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Conférence internationale MONDES POLAIRES Paris 26-28 janvier 2011
Sciences environnementales et sociales pour comprendre les changements observés
Environmental and social sciences tu understand observed changes
The International Polar Year 2007-2009 attracted public, scientific and political attention to polar regions. The main focus of the Polar Worlds Conference is to account for observed changes with a joint environmental and social perspective.
Changes in polar worlds are at the core of the main scientific fields as these regions are particularly prone to environmental and social evolutions. This conference will give an overview of certainties and uncertainties in current mutations.
A unique feature of this event will be to put different scientific communities (anthropology, linguistics, history, archaeology, geography, geomorphology, hydrology, glaciology, biology, climatology, health…) into common work sessions. This approach is based on the experience of the “Polar Mutations: Environment and Societies” research group hosted by the National Centre for Scientific Research (GDR 3062, CNRS, France). This group is organising the conference and has been promoting interdisciplinarity in arctic studies for 30 years.
The main conference themes are the following:
- 1. Environmental and social changes: certainties and uncertainties
- Climate; hydrosphere; cryosphere; lithosphere; biosphere; ecosystems; languages; cynegetic activities (hunting, herding, fishing, etc.) and travelling techniques; social organisation; public health.
- 2. Responses to current mutations
- Political organisations; local authorities, partnerships, co-management; knowledge transmission; technological innovations; field observation methods; circulation of goods, people and information.
- 3. Propositions and prospective approaches: resources, policies, challenges and land management
- Renewable and non-renewable natural resources exploitation; risks; politics and land management; geopolitics; maritime routes; tourism.
In order to encourage interdisciplinary interactions, plenary sessions will be preferred, apart from a few specialised workshops.
Le GDR 3062 "Mutations polaires : environnement et sociétés" est un groupe de recherche plutidisciplinaire.
Principaux terrains de recherche de ce groupe : Artic canadien, Svalbard, Islande, Groenland, Scandinavie, Sibérie, Alsaka...