As part of the ‘Living in the World: Choices, Practices and Impacts’ seminar series (ED 395 – École doctorale Espaces, Temps, Cultures):

De las monumentalidades de piedra a las arquitecturas de tierra y vegetales en la zona megalítica de Senegal y Gambia: problemática y primeros resultados del proyecto HOME, por Adrien Delvoye (Univ. Ginebra, UMR 8068)

Dólmenes para los muertos pero también para los vivos, arquitectura megalítica en el oeste de Francia, por Florian Cousseau (Univ. Ginebra)

La apropiación del espacio mediante el juego de las formas: el ejemplo de la casa pintada de Dja’de (Éufrates sirio medio, PPNA tardío, ca. 9300-8800 cal. a.C., por Sarah Dermech (UMR 7044)

This series of seminars will look at how people chose to live in their environment, domestic practices and their impact on nature. What criteria were used to select a natural area and what adaptation strategies were implemented? How do the practices of these spaces reflect the social structures and dynamics of the communities? These multidisciplinary questions will be addressed over a long period of time (from the earliest prehistoric times to the present day) and in a variety of regions and environments. We will seek to shed light on the reasons underlying the ways in which people inhabit the world (economic, social, symbolic, etc.) and the diversity or complementarity of human settlements in the landscape. An approach to temporality, including stability and mobility, the rhythms and cycles of human occupation, will examine the relationship between man and his environment.
Consult the seminar programme