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LA DIPLOMATIE SPORTIVE COMME LEVIER DE DIPLOMATIE ECONOMIQUE (Cas du Maroc)
No full textThis article explores the role of sports diplomacy as a driver of economic diplomacy and soft power through a systematic review of the international literature. It draws on key concepts such as soft power, national image branding, and the legacy of mega sporting events to analyze how states strategically use sports as tools for influence and international outreach. The findings highlight the dominance of qualitative and interpretative approaches, as well as a strong research focus on Global North countries. Sport is portrayed as a vehicle for identity-building and geopolitical repositioning.However, the current body of literature reveals several limitations, including the underrepresentation of Global South contexts and a lack of integrated models to evaluate tangible economic outcomes. The article concludes by outlining a research agenda aimed at better understanding the multifaceted impacts of sports diplomacy, particularly in emerging contexts such as Morocco.</div
Advancing Biobehavioral Research: An Overview and Update from the University of São Paulo Twin Panel
No full textInternational audienceAbstract The Painel USP de Gêmeos (University of São Paulo Twin Panel) is, based at the Instituto de Psicologia da Universidade de São Paulo. It was formally established in 2017 to advance research on fundamental psychological processes through twin study designs. Our relatively new registry comprises a volunteer sample of 8839 twin individuals, 70% of whom live in Brazil’s Southeast, the region with the highest twinning birth rate (10.64‰) of the country, within a national population of 213 million. Our collaborative research group has expanded to include partners from psychology, dentistry, and medicine at USP, as well as other Brazilian institutions, such as the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Universidade Federal da Bahia, and Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo. We are advancing biobehavioral research in Brazil through innovative methodologies, interdisciplinary collaboration, and international partnerships. All twin participants contribute to multiple studies associated with four datasets employing the same hierarchical identification system for participants and families: the Biorepository, the Physiological and Physical Repository, the Behavioral Repository, and Fonoteca Cesar Ades (FOCA). Future directions include expanding our twin registry across the five regions of Brazil, our research partnerships, promoting genetic literacy, and fostering public engagement
Le peuple existe-t‑il ? L’expression du collectif dans la Chronique anglo-saxonne
No full textInternational audienceAu cours des ix e - xi e siècles, l’Angleterre construit son unité et, sur le modèle continental, se dote d’outils textuels destinés à appuyer les prétentions des rois. La Chronique anglo-saxonne fait figure de récit national visant à démontrer la coalescence entre une royauté unifiée et un peuple chrétien anglais. Dans cette optique, les notions de peuple et d’habitant sont passées inaperçues, les historiens ayant préféré s’attaquer directement à la notion d’anglicité ( Angelcynn , gens Anglorum ). Le but de l’article est de comprendre comment la Chronique envisage ces notions voisines, en étudiant un ensemble de parasynonymes ( folc , þeod , leod , ware ). Ces mots s’articulent en outre à des questions d’histoire militaire, à un problème sociologique et à l’essor même de la monarchie qui se serait appuyée sur l’action du « peuple ». Que désignent les mots étudiés ? Quelles cohérences les chroniqueurs permettent-ils de relever ? Existe-t‑il des évolutions notoires dans l’usage de ces mots
Direction scientifique avec Gaëlle Marti et Kiara Neri, Sauver les migrants en mer. Que pourrait faire l’Europe ?, Dossier spécial de la revue Civitas Europa, 2026.
No full text“La fronterización de los espacios: análisis crítico de las políticas de migración y asilo”, conférence à l'Université Pompeu Fabra, Barcelone, 24 mars 2026.
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Reconfigurations Robotiques
No full textLes technologies dites intelligentes (robots, IA, systèmes automatisés) semblent s’imposer à nous de façon inexorable. Leur diffusion suscite une véritable effervescence collective nourrie de promesses, d’inquiétudes, de récits d’innovation ou d’asservissement, de scénarios eschatologiques… Dans ce contexte, il devient difficile de distinguer ce qui relève du réel ou de l’imaginaire.Ce numéro spécial aborde les effets de ces objets dans des mondes sociaux aussi divers que l’agriculture, l’industrie, la prospective militaire, le jeu de Go, la science-fiction ou encore le droit. En s’appuyant sur la notion de reconfiguration, il montre comment l’automatisation transforme en profondeur les pratiques professionnelles, les savoirs experts, les institutions, mais aussi comment elle s’articule avec des représentations et des mises en récit.Les contributions réunies dans ce dossier examinent les modalités d’existence des systèmes intelligents, les cultures épistémiques associées à leur conception, les bouleversements et les rapports nouveaux qu’ils provoquent, en se concentrant sur leurs dimensions matérielle, sociale et imaginaire. Elles dressent une cartographie des mutations en cours et soulève une question centrale : quelle société ces technologies sont-elles en train de construire
Toward an Anthropological and Archaeometallurgical Understanding of Ferrous Technological Transmissions Between South and Southeast Asia (Late 1st Millennium BCE – Mid-1st Millennium CE)
No full textInternational audienceIt has long been surmised that Southeast Asian ferrous technologies are likely derived from South Asian progenitors, however, this assertion remains largely under-evaluated in either region by archaeological and archaeometallurgical analyses. While the development of iron and steel metallurgy and other complex technologies are often associated with their origins, their economic, political and social consequences, the social relations of production, and the materiality of technology are often less discussed. Understanding the social and economic conditions of ferrous metallurgy’s emergence and characterising the confluences of materials, technologies (know-how involved, qualities), stage, scale, as well as the producer's and consumers’ social network and strategies, are all contextual elements. In order to investigate how and why (and indeed if) South Asian technologies of ferrous metallurgy impacted the development of ironworking in Southeast Asia, we first need to address the social and technological contexts of production in each region. In this paper, we offer a first step in this direction, one that examines and compares the social and technological contexts for the emergence and practice of metallurgy in South Asia and Southeast Asia on anthropological and archaeometric grounds to help discuss the potential links between the two regions. This critical state of the art will serve as a foundation for further reflection on exchanges and the social and cultural conditions for complex technological exchang
Chapter 3: Containers: From Wrapped Textiles and Jars to Hard Disks
No full textInternational audienceThis chapter explores the diverse range of containers used throughout history to store and preserve written and non-written artefacts, from ancientmanuscripts to modern digital data. It highlights the varying materials – such as threads, textiles, leather, reeds, clay, wood, and cardboard – used for archival storage, as well as the different shapes and sizes of containers, including bags, boxes, baskets and jars. It discusses how these containers were adapted to the specific needs of the artefacts they held, and the challenges involved in preserving them. It also examines the historical and geographical diversity of archival storage, the evolution of archival terminology, and the way in which these containers were arranged, transported, and preserved. The chapter is organised by material type and chronological period, offering a comprehensive overview of archival storage practices across time and culture
Organic geochemical investigations of an MIS 5 fire in the Palaeolithic deposits of Ormesson (Seine-et-Marne, France): Anthropic or natural?
No full textInternational audienceDespite the central role of fire in Pleistocene and Palaeolithic lifeways, the relationship among hominins, fire, and their environment remains unclear. Ancient combustion residues hold a wealth of molecular data that may help to resolve some of these questions, yet standardised guidelines for reconstructing past fire traces are notably lacking. In this study, we examine extensive combustion residues overlying Middle Palaeolithic deposits from the open-air site of Ormesson (France). To determine whether the combustion residues are of natural or human origin, multiproxy approaches including anthracology, lipid biomarker, and benzene polycarboxylic acid (BPCA) analyses are applied. These techniques are used to characterise organic matter and pyrogenic carbon compositions in the deposits, providing insights into surrounding vegetation, palaeoenvironmental shifts, and the production parameters involved in the formation of the char assemblage. Lipid biomarker evidence suggests that the pre-fire local environment featured abundant coniferous vegetation (e.g., Pinaceae taxa), which is supported by anthracological evidence for a predominance of Pinus cf. sylvestris/nigra complemented by Betula sp. taxa. The post-fire environment saw a contraction of coniferous vegetation, concurrent with an expansion of deciduous taxa, grasses and herbaceous material. The combustion event, which resulted in 67 % of the charcoal assemblage exhibiting vitrification, produced PyC contents of up to 362 g/kg OC in soil samples and 443 g/kg OC in charcoal samples, with aromatic condensation values of up to 34 %. BPCA-derived predictions of heat treatment temperatures yielded values of approximately 300–400 °C for charcoal samples and 400–550 °C for soil samples in the burned layer, constituting the first instance in which quantitative temperature estimations are obtained from BPCA results. Based on the integrated evidence, we accept the null hypothesis that the studied combustion residues are natural in origin. However, the similarity of archaeometric and geochemical signatures from natural and human-controlled fires underscores the need for interdisciplinary, multiproxy efforts to improve the identification of past fire regimes