Ecole chercheur "La Political Ecology : Théories et applications", Montpellier du 29 juin au 3 juillet 2009

Objectifs de l’école-chercheur

• Faire le point sur le courant de pensée de la Political Ecology, sur ses sources d’inspiration théoriques et sur les avancées qu’il propose en tant que perspective pluridisciplinaire que par rapport aux autres courants de pensée dominants sur la gestion environnementale.
• Elaborer avec les participants une démarche et une méthodologie de recherche, leur permettant de structurer leurs recherches futures ou de revisiter et de valoriser des recherches passées
• Aider les participants à publier leurs recherches dans des revues pour lesquelles la Political Ecology est un gage de qualité scientifique

Cette école-chercheur en Political Ecology a été financée par le service formation du CIRAD et soutenue par le projet SETER

Le programme et les supports de cours

Matinée 1 :

• 9:30 to 10:30 : Denis Gautier & Tor Benjaminsen: Brief Introduction to political ecology

• 10:45 to 12:30 : Poster session : Presentation of participants' study themes

Après-midi 1 :

• 14 to 15:30 : Paul Robbins : What is Political Ecology ?
  
  Paul Robbins PE course - What is Political Ecology - Connection

• 16 to 17:30 : Individual meetings

• Wine tasting in Chateau Cazeneuve terroir du Pic Saint-Loup

Matinée 2 :

• 8:30 to 12:30 : Nancy Peluso & Gabrielle Bouleau : How multiple paradigms of society-naturanalysis contribute to political ecological thought and practice ?
  Nancy Peluso PE course - Using theory in Political Ecology An introduction - Connection
  Gabrielle Bouleau PE course Case 1 - Desirable erosion Drome - Connection
  Nancy Peluso PE course Case 2 - Rubber producing indigenous rights in West Kalimantan - Connection

Après-midi 2 :

• 14 to 15 : Tor Benjaminsen : Two Political Ecologies: The Case of Cotton and Soil Fertility in Mali
  
  Tor Benjaminsen PE course - Two Political Ecologies Mali Case - Connection
   

• 15 to 16 : Tom Bassett :Integrating ecology in Political Ecology
  
  Tom Bassett PE course - Integrating ecology in Political Ecology - Connection

• 16:30 to 18 :Round Table on Political Ecology (Gabrielle Bouleau, Paul Robbins, Nancy Peluso, Tom Bassett, Tor Benjaminsen, Monica Castro)

Matinée 3 :

• 8:30 to 9:30 : Monica Castro : Political Ecology Applied to International Environmental Discourse Analysis
  Monica Castro PE course - A Political ecology of Global Environmental Discourse - Connection

• 9:45 to 10:45 François Molle : Political Ecology and Water Resource Management
  François Molle PE course - Elements for a Political Ecology of River Basin Development and Management - Connection

• 11:15 to 12:30 Group session to identify critical questions to political ecologists (this session is free time for Professors)

Après-midi 3 :

• 14 to 15 : Group session to identify critical questions to political ecologists (this session is free time for Professors)

• 15:30 to 17 : Working session with the invited professors to answer and discuss critical questions on PE from students

Matinée 4 :

• 9 to 9:45 Tom Bassett's conference : "Mobile Livestock Raising on the Brink of Land Privatization in Côte d'Ivoire" (Cf Conférences SETER)

• 9:45 to 10:15 Presentation discussed by Bernard Hubert (Agropolis International President / INRA)

• 10:15 to 10:30 Questions from the audience

• 10:45 to 11:30 Paul Robbins : Lawn People: Landscape, Ideology, and more-than-human political ecologies (Cf Conférences SETER)

• 11:30 to 12 Presentation discussed by Florian Charvolin, Université de Saint Etienne

• 12 to 12:15 Questions from the audience

Après-midi 4 :

• 14:30 to 17 : Students will be working in thematic groups according to a set of questions to guide them in adapting their own experiences to a Political Ecology approach

 Invited professors will assist students through their work

Matinée 5 :

• 9 to 9:45 : Tor Benjaminsen : Conflicts between Conservation and Land Reform in Namaqualand, South Africa (Cf Conferences SETER)

• 9:45 to 10:15 : Presentation discussed by Christian Kull (Monash University, Australia)

• 10:15 to 10:30 : Questions from the audience

• 10:45 to 11:30 : Nancy Peluso : "Rooted Comparisons: Enclosure, territorialization, and the production of propertied agrarian environments in Western Borneo" (Cf Conferences SETER)

• 11:30 to 12 : Presentation discussed by Gabrielle Bouleau (CEMAGREF)

• 12 to 12:15 : Questions from the audience

Lunch time : Lunch will be offered by IRD to all summer school participants (Victoria Garden, Clapiers)

Après-midi 5 :

• Round Table : Montpellier as a place for Political Ecology research ?

• Closing session : Gabrielle Bouleau, Monica Castro, Denis Gautier