2020) have broadened the definition: an ecotone can thus also refer to a cultural space where communities meet, at times creolizing or germinating into a new community. In explaining how this transition zone can be studied from a sociological as well as a biological perspective, Misrahi-Barak and Lacroix (2019 see also Arnold et al. The “Utopia and Ecotone” Conference will focus specifically on utopias that emerge from or relate to ecotones.Īn “ecotone” initially designates an ecological transitional area between two (or more) distinct ecosystems, the passage between two habitat types (forest/grassland) or the flow between two natural environments (freshwater/sea water). This interdisciplinary programme aims to open up the term “ecotone”, a concept hitherto used in geography and ecology, to the humanities, political and social sciences.
ECOTONE INDUSTRIES SERIES
EMMA (Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3), DIRE (Université de La Réunion) et Maison Française d’OxfordĬonference venue: Ghent University, BelgiumĪfter a series of conferences held at Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3, Université de Poitiers and Université de La Réunion (France, 2015, 2016, 2018), at the Centre for the Study of Social Sciences in Calcutta (CSSSC, India, 2018), Manhattanville College (USA, 2019), Concordia Universitý (Canada, 2019) and University of Cape Town (South Africa, 2021), this international conference at Ghent University will be the 8 th opus of the “ Ecotones : encounters, crossings, communities” (2015-2022) conference cycle.
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