Ever since the end of the 18th century, European social imagination has turned towards a promotion of mountain areas. In France, the emergence and thriving of mountaineering until the mid-20th century brought Oisans its respectability. However, starti...
The project is an original collaboration between geographers, cognitive scientists (INRIA GRA), historians (LARHRA) and computer scientists (LIG), around the study of the evolving representation of a territorial model: the design of ski resort trail m...
Census of existing data in human and social sciences at the regional scale (Rhône-Alpes-Auvergne) about climate change
The purpose of this internship is to search data produced in human and social sciences in the Rhône-Alpes-Auvergne region. These ...
Support for innovation through the dissemination of works by future or young researchers
As part of the ITEM project, LabEx organises a biennial International Winter University to promote the works of future and young researchers on the subject of ...
In the past, before extensive draining and protection work, valley floors that were not embanked or dammed up were considered inadequate for intensive land use, and even for the establishment of societies, unlike higher up in the valley. However, thes...
To be sure, mountain regions innovate, but are their forms of innovation necessarily singular? Do they participate in bringing about a profound transformation to the territorial paths and positions taken?
This session will attempt to answer these q...
Today there is an increasing focus on territorial labelling (or certification). These labels have been extended to all sorts of tangible and intangible objects (quality seals on products, tourism brands, cultural, patrimonial and ecological labels, et...
The history of mountain protected areas is characterized by the resort to several registers of legitimacy over time. Their creation was initially often justified by their capacity to act as microcosms and represent the world because of the presence in...
To be able to live in mountainous regions, humans have managed to "cultivate" the water, soil, air, snow and wood. Wherever they have turned their attention to landscapes, ecosystem balance and territorial specificities, they have been able to take ad...
Both on a national scale within France and for other destinations, winter sports resorts today represent an all-important part of the economy, one synonymous with employment, visitors and financial income. These entities were often conceived as "devic...
Ever since humans have cast their eyes upwards at them, mountains have not only been described, but also represented by different types of still and moving images. Carvings, paintings, photography, paper maps, 3D maps, cartoons and films (home movies ...
Sport tourism and mountainous areas are facing major changes in a globalized world, where climate change and digital technologies growth, require from its players to take on new challenges. Depending on the stakeholder’s responsiveness, the societal, ...
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