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Keywords: français louisianais, curriculum, enseignement, décolonisation

Based on a case study, this article focuses on a new urban planning in Algeria the urban pole in order to find whether urban policy actors have achieved the goals set, by measuring the distortions between the “desired pole” vs. the “lived” pole. That is, by using documentary research supported by fieldwork (qualitative method with semi-structured interviews and direct observations) and retracing the history and the creation process of the Bir-Nsa pole within the wilaya of Sétif. At last, we investigated the issues of use by highlighting the material relationships with the territory, especially exclusive uses, autonomous uses and control of space.

Keywords: Pôle urbain, espace public, Bir-Nsa, Sétif, usages, pôle conçu, pôle vécu, Urban Pole, public space, Bir-Nsa, Sétif, uses, designed pole, living pole, Polo urbano, especio público, Bir-Nsa, Sétif, utilización, polo creado, polo vivido

In 2021, the vote on a resolution to include climate change in UN conflict prevention strategies was strongly opposed by China, India and even vetoed by Russia. This article aims to show that these divisions can also be read as the consequences of a process of politicization of the issue of climate security in the Security Council. Its aim is to give an account of the interplay of actors, coalitions and discursive struggles surrounding the definition of an international climate security policy. It thus highlights a “weak” politicization of the link between national security and climate, which shows a weak transposition of the military construction of climate crises to the UNSC, and conversely a strong politicization of the link between human security and climate, which is establishing itself as a common diplomatic position for Tunisia and France. It draws on data collected as part of a project carried out at the University of Hamburg between 2018 and 2021, and focuses in particular on the Council's 2018-2020 mandate, in the context of the creation of the “Group of Friends on Climate and Security” and the “Climate Security Mechanism”.

Keywords: sécurité climatique, politisation, Conseil de sécurité, Nations Unies, France, Tunisie, climate security, politicization, Security Council, United Nations, France, Tunisia

The article addresses the processes of knowledge construction and the epistemological and political inequalities generated around migration. It questions the hegemonic narratives that construct a single history and simplify migration experiences, reinforcing social, epistemological and ontological inequalities. It explores the role that academia and its institutions can play in the decolonization of knowledge and, specifically, the role of Social Work as a promoter of a critical awareness about racism and discrimination. o this end, we share some reflections that have arisen from collaborative spaces with different entities and associations within the framework of Saberes Migrantes (Barcelona, Spain) collective that challenge us about the role of academia in the processes of decolonization of knowledge.

Keywords: migrations, inégalités épistémologiques, pratiques collaboratives, décolonisation des connaissances, Barcelone

From the 1920s to the 1960s, as the global Francophonie emerged from the ruins of the French colonial empire, Quebec universities were called upon to play an increasing role in cultural diplomacy. At the heart of this diplomacy were foreign students, little-known players in the growth of the universities' international ambitions. In this article, we study the case of the Université de Montréal, tracing the stages of this development which led academics to take an interest first in French and Latin America, and then in Asia and Africa. Thanks to international aid initiatives such as the Colombo Plan (1950), the Université sought to establish itself as a beacon of the French-speaking world and as an alternative to France. The civilizing mission it set for itself placed it at the forefront of Quebec's cultural empowerment process, and in turn generated a stance that both revealed and engendered cultural prejudices, orientalist representations and ambivalent attitudes towards otherness.

The June 24, 2022, massacre perpetrated by Moroccan and Spanish forces at the Melilla border resulted in the deaths of at least 27 individuals and the disappearance of more than 70 others, as well as several hundred injuries and at least 100 people being imprisoned. To attempt to make sense of these events, which are part of a continuum of antimigratory violence that has continued with impunity for two decades, requires locating this border in its racial matrix and deciphering the gender relations at play. Based on extensive ethnographic work carried out between 2015 and 2017, and on a collective counter-survey carried out in 2023, this article dissects the violence through the prism of race and gender relations. This approach enables an understanding whereby the constant reproduction of warrior masculinities around the border in defence of, and in protest of it, has increased the intensity of violence against black migrants year after year, up to the present day. This perpetual confrontation of militarized masculinities at the border, engendered by European and Spanish migration policies and their outsourcing to Morocco, has reinforced a racist order that inevitably continues to sow death, without succeeding in stifling resistance.

While European medical intervention in Gabon is not unknown to the general public, it is inevitably the figure of the renowned Dr. Schweitzer and his hospital in Lambaréné that comes to mind. This article seeks to shift the focus by examining the healthcare work carried out by women within Catholic and Protestant missions up until the interwar period. Through a cross-analysis of colonial and missionary archives, this study explores how medical activities were embedded within frameworks of religious and gendered authority. It aims to uncover the spaces of freedom that healthcare work afforded Christian nurses, while also probing the internal power struggles that inevitably played out over the populations treated in the dispensaries. In doing so, the voices of patients must be brought to light to accurately reflect the diversity of African responses to these Western medical practices.

This study examines the phenomenon of literary influencers on Bookstagram and BookTok in three Francophone African countries: Benin, Côte d'Ivoire, and Senegal. Using a qualitative methodology combining ethnographic observation and semiotic analysis, the research highlights the strategies employed by these new cultural actors to promote literature. Primarily composed of young urban women, these communities are redefining the codes of literary criticism by emphasizing visual aesthetics and emotional expression. The study reveals their growing impact on the book ecosystem, particularly through collaborations with bookstores and publishing houses, while underscoring their role in promoting African authors.

Keywords: Influenceurs littéraires, Bookstagram, BookTok, médiation culturelle, Afrique francophone, Literary influencers, Bookstagram, BookTok, cultural mediation, Francophone Africa

Intensive red fruit farming in the province of Huelva (Spain) is presented as the result of small local farmers' efforts, who have managed to develop a dynamic export sector and increase employment in the region. However, this alleged success is based on a system of labor mobilization and groundwater extraction that has led to a socioecological crisis. Based on long-term ethnographic work, we use Eric Wolf's theoretical framework to analyze the mobilization of two fundamental resources in red fruit production—labor and water—and the conflicts that this mobilization generates around water extraction and labor exploitation. We address the importance of the discourse on the “local” and the image of the small family farmer in the arguments of social actors to present, in conclusion, the articulation of scales that shapes the material and ideological relations of agro-industrial production in Huelva and the system of capital accumulation.

Keywords: Narotzky, Buier, Reigada, ressources hydriques, exploitation, main-d'oeuvre migrante, crise socioécologique, agriculture familiale, articulation d'échelles, Espagne, Narotzky, Buier, Reigada, water resources, exploitation, migrant workers, socioecological crisis, family agriculture, articulation of scales, Spain, Narotzky, Buier, Reigada, recursos hídricos, explotación, mano de obra migrante, crisis socioecológica, agricultura familiar, articulación de escalas, España