices that emanate from them (Gasquet-Blanchard & Hoyez, 2015), as well as their ‘plasticity’ in terms of the social and institutional actors who appropriate them and
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implement them in the territory. It is also necessary to try and understand why some territories are sidelined as backwaters, or pathogenic spaces, whereas others are considered as favorable in terms of healthcare (Chasles, 2016). These representations are rooted in inherited socio-historical contexts. They often condition the associated territorial practices and assign their inhabitants to constructions of identity that may have an impact on their health status, their use of care, and their lifestyles in general. These perceived territories are also experienced and practiced (Herouard, 2007). How are care pathways expressed territorially, namely through the example of specific pathologies, access to medication and even health products? How can these practices be observed and how do they contribute to theorisation in the territorial sciences (Vaguet, 2012)? How can researchers, regardless of their experience (young as well as more experienced researchers), question the representation of the territory when they are dealing with health issues? What role can interdisciplinarity play (Bochaton et al., 2015)? How can researchers address this issue through the notion of territory (Vulbeau, 2013)?
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Bochaton A., Gasquet-Blanchard C., Halfen S., 2015, « Santé et inscriptions territoriale des populations : apports et enjeux autour des notions de genre, territoire et santé » (éditorial), RFST, numéro thématique 1, pp.1-5. Chasles V., 2016, « La mondialisation de la santé. L’exemple du "tourisme médical" », in Images économiques du Monde 2017, Paris, Armand Colin, pp. 56-58. Gasquet-Blanchard C., Hoyez A-C., 2015, « Parcours et trajectoires dans le domaine de la santé. Quelques réflexions issues de l’analyse d’entretiens effectués auprès de femmes migrantes enceintes ou ayant récemment accouché dans la ville de Rennes », Travaux et Documents, n° 39, Rennes. Herouard, F., 2007, « 8. Habiter et espace vécu : une approche transversale pour une géographie de l'habiter », in Habiter, le propre de l'humain, Paris, La Découverte, pp. 159-170. Strauss A., 1978, Negotiations. Varieties, contexts, processes and social order, San Francisco, Jossey-Bass. Vaguet A., Lefebvre B., Petit M., 2012, « Lieux de soins et paysages thérapeutiques, du concept à la méthode », Bulletin de l’Association des géographes français, numéro spécial « Géographie de la santé », n° 2, pp. 214-223, lisolisa.hypotheses.org Vulbeau A., 2013, « Contrepoint – Territoire : espace vécu, espace politique », Informations sociales, 179(5), p. 69, www.cairn.info/revue-informations-sociales-2013-5-page-69.htm
EXPECTED TYPES OF PAPER
Communications may focus on the theorisation of the triptych of Representation, Territory and Health or on empirical research that emphasizes multidisciplinary research approaches and practices. Particularly encouraged are presentations on methodology and the results of studies by young researchers, as well as research based on multidisciplinary approaches. Priority will also be given to papers highlighting the methods used in this type of approach: what are the practicalities involved in studying and analysing health pathways and their links with the territory? How do territorial sciences differ from other disciplines in their definition of health pathways?
11 – Recreational uses of nature: actors, representatives and representations
This session seeks to gain insights into the recreational uses of nature, based on the territorial challenges that govern the framework within which such uses occur. Thus the voluntarist commitment of the State to ensure their "controlled development" may be understood in terms of the rapid spatial expansion of these uses and their impact on the territories concerned. The session intends to interpret representations as both the political work of the different actors involved and that of the symbolic productions that they shape and mobilise, with a view to understanding how they are at once the product and the instrument of political and activist issues. Promoted for their contribution to "tourism attractiveness”, decried for their potential negative impact on the environment, and problematized in terms of dangerousness, recreational uses of the natural environment are objects of multiple appropriations. In every case, these appropriations involve their representatives in competing definitions of the activities, of the legitimate uses of space that these imply, and of the nature of the environment they use. Recreational spaces are thus objects of coding that are indissociable from the political issues in relation to which they are instrumentalised (construction of a territorial and political identity, claims of territorial specificity, promotion of market activities, definition and defence of heritage, use restrictions and environmental protection). Thus, beyond what is stated, experienced and perceived by the different actors involved in these relationships of power and meaning, this session aims to provide input for exchanges on the contributions from the different disciplines that envisage, in their work, representations based on this two-fold question relating to the political work of ‘representatives’ and the symbolisation of natural spaces within a framework of political struggle. Communications will be expected to examine these recreational activities from the viewpoint of the performative work of formalising spaces and the populations that use them (censuses, locations, mobility data and other figurations including iconographic and mapped descriptions) and through the work of representation and mobilisation, in its many forms (networks, deals, and competition), of those who ensure the types of access, checks and control over territorial resources.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
Boltanski L., 1976, « L’encombrement et la maîtrise des "biens sans maître" », Actes de la recherche en sciences sociales, 2(1), pp. 102-109. Chamboredon J.C., 1980, « Les usages urbains de l’espace rural : du moyen de production au lieu de récréation », Revue française de sociologie, XXI, n° 1, pp. 97-119. Darly S., 2008, « La spatialité des conflits d'usage au sein des zones périurbaines en Île-de-France : une analyse empirique d'une modalité peu connue de la gouvernance des territoires », Norois, n° 209, pp. 127-146. Evrard B., Féménias D., Bussi M., 2011, « Pêche à pied en sortie d’estuaire de Seine : expositions ordinaires, déviances populaires et gestions différenciées », Espaces, Populations, Sociétés, n° 1, pp. 137-151. Féménias D, Evrard B, Sirost O., 2012, « Les loisirs sportifs dans l’estuaire de la Seine : natures périurbaines et cadre de vie », Loisir et société, 34(1), pp. 67-98. Lemieux C., 2005, « Rendre visibles les dangers du nucléaire. Une contribution à la sociologie de la mobilisation », Secret/Public, n° 0, pp. 145-167. Loloum T., 2016, « Le gouvernement de la nature. Tourisme et institutions environnementales dans le Nordeste brésilien », Espace politique, n° 28. Martel L., Furt J.M., 2007, « Action publique et tourisme durable : l’exemple du plan nautique de Haute-Corse », in Bataillou C., Scheou B. (dir.), Tourisme et développement : regards croisés, Perpignan, pp. 235-262. Ripoll F., 2005, « S'approprier l'espace... ou contester son appropriation ? », Norois, n° 195, pp. 29-42. Roux F., 2009, « La pêche sportive, pratiques nouvelles et conflits sur les usages de la nature », in Guibert C., Loirand G., Slimani H. (dir.), Le sport entre public et privé : frontières et porosités, Paris, L’Harmattan, pp. 75-87. Sébileau A., 2016, « La balnéarisation sous conditions locales. Les concurrences à propos de "l'identité communale" à Saint-Brévin en Pays de Loire », Mondes du tourisme.
EXPECTED TYPES OF PAPER
The communications will be welcome from all fields of the social and human sciences (history (narration), sociology, political sciences, ethnology, anthropology, economics, psychology, sociology, geography and town and country planning). Studies of legal aspects are also encouraged. Papers may present any of the following: - the results of empirical work and field studies, - reflections of an epistemological nature, - methodological reflections.
12 – Representing ancient territories. Structuring of ‘archeo-territories’ and spatial dynamics in archeology
An increasing number of recent studies by geographers, geoarchaeologists, archaeologists, “archaegeographers” and archeo-surveyors have sought to better understand the long-term structuring processes that create territories, the spatial diffusion of raw materials and artefacts (flint, obsidian, pottery ...), the diachronies of territorial changes ("palimpsest landscape"), and even spatial dynamics in all their multi-scalar complexity. The representations of these early territorial structuring processes, which are the subject of this session, can make a valuable contribution to our knowledge of ancient societies. Thus, by using natural science, planimetric, historical and archaeological documents, it is possible to reconstruct the dynamics of land use (see “archaeogeography”). Studying the spatial transfers of raw materials and artefacts enables us to reconstruct the networks of exchanges during prehistoric or historical periods. These transfers concern not only raw materials but also men and techniques. Their cartographic representations make it possible to reconstruct places of exchange (archeological sites, villages, markets, etc.), paths (exchange routes) and supply areas. Finally, such studies contribute to a representation of the dynamics of the early structuring of territories. The expected communications will therefore deal with the representation of the territories of ancient societies (in all cultural areas) and may, more particularly, concern the following aspects: - Knowledge of these first territorial organisations and structures. The aim here is to show the diversity of
sources and evidence used by researchers to reconstruct and represent territorial structures; - Diversity of methods used (mapping, analysis of social networks, spatial information systems, spatial
analysis) to represent the territories of ancient societies.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Chouquer G., 2007, Quels scénarios pour l’histoire du paysage ? Orientations de recherches pour l’archéogéographie, Coimbra-Porto, ed. CEAUCP. Fusco J., 2017, « Les passés possibles : exploration et modélisation de l’occupation du sol et de ses dynamiques spatio-temporelles en contexte incertain », 13es Rencontres de Théo Quant, Besançon, 17-19 mai 2017, pp. 86-90.
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Ibáñez J.J., Ortega D., Campos D., Khalid, L., Méndez V., 2015, "Testing complex networks of interaction at the onset of the Near Eastern Neolithic using modelling of obsidian exchange", Journal of The Royal Society Interface, n° 12. Kohler T.A., Van der Leeuw S. E. (dir.), 2009, The model-based archaeology of socionatural systems, Santa Fe, School for Advanced Research Press. Noizet H., Mirlou L., Robert S., 2013, « La résilience des formes : la ceinture urbaine de la rive droite à Paris », Études rurales, n° 191, pp. 193-220. Ortega D., Ibañez J.J., Khalidi L., Méndez V., Campos D., Teira L., 2013, "Towards a Multi-Agent-Based Modelling of Obsidian Exchange in the Neolithic Near East", Journal of Archaeolical Method Theory, n° 21, pp. 461-485. Rasse M., 2008, « La diffusion du Néolithique en Europe (7000-5000 av. J.-C.) et sa représentation cartographique », Mappemonde, n° 90, pp. 1-22. Robert S. (coord.), 2012, « Archéologie et géographie », L’Espace géographique, 41(4), pp. 289-351. Rodier X. (dir.), 2011, Information spatiale et archéologie, Archéologiques, Paris, Errance. Tobler, 1971, "A Cappadocian Speculation", Nature, n° 231, pp. 39-41.
EXPECTED TYPES OF PAPER
The papers hosted in this session will present the methods used to represent the territories of ancient societies as well as study results. They may also address more theoretical issues.
13 – Territories and fiction: from construction to reception and appropriation
The aim of this session is to study the role of fictional material, such as can be found in literature, comics, cinema, TV series and video games, in the construction of socio-spatial representations and the production of imagined spaces and places. How can fictional material be questioned as a matrix (Molina, 2007) contributing to the normalisation or subversion of territorial meanings? And, conversely, how can space and place, in their ideal and material dimensions, influence or even determine fictional productions? In this session, we will try to explore territorial representations, the interactions between fictional works and territories, and the phenomena of appropriation and instrumentalisation that are at work. What are the processes involved in the contruction of the imagined and the effects of fiction on territorial identities and ‘visibility regimes’ (Lussault, 2007). Due to their ability to reproduce a non-static landscape, audiovisual products can generate a representational approach based on the relationship between the diegetic field (the fictional reality produced by a movie, for example) and the extra-diegetic field (the material reality outside fiction). Similarly, they can be regarded as a powerful way of creating imagined spaces/places that help in defining the intersubjective knowledge of space as well as in the construction of the visual identities of territories. In a similar manner, but using different codes, we would also like to study literary productions, comics and video games and examine their ability to produce and convey spatial meanings as well as the relationship between space/place and fiction. The different approaches may concern not only the process of construction (focusing attention on the authors), including identity construction, and the reception and appropriation by the audience (relationships between “perceived space” and “lived space” Frémont, 1972), but also the ways in which space representation and fictional imagined worlds are used by the people involved in spatial management and planning. The ultimate aim is to bring together the different branches of geography (geographies of art, literature and cinema, for example) and to bridge the gap between the latter, literary and film studies, visual studies, and the sociology of art and the media.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Baron C., 2011, « Littérature et géographie », in Kremer, N., Le partage des disciplines, Fabula, revue LHT, n° 8, 4. Collot M., 2014, Pour une géographie littéraire, José Corti éd. Desbois H., Gervais-Lambony Ph., Musset A. (dir.), 2016, Annales de Géo fiction, n° 709-710, « géographie et fiction ». Dupuy L., Puyo J.-Y., 2015, L’imaginaire géographique. Entre géographie, langue et littérature, Presses universitaires de Pau. Fournier M. (dir.), 2016, Territoire en mouvement, « Géographie, littérature, territoires », n° 31 [en ligne tem.revues.org/376]. Jousse T., Paquot T., 2005, La Ville au cinéma. Une encyclopédie, Paris, Cahiers du cinéma. Lussault M., 2017, L’homme spatial. La construction sociale de l’espace humain, Paris, Seuil. Molina G., Guinard P. (dir.), à paraître, numéro spécial de la revue Articulo, « Arts in Cities - Cities in Arts ». Peraldo E. (dir.), 2015, Literature and Geography: The Writing of Space Throughout History, Cambridge Scholars Publishing. Staszak J.-F. (dir.), 2014, Annales de géographie, n° 695-696, « Cinéma et géographie ». EXPECTED TYPES OF PAPER
- Theoretical and epistemological reflections on the relationships between spatial studies (geography, planning, urban studies) and fiction.
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- Methodological proposals about fiction codes and scientific or non-scientific discussion. - Focused contributions on the relationship between fiction and territorial processes (literature, movies, comics,
videogames). - Contributions from other fields focusing on representation and the imagination of space. More precisely: - Fiction and space representation: practice, methods and theories. - The construction of imagined space: codes and ways used in representation and the creation of diegetic
spatial universes. - Audience acceptance (studies on extra-diegetic reception and circulation). - Construction and circulation of territorial identity and visual regimes. - Perceived and lived space. - The role of fiction in urban planning practices, architecture, spatial management and place marketing.
14 – Memories of (un)desirable territories: Looking at metropolitan transformation through the lens of local identities
The notion of desirable/undesirable territories is related here to the idea of public action that seeks to bring about socio-spatial changes in order to make a current situation more desirable. One of the objectives of this session is to add a temporal dimension to metropolitan planning actions, by comparing them with the memory dimension of territories. Everyday experiences in cities (Boym, 2011) produce collective identities that are in turn the product of social groups that assert, in this way, their belonging to communities on the basis of common present needs (Blokland, 2001). But how do such spatial memories that have an impact on social morphology participate in the construction of appropriated territories (Halbwachs, 1938) and in their transformation? Furthermore, how can urban and metropolitan development benefit from these processes? We aim to compare these collective memories with urban changes, be they planned or spontaneous, in order to identify their ties with territories and collective identities, and to consider how they might be taken into account in the planning process. We can use this lens to look at case studies in territories of different morphology, from urban to suburban, such as former working class districts, places undergoing gentrification, regeneration, renewal or even demolition and reconstruction, as is often the case for informal settlements, slums or urban interstices. By comparing different international case studies we hope to ultimately find commonalities between different memories, be they devalued or showcased in the planning process.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Blokland T., 2001, "Bricks, Mortar, Memories: Neighbourhood and Networks in Collective Acts of Remembering", International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 25(2), June 2001, pp. 268-283. Boym S., 2001, The Future of Nostalgia, New York, Basic Books. Halbwachs M., 1925, Les Cadres sociaux de la mémoire, Paris, Albin Michel, 1994. Halbwachs M., 1950, La Mémoire collective, Paris, Albin Michel, 1997. Halbwachs M., 1938, La Morphologie sociale, Paris, Armand Colin, 1970.
EXPECTED TYPES OF PAPER
Contributions to this session should be based on the results of empirical fieldwork or, alternatively, should analyse different research experiences or present theoretical approaches and methodologies responding to different national and cultural contexts.
In a context of mobility transition, the approaches used by researchers to represent territorial forms of mobility, or more generally the relationships between territory and mobility, evolve very slowly. While inherited representations (commuter flows, catchment areas) persist, new emerging formalisations are attempting to depict situations that may constitute novel aspects of mobility. Beyond the use of metaphors like archipelagos, clusters, polders and notions like living the mobility, it has now become necessary to develop a theoretical framework which could lead to advanced spatial representations (Lajarge & Fourny, forthcoming). Many studies dealing with migration, tourism, transport or daily mobility issues exemplify this need. These studies show how individual mobility experiences contribute to building up territories from mobility spaces (Frétigny, 2013; Lanéelle, 2005). These conceptual representations are helping the push towards the simultaneous development of visualization tools (Adrienko et al., 2008). In addition, the link between mobility and territory is itself very dependent on the development of digital technologies. By way of example, the use of smartphones is responsible for a connection between space and time (Adoue, 2016), constituting a new territory. From a visualization point of view, using GPS tracking devices makes it possible to represent mobility patterns and, therefore, the territorial aspects of mobility (Zook et al., 2015; Davoine et al. 2015; Feildel, 2014).
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
Adoue F., 2016, La mobilité connectée au quotidien. Les usages du smartphone dans les transports en commun franciliens, thèse du laboratoire Ville-Mobilité-transport, soutenue le 30 juin 2016, sous la direction d’Anne Aguilera. Andrienko G., Andrienko N., Dykes J., Fabrikant S. I., Wachowicz M., 2008, “Geovisualization of dynamics, movement and change: key issues and developing approaches in visualization research”, Information Visualization, 7(3-4), pp. 173-180. Davoine P.-A., Mathian H., Saint-Marc C., Blaise J.-Y., Kaddouri L., 2015, "The Visual Representations of Territorial Dynamics: Retrospective and Input from New Computing Environments", 27th International Cartographic Conference, August 23-28, 2015, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Feildel B., 2014, « La mobilité révélée par GPS, traces et récits pour éclairer le sens des mobilités », Netcom, 28(1/2), pp. 55-76. Frétigny J.B., 2013, Les mobilités à l’épreuve des aéroports : des espaces publics aux territorialités en réseau. Les cas de Paris Roissy-Charles de Gaule, Amsterdam Schipol, Francfort-sur-le-Main et Dubaï International, thèse de l’université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. Lajarge R., Fourny M.C. (dir.) (à paraître), Les sans mots de l’habitabilité et de la territorialité, Grenoble, éd. de l’UGA. Lanéelle X., 2005, « Réseau social, réseau ferroviaire, mobilités et temporalités », in Montulet B. et al., Travaux et recherches 51, Facultés universitaires St-Louis, Bruxelles, pp.197-206 Zook M., Menno-Jan K., Rein A., 2015, "Geographies of Mobility: Applications of Location-Based Data", International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 29(11), 2 novembre 2015, pp. 1935‑40.
EXPECTED TYPES OF PAPER
Proposals may concern methodological issues such as survey protocols, statistical measurements, and visualization tools enabling the representation and analysis of territories where there is mobility. The questions addressed may be related to the nature of data and sources. Collection and exploratory tools may include GeoWeb (GPS and mobile devices, social network, personal data, etc.), mixed analysis methods (quantitative/qualitative survey, data/Web data) and approaches (objectivity/ subjectivity), as well as the use and production of images (maps, graphs, photos, etc.). Theoretical and empirical proposals are also welcome. These can include theoretical approaches to discuss new forms of representation or prospective research topics. This session also aims to stimulate discussions on the close links between methods, tools and theory.
16 – Representing territories in simulation models
Co-facilitators: Marion LE TEXIER (IDEES), Arnaud BANOS (Géographie-cités), Clémentine COTTINEAU (University College London) & Sébastien REY-COYREHOURCQ (IDEES)
The increasing use of simulation models in geography has strengthened several fields of knowledge over the last thirty years (mobility, transport, diffusion, human-habitat interactions, health, territorial systems, urban form, etc.). Numerous advances have been made both in terms of computing (more accessible platforms, new computing paradigms, etc.) and modelling methods (descriptive framework, coupling of models, multi-modelling, etc.) to assess the heuristic and technical “validity” of these models (characterisation of the model tryptych of structure-parameters–output). Curiously, only a small part of this work has questioned the implications of – and potential biaises introduced by – the representation of the territory on which interactions beween individuals and objects occur. However, the community of French theoretical and quantitative geographers, with considerable experience in spatial analysis, has published several papers and texts in an effort to throw some light on this question. The proposed session would pursue this collective dynamic, with a view to bringing together researchers dealing with the effects of territorial representations in simulation models. Beyond presentations and exchanges on current research, the session should enable the foundations to be laid for a discussion concerning the epistemological and methodological aspects of the following questions: - What geographical compromises have been made during the process of simulation model building? - What are the effects (observed or suspected) of territorial representation on model behaviour and simulation
results? - What impact may these effects have on our ability to understand simulated phenomena?
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Banos A., 2012, "Network effects in Schelling's model of segregation: new evidences from agent-based simulation", Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design, 39(2), pp. 393-405. Flache A., Hegselmann R., 2001, "Do Irregular Grids make a Difference? Relaxing the Spatial Regularity Assumption in Cellular Models of Social Dynamics", Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, 4(4), pp. 1-6 Fossett M., Dietrich D.R., 2009, "Effects of city size, shape, and form, and neighborhood size and shape in agent-based models of residential segregation: are Schelling-style preference effects robust?", 36(1), pp. 149-169.
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Kwan M. P., 2012, "The uncertain geographic context problem", Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 102(5), pp. 958-968. Le Texier M., Caruso, G., 2017, "Assessing geographical effects in spatial diffusion processes: The case of euro coins", Computer, Environment and Urban Systems, 61-A, pp. 81-93. Openshaw S., 1984, The Modifiable Areal Unit Problem, Norwich, UK, Geo Books. Raimbault J., Banos A., Doursat R., 2014, "A Hybrid Network/Grid Model of Urban Morphogenesis and Optimization", 4th International Conference on Complex Systems and Applications (ICCSA 2014), pp. 51-60. Spielman S., Harrison P., 2014, "The Co-evolution of Residential Segregation and the Built Environment at the Turn of the 20th Century: A Schelling Model", *Transactions in GIS*, 18(1), pp. 25-45. Thomas I., Jones J., Caruso G., Gerber P., 2017, "City delineation in European applications of LUTI models: review and tests", Transport Reviews (en ligne).
EXPECTED TYPES OF PAPER
Theories, methodology, fieldwork, results.
17 – Cartographic designs and geovisualization for an innovative representation of territories
Co-facilitators: Christine ZANIN (Géographie-cités), Paule-Annick DAVOINE (LIG) & Marion LE TEXIER (IDEES)
The proposed session focuses on the construction and production of cartographic images or geo-visualization for territorial representation. This question may evoke several interpretations, from the stated objective (or not) of this representation to the use that is actually made of it by local or national actors, institutions and communities, to the modeling and processing of data. In this context, producing images is just as much about participating in the knowledge of territories as contributing to the construction of a discourse around these territories. The themes concerned influence the methods to be used for their analysis and their representation as well as the choice of the types of images produced. The aim of the proposed session is to allow researchers or any territorial actor to address the question of innovation in the production of images, namely how do you define innovation when it comes to working on the representation of territories? Can technological innovation and the resulting digital images bring new answers, new solutions to territories? What are the innovative models and conceptual frameworks that underlie these images? How do you produce coherent and effective images with massive but often incomplete data? Can territorial analysis be reinforced by the production of very different images? Can discourse and decision-making on a territory be influenced by the production of certain types of images?
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Commenges H., Giraud T., Lambert N., 2016, “ESPON FIT: Functional Indicators for Spatial-Aware Policy-Making”, Cartographica: The International Journal for Geographic Information and Geovisualization, 51(3), pp. 127-136. Davoine P.-A., Mathian H., Saint-Marc C., Blaise J-Y, Kaddouri L., 2015, "The Visual Representations of Territorial Dynamics: Retrospective and Input from New Computing Environments", 27th International Cartographic Conference, August 23-28, 2015, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Hoarau C., 2015, Représentations cartographiques intermédiaires : comment covisualiser une carte et une orthophotographie pour naviguer entre abstraction et réalisme ?, thèse de doctorat sous la direction de S. Mustière, Université Paris Est. Lambert N., Ysebaert R., Zanin C., 2015, « Comprendre le territoire européen : Deux outils cartographiques à l’appui de la réflexion en aménagement du territoire », L’information géographique, vol. 79, A. Colin, pp. 45-54. MacEachren A. M., Gahegan M., Pike W. et al., 2004, "Geovisualization for Knowledge Construction and Decision Support", IEEE computer graphics and applications, 24(1), pp. 13-17. MacEachren A. M., 2004, How maps work - Representation, Visualization, and design, New York, Guilford. Saumur I., 2012, « Cartographier, le pouvoir suprême », Strabic.fr Mericsay B., 2017, « LA cartographie à l'heure du Géoweb : Retour sur les nouveaux modes de représentation spatiale des données numériques. Cartes & Géomatique », Comité français de cartographie, 2016, La sémiologie dans tous les sens Temps, Art & Cartographie, n° 229-230, pp. 37-50. Zanin C., Lambert N., 2012, « La multireprésentation cartographie. Exemple de l’Atlas interactif des régions européennes », Bulletin du CFC, n° 213, pp. 39-64. Jegou L., Deblonde J.-P., 2012, « Vers une visualisation de la complexité de l’image cartographique », Cybergeo, n° 600.
EXPECTED TYPES OF PAPER
Communications are open to all territorial themes and may focus not only on new types of images, relating to either cartographic design or geovisualisation, but also on the processes and models underlying their construction, as well as their perception and uses. Communications of a theoretical, methodological, conceptual or applied nature will be welcome, as will presentations on experiments.
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Provisional calendar § Deadline for submitting proposals for papers has been postponed until: 14 September 2017, exclusively via the
conference Website cist2018.sciencesconf.org § Reply from the Scientific Committee: end of October 2017.
Response procedures Proposals for papers should be written in French or English and comply with the template available on the conference website cist2018.sciencesconf.org. The length should be between 10,000 to 15,000 characters. Proposals will be reviewed by the conference scientific committee and session co-facilitators. We encourage authors working on related topics to submit joint papers to facilitate our organisation of coherent sessions.
Publication of selected communications All accepted papers will be published on the conference website and will appear in conference proceedings, which will be available on conference opening day. They will also be deposited in Hal open archives. Session co-facilitators have also planned some sort of publication following the conference. In addition, conference coordinators are considering a collective publication based on the input and feedback they expect to get from session co-facilitators.
