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A “Global Turning Point” for Environmental Policies?
Un « tournant global » des politiques environnementales ?
An Exchange of African, Caribbean, European, and American Perspectives
Perspectives croisées Afrique-Caraïbe-Europe-Amériques
Published on Thursday, March 27, 2014
Abstract
The theme chosen for this meeting encourages the social and human sciences to reflect on the current transformation of our environment by considering the problematization process of the relationship between nature and culture at the crossroads of four regional areas: Africa, the Caribbean, Europe, and the Americas.
Announcement
Argument
The theme chosen for this meeting encourages the social and human sciences to reflect on the current transformation of our environment by considering the problematization process of the relationship between nature and culture at the crossroads of four regional areas: Africa, the Caribbean, Europe, and the Americas.
In spite of their differentiated contexts, these areas are known for being all confronted with significant large-scale environmental changes – such as climate change, erosion of biological diversity, soil degradation, chemical pollution of air and water, or intensive use of water resources –, often referred to as “global change.” Characterized by an increased trans-scalarity, experiences and representations associated with such changes today converge to create uncertainty and promote risk management, especially from a public health perspective, as a key element in environmental regulation. The ensuing discourses and practices open a wide array of studies and fieldwork ranging from the construction of public problems to global governance as well as the spread of controversies and the “marketing” of nature.
This meeting invites us to deepen the reflection on the consistency that shapes environmental policies to address those transformations, giving the humanities and social sciences privileged insight on the making of environmental issues taken in both their historical and emerging dimensions. For this, we must understand how and why environmental matters, in a broad sense, are mobilized to achieve political, economic and legal objectives. We need to know what the representations are and the data being sought, particularly from the viewpoint of their territorial and spatial implications. How are the results of scientific and technical research most commonly used and interpreted? What are the most favored methods of administration and management? Finally, how are the humanities and social sciences equipped to study these processes and report on them.
As part of the “Environmental Change and Society” Seminar held by the CRPLC (CNRS Joint Research Center 8053), this meeting intends to further explore these lines of inquiry through interventions – in French and English – based on comparisons and case studies, working closely with the regional areas under consideration.
The meeting is open to all of those interested.
Program
8:30 am – Welcoming participants
9 am – Opening of the day
- Yann Bérard (UAG-Martinique/CRPLC) Global at Test. On the Utility of Comparative Reasoning and Thinking Through Case
Session 1. Circulation of Knowledge and Instruments
- Lydie Cabane (IFRIS-CERMES3/University Paris-Est) Risk Globalization at Stake: Research Traditions and Political Ties (Europe, Americas, and Africa)
- Marie Hrabanski (CIRAD-Montpellier/ART-Dev) Internationalization of a Public Policy Instrument: Payments for Environmental Services (PES)
- Jean-Raphaël Gros-Désormeaux (CNRS-CRPLC/UAG-Martinique) Uncertainty of Expert Knowledge in the Regionalization Process of Biodiversity: ZNIEFF Mapping in the French Caribbean
12:30 – Lunch break
2 pm – Resumption of the sessions
Session 2. Experience and Valuation of Public Problems
- Nicolas Rocle (Irstea-Bordeaux/ADBX) Adapting to Climate Change: A Poorly Structured Problem for a Differentiated Agenda Setting. Examples from Martinique and Aquitaine
- Sarah E. Vaughn (University of Chicago/Department of Anthropology) Reinventing Biopolitics: Experimenting with Human/Nonhuman Relations in the Face of Climate Change in Guyana
- Julien Weisbein (Sciences Po Toulouse/LaSSP) Protect the Environment by Combining Expertise. “Coast Guard” Activity
5:30 pm – End of the day
Subjects
- Political studies (Main category)
- Society > Sociology
- Zones and regions > Africa
- Society > Ethnology, anthropology
- Zones and regions > America
- Society > Science studies
- Zones and regions > Europe
- Society > Geography
Places
- Schœlcher, Martinique (97275)
Date(s)
- Friday, April 04, 2014
Keywords
- Afrique, Amérique, Caraïbe, changement global, environnement, Europe, politique, risque, science, société
Contact(s)
- Yann Bérard
courriel : yberard [at] martinique [dot] univ-ag [dot] fr
Reference Urls
Information source
- Yann Bérard
courriel : yberard [at] martinique [dot] univ-ag [dot] fr
License
This announcement is licensed under the terms of Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal.
To cite this announcement
« A “Global Turning Point” for Environmental Policies? », Study days, Calenda, Published on Thursday, March 27, 2014, https://doi.org/10.58079/pts
