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'Total Gating': Sociality and the Fortification of Networked Spaces Preview Buy now DOI:10.1080/17450101.2012.631814 David W. Hilla* pages 115-129 Available online: 19 Jan 2012 Alert me Abstract Starting with a description of Wynyard Park in Teesside, a development that combines gated residence, workplace and leisure space, 'fear of the other' is identified as a key but underexplored motivating force behind this kind of 'total gating', an argument based on existing empirical studies of gated communities. It is argued that a radical reading of Emmanuel Levinas' ethics of the other can do the explanatory work that would flesh out this allusion to fear: first, by reading the unknowable Levinasian other as repulsive in his/her threat to the individual's ontological security; and second, by making ontological insecurity fundamental to Levinas' account of ethical sociality. To conclude, this work is then situated in a mobility/moorings discourse.

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Naturalezas, Saberes y territorios Camcáac (seri) Responsable: Aurora Vidal Martínez      Autor: Diana Luque y Antonio Robles Este libro no es un texto común; no es un caso más dentro de la tradición académica de los estudios de caso, de los análisis antropológicos sobre la relación de las culturas con su entorno, o de los estudios ecológicos que incluyen la participación comunitaria. Este libro es fruto del saber ambiental comcáac, de la relación del ser de un pueblo con la naturaleza que habita a través de su saber. Pertenece al campo emergente de una ecología política trazada desde la confrontación de visiones e intereses diferenciados en la apropiación, transformación y manejo de la naturaleza, de la construcción de nuevas territorialidades donde se conjugan los imaginarios, las memorias, las tradiciones y las prácticas culturales de un pueblo, ante al imperativo del ordenamiento ecológico del territorio en el contexto de la globalización económica y de las políticas conservacionistas y de desarrollo del Estado. Diana Luque nos expone el método que orientó el timón y sirvió de carta de navegación en sus travesías por este territorio marino: "súbete a la panga y luego averiguas". Los comcáac dejaron de ser "objeto" de estudio para ser partícipes plenipotenciarios de la reinvención de sus identidades y la reapropiación de su territorio; actores de la ecología política puesta en juego y no meros sujetos. De esta manera, este texto cobra su pleno sentido en la colaboración de ambos autores, cómplices solidarios de esta maravillosa aventura. Allí jugó su papel el tiempo del encuentro y del diálogo; el tiempo necesario para subirse al barco y para que fructificara la alianza, con empeño, paciencia y devoción; el tiempo para dejar salir el ser comcáac a la luz, a la expresión, a la existencia. Antonio, custodio del saber tradicional, se vuelve el autor que. Recrea su propio saber y lo ofrece al mundo. Saber para s

Les objectifs du groupement Il s'agit en premier lieu de créer un groupe de travail interdisciplinaire pour consolider la dynamique existante entre les équipes identifiées, dans le but : de renforcer les synergies des actions menées par les organismes signataires et de développer la collaboration avec d'autres équipes de recherche concernées par cette problématique. de mettre en œuvre des programmes de recherche commun, tant dans les pays du Nord que dans les pays du Sud, et de construire à cet effet des chantiers, dans une optique de recherche-action, en partenariat avec les acteurs locaux, individuels et collectifs ; de développer l'enseignement et la formation, à divers niveaux, sur des thématiques concernant les systèmes agro-alimentaires localisés ; d'accueillir des chercheurs ou des étudiants, français ou étrangers (post-doc, thèses, stages) ; de développer l'animation scientifique autour des thèmes définis par le comité d'orientation scientifique du GIS ; de favoriser l'émergence de projets de recherche développement au niveau local et régional, et de mobiliser des ressources humaines et financières à ce propos ; de développer des activités d'expertise et conseil auprès des divers acteurs économiques et des organisations socioprofessionnelles ; de publier les résultats de leurs recherches et de garantir leur diffusion auprès de la communauté scientifique et de la société civile.

INOSYS : un dispositif pour accompagner l'innovation dans une approche système Fortement impliquées dans les dispositifs d'élaboration de références  sur les systèmes d'exploitation, les Chambres mobilisent notamment des moyens importants autour des Réseaux d'élevage et Rosace. Ces dispositifs produisent des références techniques, économiques et environnementales sur les systèmes d'exploitation agricole. Ils sont fondés sur une méthodologie commune : l'observation pluriannuelle d'un réseau d'exploitations, le recueil d'informations sur le terrain et la mobilisation de l'expertise des conseillers des Chambres pour comprendre, analyser et évaluer le fonctionnement des systèmes d'exploitation. Les références sur les systèmes d'exploitation peuvent être mobilisées dans le cadre du Conseil auprès des agriculteurs, d'études ou de prospectives. Dans le cadre de la mutualisation de certains projets du groupe Chambres d'agriculture, ces dernières ont repensé leur stratégie en matière de production et de valorisation de références sur les systèmes d'exploitation. Dans le cadre de la réforme Terres d'Avenir et du projet mutualisé « Références système », les Chambres d'agriculture ont engagé une réflexion importante sur le conseil et l'appui des professionnels  agricoles pour un repositionnement stratégique et ambitieux de leur action en matière de production de références sur les systèmes d'exploitation  à l'horizon 2011. LE PROJET « Références Systèmes » : un objectif de repositionnement stratégique Le projet « Références Systèmes »  a permis de repositionner la stratégie des Chambres en matière de références systèmes pour un conseil efficient, des études argumentées au service des élus, et plus généralement  pour les agriculteurs et les collectivités territoriales. L'enjeu de ce dispositif est majeur pour les Chambres d'agriculture : connaître la dive

a collection documents de travail publiée par la sous-direction de la prospective et de l'évaluation présente des travaux inédits réalisés sur domaines de l' alimentation, l'agriculture, la ruralité, la forêt, le développement durable, notamment. De nature technique et stratégique, ils comportent des éléments de diagnostic et des mises en perspective des grands enjeux de politiques publiques. Dernières parutions Prix du baril de pétrole - Agriculture Énergie 2030 - Fiche variable - septembre 2009 (PDF : 323.9 ko) - 13/12/2010 Prix agricoles internationaux - Agriculture Énergie 2030 - Fiche variable - septembre 2009 (PDF : 306.5 ko) - 13/12/2010 La rémunération des services environnementaux rendus par l'agriculture - Document de travail n° 2 - mars 2009 (PDF : 699.8 ko) - 29/06/2009 Au moment où la dimension environnementale est appelée à prendre une place de plus en plus importante dans la production agricole et où les paiements pour services rendus se développent, la prise en compte de l'environnement dans les politiques agricoles reste marquée par une logique d'exigence réglementaire minimale et de compensation des surcoûts engendrés par des pratiques plus vertueuses. De la hausse à la baisse des prix : impacts de la crise économique sur l'agriculture et les industries agroalimentaires - Document de travail n° 1 - novembre 2008 (PDF : 427.1 ko) - 29/06/2009 La crise financière que le monde vit depuis plusieurs mois est la conséquence de la titrisation des crédits hypothécaires à risque (subprimes). < 1 | 2

Les Dossiers présentent des études portant sur l'agriculture, les industries agroalimentaires et le monde rural. Certains numéros comportent plusieurs articles de fond consacrés à une thématique analysée par des spécialistes, à partir d'une ou plusieurs sources statistiques. D'autres numéros abordent des aspects méthodologiques. Les dossiers pourront regrouper également plusieurs articles traitant de sujets variés. Dernières parutions Les comptes prévisionnels de l'agriculture française pour 2011 - Agreste les Dossiers n° 13 - janvier 2012 - 18/01/2012 Rapports présentés à la Commission des comptes de l'agriculture de la Nation - Session du 20 décembre 2011 Situation financière et disparité des résultats économiques des exploitations - Agreste les Dossiers n° 12 - juillet 2011 - 28/07/2011 Année 2009, des résultats en baisse et moins dispersés et un alourdissement du poids de l'endettement. Recensements 2008 de la salmoniculture et de la pisciculture marine et des élevages d'esturgeons - Agreste les Dossiers n° 11 - avril 2011 - 26/04/2011 Une analyse des résultats des recensements de la salmoniculture, de la pisciculture marine et des élevages d'esturgeons portant sur l'activité de l'année 2007. Les comptes prévisionnels de l'agriculture française pour 2010 - Agreste les Dossiers n° 10 - janvier 2011 - 24/01/2011 Rapports présentés à la Commission des comptes de la Nation - Session du 16 décembre 2010 Situation financière et disparité des résultats économiques des exploitations - Agreste les Dossiers n° 9 - septembre 2010 - 15/10/2010 En 2008, les exploitations couvertes par le Réseau d'information comptable agricole (RICA) enregistrent une baisse de 23,2 % en valeur réelle du résultat courant avant impôts. La baisse est générale mais plus ou moins marquée selon les orientations. Le RCAI s'élève à 32 600 euros en moyenne en 2008, année marquée par de fortes disparités. La ha

Knowledge cities: approaches, experiences and perspectives Francisco Javier Carrillo 0 Resenhas Elsevier Butterworth Heinemann, 2006 - 290 páginas Knowledge Cities are cities that possess an economy driven by high value-added exports created through research, technology, and brainpower. In other words, these are cities in which both the private and the public sectors value knowledge, nurture knowledge, spend money on supporting knowledge dissemination and discovery (ie learning and innovation) and harness knowledge to create products and services that add value and create wealth. Currently there are 65 urban development programs worldwide formally designated as knowledge cities. Knowledge-based cities fall under a new area of academic research entitled Knowledge-Based Development, which brings together research in urban development and urban studies and planning with knowledge management and intellectual capital. In this book, Francisco Javier Carillo of the Monterrey Institute of Technology (ITESM) brings together a group of distinguished scholars to outline the theory, development, and realities of knowledge cities. Based on knowledge-based development, the book shows how knowledge can be and is placed at the center of city planning and economic development to enable knowledge flows and innovation to provide a sustainable environment for high value-added products and services. *Well-respected editor brings together distinguished scholars to outline cutting-edge area of research *Interdisciplinary perspectives from urban studies and planning, regional development, knowledge management and intellectual capital *Key benefit is the focus on knowledge in city design, development, and management

OVERVIEW OF THE WALLACE HUFED CENTER (MORE AT HUFED.ORG) The Wallace HUFED Center supports and enables greater access to healthy affordable food in underserved, limited resource communities across the country.  The Center provides grants and technical assistance to support enterprise development and business-based approaches to getting more healthy food into communities which have limited access, with an emphasis on sourcing locally and regionally produced food. HUFED is unique because it is focused on developing solutions that create jobs, offer economic incentives to farmers, and that can be all or partially self-sustaining beyond the grant period.  To date, the Wallace HUFED Center has awarded 30 grants and is providing technical assistance to many of them. The portfolio of grants include: feasibility study, small enterprise and large enterprise grants; and represent a diverse mix of regions, geographies, urban and rural, demographics, and approaches.  We will be gathering and sharing the knowledge and learning that the Center generates, and ultimately document the models that work, in order to support their replication and adaptation to other regions, and to help inform national decision makers and food access champions. The Wallace HUFED Center is funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture and was conceived in Farm Bill 2008.

Local Food in Retail: Two Models, One Goal - filed under: Subject_ValueChain, Webinar, Subject_Retail/Food service Fair Food, a non-profit and Weavers Way, a co-op, both in Philadelphia, have a similar commitment to selling local food at retail, but have different and complementary approaches. Contents Description Recording Slides Presenter Bios June 16, 2011: Local Food in Retail: Two Models, One Goal Description In order to build a thriving local food system it takes actors from different sectors, each working to their strengths. Philadelphia is, in many ways, a national leader for innovative approaches to retail. Fair Food is a non-profit with a long history of championing local food in Philadelphia. Their many market-based programs and services are a model and stepping stone for local food retail from very small to very large. Weaver's Way Co-op is a thriving retail cooperative with three locations in Philadelphia, including one in an underserved community. Their commitment to selling local food has supported many small farmers, and secured a loyal membership. Learn how these two organizations with similar commitment to an idea, but very different approaches, are building Philadelphia's local food economy.

hanks to everyone who has shared links and leads to webinars and other programs! To clarify. I will post the final list of FREE webinars and other distance learning programs late next week. I will also post separate lists of FOR-FEE online degree programs, certification programs, and fee-based distance learning programs. Examples of these include Ryerson University's Certificate in Food Security and Green Mountain College's new Masters in Sustainable Food Systems. So, please do continue to send me examples of all of the above! Cheers, Duncan -----Original Message----- From: Sustainable Agriculture Network Discussion Group [mailto:SANET-MG@LISTS.IFAS.UFL.EDU] On Behalf Of Duncan Hilchey Sent: Friday, January 20, 2012 12:59 PM To: SANET-MG@LISTS.IFAS.UFL.EDU Subject: [SANET-MG] Food System Webinar Compilation Dear SANET List, Below is what I've collected so far toward a compilation of free webinars and distance learning programs of potential interest to food system and agricultural development professionals.  I do not believe this is exhaustive by any means. However, this is based on what folks (on COMFOOD, SANET, and FOOD PLANNING lists) led me to and what I was able to glean on my own from the Internet. I excluded some recommendations which I felt were too limited in scope. On the whole, the sustainable/organic agriculture and "good food" communities seems to have done an excellent job getting comprehensive programs online. I was less successful in identifying webinars and distance learning programs on food security. I do not know if there's a niche to produce these or whether I was simply not looking in the right place. In any case, please continue to send me links and leads-as well as corrections (I did this rather hastily). I will post the final compilation in the next few weeks-once your suggestions are exhausted. I would eventually like to see a one stop shopping clearing house created where e

Registration is now open for the February 2012 conference 'Nationalism and the City'. Register online at http://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/1684/. CRASSH, University of Cambridge  'Nationalism and the City' Friday 10 February - Saturday 11 February 2012 Location: CRASSH, Alison Richard Building, 7 West Road, Cambridge This conference is about the possibilities and interdictions of cities, the formation of political horizons, and the dynamics of identity. The object is to address an intersection: to consider histories and trajectories of nationalism as they interact with those of urban space and place. Specifically, the conference will explore the possibility of employing spatiality as an interpretive lens to disrupt existing theories of nations and nationalism: how might we re-consider the 'imagined community' by locating it within what urbanists describe as the city's 'real-and-imagined' space? How are political vocabularies like nationalism equipped or subverted by urban environments? In which ways might the city affect, reflect or destabilize discourses of national identity? The event will facilitate discussion on these and other questions, navigating the urban palimpsest with voices from a variety of academic disciplines and professional backgrounds to enliven debates on space, politics and identity. For full details of the programme and online registration please click here . Conference supported by the Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (CRASSH ) and the Faculty of History , both at the University of Cambridge, as well as the Association for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism (ASEN ). Conference Convener: Christopher Moffat (History, University of Cambridge). Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (CRASSH) University of Cambridge 17 Mill Lane Cam

This paper is concerned with the evolution of place-shaping over the past decade or so and its potential future direction, specifically relating to a UK context but with varying aspects of resonance internationally. The methodological approach and empirical originality is derived from practitioner encounters synthesised with theory. Three 'waves' of place-shaping are discernible: renaissance, recession mitigation and recovery. By conceptualising and examining the changing face of place-shaping practice, some broad place-quality trends are identified. Asserting that renaissance interventions were heavily skewed towards enhancing the material aspects of city spaces, it is suggested that recessions provide a useful intersection to reflect on past practice, rethink future policies and sharpen skills. It is within such a climate that innovatory practice can flourish as (public, private and community) actors are challenged to seek alternative ways of working. Questioning the wisdom of cuts in quality, the paper calls for new ways of capturing place quality.