The Institut Sociétés en Mutation en Méditerranée (SoMuM) is organizing, in association with the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN), the Direction générale déléguée à la recherche, l'expertise, la valorisation et l'enseignement-formation (DGD-REVE), and with the financial support of UMR 7209 AASPE, UMR 7041 ArScAn, CNRS-INEE, an international and interdisciplinary colloquium “What does it mean to be nomadic over the course of past, present and future times?” from 25 to 27 November 2021, at Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.
Nomadism is one of the rare ways of life that can question and link prehistory to the current societal and global crises (environmental, health, governmental, economic). But what does it mean to be nomadic? How are nomads defined and how do they define themselves? How have these populations adapted and are they still adapting to their natural, cultural and political environments? What are their futures?
These questions are at the heart of the theme of this international and interdisciplinary symposium, organized in four sessions:
Session 1: What is "Being nomadic" at the crossroads of different disciplinary fields of the human and social sciences?
Session 2: What are the links between yesterday's and today's nomads?
Session 3: What traces have nomadic peoples left or still leave in human history?
Session 4: What future for nomads?
The organizing committee
Aline AVERBOUH, CRHC CNRS, UMR 7209 AAPSE, MNHN Paris
Serge BAHUCHET, Emeritus Professor MNHN, UMR Eco-anthropology, Paris
Nejma GOUTAS, CRCN CNRS UMR 7041 Nanterre
Sylvie MAZZELLA, DR CNRS, UMR 7064 ; Dir. Aix-Marseille University Institut Sociétés en Mutation en Méditerranée (SoMuM) (SoMuM)
The scientific committee
Hassan BOUBAKRI, Prof. University of Sousse (Tunisia)
Anne-Marie BRISEBARRE, DR emeritus CNRS, LAS, Coll. France and EHESS, Paris
Jean-Paul DEMOULE, Emeritus Prof. Univ Paris 1
Carole FERRET, CRHC CNRS LAS, Coll. France and EHESS, Paris
Marie-Françoise GUEDON, Prof. Univ Ottawa (Canada)
Marjan MASHKOUR, DR CNRS UMR 7209 AAPSE, MNHN Paris
Ludovic MEVEL, CRCN CNRS UMR 7041 Nanterre
Olivier PLIEZ, DR CNRS, Art-Dev, Montpellier
Jocelyne STREIFF-FENART, DR emeritus CNRS, URMIS, Nice
Christine VERNA, CRCN CNRS, UMR 7194 HNHP, MNHN, Paris
Places, dates and times
November 25, 2021 (2-6pm), November 26, 2021 (10am-6pm), November 27, 2021 (10am-6pm)
Auditorium of the Grande Galerie de l'Évolution
36 rue Geoffroy saint Hilaire 75005
Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris (France)
Registration
In compliance with governmental health regulations concerning access to public places, free admission to the conference will be subject to presentation of a health pass with compulsory online registration before 20/11/2021:
https://evento.renater.fr/survey/qu-est-ce-qu-etre-no...-4rcnlgf5
All information and access instructions are available online: https: //nomads.sciencesconf.org
A videoconference retransmission will also be set up.