Space in the Americas, Brest (France) November 4-5, 2010
(deadline March 31, 2010),  full name / name of organization: 
Institut des Amériques, Brest contact email:  Among the wide
range of objects open to scrutiny, space is undoubtedly the most
commonly studied by a number of sciences among the human and
social sciences and the Earth and marine sciences, each claiming
anteriority in its use of the concept. Space, associated with
the societies developing and relating to one another while
living under its constraints, can be the subject of a
historical, geographical, sociological, symbolical, political or
physical approach. Last but not least, the analysis can focus on
the temporalities at work in such concepts as mobility, scale,
conservation, planning or protection. As regards the headword
“Americas,” it is at the crossroad of different geographical
realities—the continent, geomorphological units,...—and
political realities—states, smaller subdivisions, diverse
alliances,...—but also of different economic, c