In Nos Paroles Empêchées (Éditions de l’Aube, 2026), Anne-Lyse Chabert explores an often invisible reality: that of those for whom speaking or being heard is not easy. Babies, young children, elderly people with neurological disorders, or people with disabilities… but also any of us, at certain moments in life. The ability to speak is never…
Integrating green and social infrastructure: the microforest social hub in Rome, by Fabiola Fratini, published in Academia Environmental Sciences and Sustainability (Rome, 28 January 2026). This article examines the development of urban microforests in Rome as an innovative model of ecological urbanism, conceived as a living ecosystem in which environmental and social processes coevolve. Inspired…
In La tiranía de las naciones pantalla, Juan Carlos Blanco gives a name to a growing intuition: major digital platforms are no longer simple tools, but powerful “nations” capable of setting rules, capturing attention and reshaping public life. The book stands out for its journalistic clarity, linking programmatic advertising to the mass extraction of data…
“Convivance” is a recent term in French, and a new one in English (“convivence”). Its roots come from the Spanish term “convivencia”, which emerged in the 12th century. In 2004, the Académie française included it in its Dictionary to designate a situation in which different communities and human groups live together, coexist, maintaining neighbourliness and…
Convivence is a relatively new term in English. It derives from the Spanish word convivencia, which emerged in the 12th century. In 2004, the Académie française included the related term “convivance” in its dictionary. The concept refers to a situation in which different communities and social groups live together while maintaining relationships of neighbourliness, harmony…
Le tourisme et la rencontre de l’autre. Voyage au pays des idées reçues(Tourism and the Encounter with the Other: Journey into the Land of Received Ideas) In 2005, shortly after the Académie française published its definition of Convivance, a group of French geographers —Giorgia Ceriani, Philippe Duhamel, Rémy Knafou and Mathis Stock— published in the…
The 9/11 Al-Qaeda attacks against the United States shocked the world, not only because of their violence, but also because they shattered the illusion that “holy wars” belonged to the past. Far from disappearing, “holy wars” remain a reality in today’s world and threaten global peace as never before. In this volume, Christoffer Grundmann argues…
This study examines the word convivencia in Spanish (and Catalan), convivance in French (convivencia in Occitan) and convivence in English, as well as the concept conveyed by this term. The approach varies from one language to another, each possessing its own characteristics and developments, which shape the research and raise specific questions. This modest study,…
The current era reveals a troubling paradox: our postmodern societies, supposedly hyperconnected, have never seen such a weakening of the social bond. The fault lines are so deep that we are close to collapse. To address this, the Académie française proposed as early as 2004 a new word, convivence — proof that words have the…
