1. Crossed perspectives

Is mobility the answer to poverty ?

Between
Leslie Belton Chevallier
And
Giulio Mattioli

Is access to employment, services and leisure merely a matter of mobility for the most disadvantaged? What are the obstacles and alternatives? These are some of the questions Leslie Belton Chevallier and Giuilio Mattioli attempt to answer.

Presentation

The challenge behind Crossed Perspectives is to bring together two specialists from different fields (artists, practitioners, researchers, etc.) in order to compare and contrast their approach to a particular topic. Each participant is asked to respond to three questions before commenting on the answers given by his or her counterpart. The aim is to show where their views differ but where they converge as well.

Motility and viscosity: a new understanding of mobility for better policy making

7 June 2016
Between Vincent Kaufmann | Social Scientist
and Catherine Doherty | Social Scientist

Through the study of mobility practices in Australia and European countries, sociologists Catherine Doherty and Vincent Kaufmann develop two different but complementary analyses of mobility potential on an individual and contextual level. Will these new concepts help further our understanding of mobility practices and renew public action in very different national contexts? Both authors feel this will be the case and explain why.

Questioning art and social science crossovers

14 March 2016
Between Ursula Biemann | Artist, director and researcher
and Valérie Pihet | Historian

Valérie Pihet and Ursula Biemann discuss the crossovers between artistic creation and scholarly research in the field of mobility. Either working together, or in parallel, these two disciplines have a significant contribution to make in terms of the public debate.

Changing behaviour for a low-carbon future

28 October 2015
Between Matt Watson | Geographer
and Frédéric De Coninck | Social Scientist

British geographer Matt Watson and French sociologist Frédérick De Coninck discuss the role of practices in reducing our carbon footprint. Can taking into account people’s daily constraints more seriously be the key to developing more effective policies and hastening the transition towards low-carbon mobility?

Internet, territories and centralities

16 April 2015
Between Benjamin Bayart | Engineer
and Boris Beaude | Geographer

Boris Beaude, a geographer, and Benjamin Bayart, an engineer and ardent supporter of freedom of expression, discuss the tensions that have arisen concerning the internet, the main platform for virtual mobility. Designed as something without a centre, which could not be fully controlled and would free people from regional limitations, the internet seems unable to deliver on these promises – as a result of pre-existing constraints.

Neo-nomads and highly mobile people

24 February 2015
Between Stéphanie Vincent-Geslin & Emmanuel Ravalet | Sociologist and socio-economist
and Maude Reitz & Yves Pedrazzini | Ethnologist and sociologist

Four researchers assess the traits and similarities of and the differences between the subjects of their respective fields of study: neo-nomads, the focus of the ‘noLand’s man’ research project, and high mobility as studied in the framework of the JobMob investigation.

Eco-districts: the future of the city?

26 November 2014
Between Marleen Kaptein | Architect
and Bruno Bessis | Engineer

A Dutch expert in urban development, who founded one of her country’s leading eco-district projects, discusses the future of eco-districts with a French specialist in sustainable development. Could such areas be the key to the future of urban life?

Public Policies & professional mobility

24 June 2014
Between Marie-Hélène Massot | Economist
and Jean-Marc Offner | Urban planner

A University lecturer and an urban planner discuss professional mobilities and their role within community life. How do public authorities and, more broadly, society and its various components deal with mobility management?

Imagined mobilities

27 May 2014
Between Arnaud Passalacqua | Historian
and Allen Batteau | Anthropologist

An American anthropologist and a French historian debate the significance of elected officials, transport professionals and users’ imaginaries on their choices and on decision making.

Traveling without ticket?

25 April 2014
Between Jean-Louis Sagot-Duvauroux | Essayist - playwright
and Allan Alaküla | Head of the Tallinn European Union Office in Brussels

Despite being 3,000 kilometres apart, a French intellectual and a representative of the Tallinn European Union Office come together to discuss a question which both believe to be crucial for the future: the need for free public transport.

What are the effects of the acceleration of social rhythms?

31 March 2014
Between Hartmut Rosa | Social Scientist
and Michel Lussault | Geographer

If they agree on the reality of an acceleration of social processes, the German sociologist Hartmut Rosa and the French Geographer Michel Lussault strongly disagree on the sustained importance of space and its effects – either good or bad – for our societies.

Questioning transport Infrastructures

3 March 2014
Between Mathias Emmerich | Executive Vice-President in charge of Finance, Purchasing and Information Systems
and Stephen Graham | Geographer – Town planner

From one side to another of the Channel, a British sociologist and a Board Member of the SNCF discuss the impact of public infrastructures on society, from an economic, politic and social perspective.

Mobility and conviviality in a rural environment

30 January 2014
Between Marie Huyghe | Planner
and Odile Proust | town councillor

Is there a place for public or shared transportation in a rural environment? How can the needs of an isolated person or with reduced mobility be met? How should the ecological issues be dealt with? Here are the responses of an engineer who specialises in such questions, and a local elected representative who has played a significant role in developing the Pilat Regional Park in France.

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