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In a context of the growth of the intangible economy, we see paradoxically the development of physical places promoting the cooperation of companies and workers. This includes third-places, coworking spaces, fab labs and physical spaces for the mutualization of infrastructures and services for the benefit of companies. Their creation is prompted by territorial collectivities seeking a renewal of their development policy and by clusters of companies. Our study is based on nine monographs of projects located in France and characterized by the implementation of a service offering (offices, access to infrastructure, computer equipment, common secretariat, spaces of conviviality) in a physical place for the benefit of companies and individuals.

The past decades have had a significant impact on libraries; important changes have threatened their existence or have forced them to rethink their role and function. In developed countries they have been able to ally digital resources with the more traditional library services and create new ones. A new type of librarian has seen the light of day and the diversity of his or her services has altered a longstanding identity. In Africa, and especially in Mali, change in libraries has not occurred in the same proportions. The country certainly relies on more and more newly-educated librarians but actual libraries are few and far between. Where they do exist, they are not equipped with information technologies that can support significant change. Several of the country's libraries are not organised according to recognised operating practices, such as an acquisitions budget. The coordination of libraries is also lacking. Given these conditions, the small changes that occur elsewhere do not happen in Mali. In spite of innovative services in very few libraries (digital libraries, Facebook accounts), could the priority not be placed on a territorial networking of libraries, creating conditions that are favourable to their proper functioning and to offer basic services to the population?

This article describes and analyses the health practices of the inhabitants of Conakry, in a context of a dysfunctional health system. It shows that health decentralization policies are largely ineffective because therapeutic paths tend to follow social ties and create a personalization of the relationships between health workers and patients. Furthermore, this article explains how the problems in mastering and monitoring the patients' medical choices have represented an obstacle to the eradication of the Ebola epidemics. Such difficulties have been thrived by the coexistence of the private and public sectors and by the strong mobility of populations between rural and urban areas.

Keywords: Guinée, Conakry, Ebola, politiques urbaines de santé, épidémie, Guinea, Conakry, Ebola, Urban health policy, epidemics

Unlimited growth — an uncontested economic “dogma” — is showing to be a vital threat for the Earth's ecosystems, as well as for human civilization. A global collapse is a dreadful possibility within the century : we are relentlessly given warning signs of systemic degradation. Humans cannot live and prosper pretending to remain “outside” of nature's realm and unfettered by nature's laws. The human project is bound to the Earth's vitality. Such is the global context that conditions any intellectual pursuit, even more, the quest for meaning by Christian believers. This essay calls for a radical reassessment of the exegetical and the theological task. New creative ways of engaging the biblical heritage and a thorough questioning of our deadly lifestyle are some of the challenges we face, in view of an impending global collapse.

AbstractThis paper examines the characteristics of the production of French-speaking economic articles. It takes the examples of the general French-speaking reviews of the CNRS's ranking. We have constituted a database for 9 reviews for 2000-2004 (1449 articles, 1623 authors, 90 universities and 319 French research centers and organizations). The purposes, the functioning and the content of the reviews are considered. All papers are analyzed with the classification JEL for a comparison of the themes handled. A bibliometric analysis is realized. The rankings of the authors'universities and research centers and organizations are elaborated. Five indicators and the results of a inquiry with French-speaking economists are utilized for the ranking of the reviews.

Keywords: amphi-atlantique, Anticosti, Cepaea hortensis, Cepaea nemoralis, Helix pomatia

This article focuses on a musical and intercultural group intervention aimed at improving the psychological well-being and integration of refugees in Quebec City. The experience brought together 20 participants, including 10 long-time Quebecers and ten newly arrived refugees who met on ten occasions to exchange and practice music together. The interviews gathered before, during and after the process show that the activity has contributed to the improvement of the well-being of refugees, but also of a majority of non-refugees participants. The comments show that the approach has also contributed to improving the integration of refugees.

Keywords: musique, réfugié, intervention sociale, intégration, Québec, music, refugee, social intervention, integration, Quebec

The author, Robert B. Perreault, a Franco-American from Manchester, New Hampshire, relates how, in 1973, he discovered the works of writer Jack Kerouac when a friend handed him the volume Satori in Paris telling him : « It's written by a French guy from New England just like you. » After having read this book, Perreault made an in-depth study of the rest of Kerouac's works, as well as of his life and career, to determine at what point his friend was correct by having called Kerouac « a French guy from New England just like [him]. » This essay is the result of his research.