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Contemporary experience of space is affected by virtualization and globalization which cause a ‘levelling of places and the obliteration of their distinctive features' (Élisabeth Nardout-Lafarge). In a post exotic era, even the place becomes part of the global city, a ‘switching node in worldwide networks' (François Moriconi-Ebrard). It is no longer unstable or uncertain: it is in crisis. In Jean Echenoz's Envoyée spéciale (2016), an unlikely geographical triptych—Paris, the French region of Creuse and Pyongyang—are parodically set on the same level, that of the simulacrum: the city and the village exchange their signs, the secluded capital opens itself to the world. The analysis of these places allows for the observation of a veil of uniformity which blurs the national and local particularities. Our article focuses on one of Echenoz's actualization of space levelling: the recourse to cinematographic techniques. Like a great coloured-print maker, the narrator multiplies the derealizing zoom effects, arranges link scenes between distinct spaces brought together by editing, varies the camera angles playing with the focus, and crosses space using travellings.
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Roughly 5,550 years ago the first urban cities sprung up in the Sumer Region. From this period, during the First Urban Revolution, it would take some 5,325 years for the world urbanization rate to reach 5%. In 1825, motorized transportation arrived on the scene. Between that date and today, during the Second Urban Revolution, the world urbanization rate rose from 5% to nearly 50%. This growing population polarization is coupled with an even more pronounced polarization of economic power. Current urbanization bears many pitfalls, which vary according to development levels, yet also raises much hope of the emergence of a new urbanity.
Keywords: phénomène urbain, mort, vie, morbidité, étalement urbain, urban phenomenon, death, life, morbidity, urban sprawl
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In a large city like Paris, psychiatric emergency clinics are confronted daily with scenes that are acts of suicide. A psychiatrist speaks to us about this.
Keywords: suicide, ville, urgence, suicide, city, emergency
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This article presents different notions of social enterprise (SE) and underlines the acute need for capacity-building in the policy sphere where so far only microfinance and agricultural cooperatives have been supported by legislation from the Royal Government of Cambodia. Critical issues in Cambodia are the density of NGOs, which is where the majority of social enterprises come from, and changes to international aid arrangements. Key variables that distinguish SEs in Cambodia are whether they are registered as businesses and their governance. The article also highlights work on the typology of SEs in the East Asian region and differences with Southeast Asia.
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