Everything about urban on this web site

01/10/2023

The oasis of al-‘Ulā between two waves of change

Ed. book of al-‘Ulā AS project, work in progress.
21/12/2021

Urban Anthropology: The MENA Region (Middle East and North Africa)

Chap. with Nicolas Puig (2021) for The International Encyclopedia of Anthropology
20/10/2021

Cultivate your anthropology in the field of an enhanced ethnoecology

HDR | Habilitation à diriger des recherches - Paris, 2021.
27/01/2021

Domains of urban life in public spaces in Cairo, Egypt

Lecture (in English) with Nicolas Puig given as part of the CEDEJ Research Workshop: “Trade in the city and activities: Observing practices and (…)
27/01/2021

Restaurant, Leisure, Festivals & Celebrations

Lecture (in French & English) given as part of the CEDEJ Research Workshop: “Trade in the city and activities: Observing practices and (…)
01/01/2021

Articles & chapters published in the field of sonic anthropology

A list of my publications dealing with the intersection of social anthropology and the sonic dimensions of existence.
17/09/2020

Restaurants - Cities in the Maghreb and the Middle East

Chapter in Bénédicte Florin, Anna Madoeuf, Olivier Sanmartin, Roman Stadnicki & Florence Troin (dirs), Abécédaire de la ville au Maghreb et au (…)
17/09/2020

Leisure - Cities in the Maghreb and the Middle East

Chapter in Bénédicte Florin, Anna Madoeuf, Olivier Sanmartin, Roman Stadnicki & Florence Troin (dirs), Abécédaire de la ville au Maghreb et au (…)
17/09/2020

Festivals & Celebrations - Cities in the Maghreb and the Middle East

Chapter in Bénédicte Florin, Anna Madoeuf, Olivier Sanmartin, Roman Stadnicki & Florence Troin (dirs), Abécédaire de la ville au Maghreb et au (…)
06/07/2020

Towards a Sonic Ecology of Urban Life: Ethnography of Sound Perceptions in Cairo

Art. (in English), co-written with Nicolas Puig, in The Senses and Society, 2020, vol. 15 (2), p. 170-191.
05/07/2019

Sound perception in Cairo: the city through the lens of a Sonic Ecology

Lecture (in French) with Nicolas Puig given as part of the Third “Congrès des études sur le Moyen-Orient et les mondes musulmans”, July 5th 2019, (…)
28/05/2019

Listening to the World, with MILSON, the anthropologists of sound environments

Just published! Audio tracks: “The voice of Cairo - Egypt” & “The coffees of Cairo - Egypt”, in Monica Fantini & Christine Guillebaud, (…)
03/06/2017

Concert “A night in Cairo”: the Egyptian master Ahmed Wahdan in Paris

Iftar evening/party on Saturday, June 10 at the Institute of Islamic Cultures (ICI), 19 Léon Street (18th Arr.) at 10:30 pm, free admission.
19/05/2017

Mics in the ears: How to ask people in Cairo to talk about their sound universes

Chap. (in English), in Christine Guillebaud (ed.), Toward an Anthropology of Ambient Sound, London, Routledge, Routledge studies in Anthropology (…)
16/02/2017

Corps sonores (4/4) : Acoustiques urbaines : les sons de la société

Participation in the live radio broadcast “Culture Monde” on France Culture, Feb. 16th 2017, Maison de la Radio (Paris, France)
24/12/2016

Urban Ambiances — صوت القاهرة

The Voice/Sound of Cairo: Mics in the Ears
13/10/2016

“The sound of society”: a method for investigating sound perception in Cairo

Art. (in English) with Nicolas Puig in The Senses & Society, 2016 n° Contemporary French Sensory Anthropology.
19/01/2016

“Ça, c’est le son de la société”. Enquêter sur les perceptions sonores au Caire

“That, it’s the sound of the society”: To investigate on the sound perceptions in Cairo Lecture (in French) given in the seminar 2015-2016 (…)
02/12/2013

“The atmosphere is great”, or the evanescent relationship to soundscapes in Cairo

Invitation to a participant listening and proposal of an analytical perspective. Chap. (in French), in Joël Candau & Marie-Barbara Le (…)
30/10/2012

Religious resonance in the city: Cairo

Broadcast on Radio Campus Paris (Oct. 2012), sounds recorded in Cairo.
16/12/2011

Gardens in New York City

New York City, the American and mineral megalopolis. There are however, many large parks and community gardens. Many pieces of wasteland, too. (…)
04/05/2011

How anyone can be urban? Cities and urban lives

Chapter (in French) in V. Battesti & F. Ireton (eds.), L’Égypte au présent, Inventaire d’une société avant révolution, Paris, Sindbad-Actes (…)
04/05/2011

Prelude: conversation in a Cairo taxi

Chapter (in French) of the book V. Battesti & F. Ireton (eds.), L’Égypte au présent, Inventaire d’une société avant révolution, Paris, (…)
10/04/2010

“The atmosphere is great”, or the evanescent relationship to soundscapes in Cairo

Lecture given at the Congress of the CTHS, April 10th, 2010 in Neuchâtel - Switzerland.
26/01/2010

Position: Cairo between street and space

Video with Cairo in background.
22/12/2009

From Siwa to Cairo, the making of heritage feeds from the Others’ desire

Article (in French) published in Égypte/Monde arabe n°5-6, 2009: Pratiques du patrimoine en Égypte et au Soudan. Issue edited by Omnia Aboukorah, (…)
24/09/2009

Sound ambiances of Cairo: To propose an anthropology of sound environments

Article (in French) for Les Cahiers du GERHICO (2009).
11/04/2008

Socioecological resources: mobilization of natural, ideal and practical resources in urban garden or oasis (Tunisia/ Egypt)

Lecture given at the GREMMO in Lyon (France), seminar “Espaces, pouvoirs et mobilisations sociales dans le monde arabe”, April 2008
06/12/2007

Sound ambiances of Cairo: The public space of the Wast al-Balad (Downtown)

Lecture given at the Conference “La sonorité: usages, symboles, perceptions et normes.” Dec. 2007, Poitiers (France). In video and in French sign (…)
11/05/2007

Fieldworks and ethnology

All the research fieldworks on the zone of North Africa (the Maghreb) and the Middle East: fieldworks in oasis and urban fieldworks. On a (…)
06/05/2007

To make its garden in Khartoum

These photographs (unknown author - I made the panoramic view) show that the urban environment, if it creates its own micro-conditions, does not (…)
05/05/2007

List of gardens in Cairo

Work in progress… (sorry!)
28/12/2006

Donwtown Cairo: Crowd movements.

End Ramadan’s festivities
05/12/2006

Position: Cairo from the street

Video of an American tourist.
11/10/2006

Sound ambiances of Cairo: more.

Sounds to be listened to: soccer supporters and café....
04/10/2006

Dwelling with feet of clay, Trials and tribulations of construction materials and techniques in Siwa (Egypt)

Art. (in French) Journal des Africanistes (2006). Original title: De l’habitation aux pieds d’argile, Les vicissitudes des matériaux et techniques (…)
31/08/2006

Politics, picnics and nilotic loves

Art. (in French) in progress…
30/07/2006

Soundscapes of the Cairo public spaces

Sound recordings of the urban life the Egyptian capital: Soundscape of Cairo spaces.
25/07/2006

Extract of an interview (research)

25/07/2006

Extract of an interview (research)

First attempt to exploit on the Web fieldwork recordings.
19/07/2006

Use of public spaces in Cairo, Gardening Natures and Downtown area [temporary title]

Book (in French) in development…
17/07/2006

Sample of Cairo Downtown ambiance

At first, it is a distant murmur melted in the confused hum of the traffic...
06/06/2006

The Giza Zoo: Re-Appropriating Public Spaces, Re-Imagining Urban Beauty

Chapter (in English) in Cairo Cosmopolitan (2006).
17/03/2006

Research fieldwork in Khartoum

Presentation
15/09/2005

Some old illustrations of gardens in Cairo
05/09/2005

Change of uses of public spaces in Cairo: Downtown area and parks

Lecture given at the Weekly Seminar of the CEDEJ, June 21st, 2005, Cairo, Egypt.
05/09/2005

Picnics and nilotic loves in Khartoum (Sudan)

Mission in Khartoum (Sudan) of July 13 at August 14, 2005
27/07/2005

Satellite pictures

Satellite image of the Greater Khartoum
08/07/2005

Repertoire of gestures of Cairo [temporary title]

Pending work…
26/03/2005

To circulate in Taez

Some moving pictures in a street of Taez in Yemen
25/03/2005

Crowded Cairo Gets its Own Version of Central Park, Voice of America, March 25th, 2005

Press review
24/03/2005

Dream of green, Cairo Magazine, vol. 3, March 24th 2005

Press review
15/03/2005

Position: Cairo from the space

Astronaut Photography of Earth.
28/02/2005

From Trash Heap to Emerald Lung, Bidoun Magazine, vol. 3, 2005.

Press review
22/10/2004

Change in the Uses of Urban Public Spaces by Cairo People

Lecture given at The Beirut Conference on Public Spheres, Oct. 2004 (AUB), Lebanon.
02/07/2004

Natures in the city, Dreams, claims and practices: For a compared project from Cairo

Lecture given at the Conference AFEMAM, Lyon, July 2nd-4th, 2004.
29/04/2004

Some Public Spaces in Cairo: the Parks

Des espaces publics au Caire : les jardins publics Art. (in French) cd-rom Espaces publics et espaces marchands
09/11/2003

Sounds of public spaces in Cairo

Sons des espaces publics au Caire CD-Roms of sounds for the exhibition “Être musulmane, être musulman au Caire, à Téhéran, à Istanbul, à Dakar et (…)
21/10/2003

The history of the gardens in Cairo till the 18th century [Group of research]

L’histoire des jardins du Caire jusqu’au XVIIIe siècle [Groupe de recherche] Art. (in French) Lettre d’information de l’OUCC
09/10/2003

Parks in Cairo

Lecture given at the workshop Espaces publics et espaces marchands (Public spaces and commercial spaces); IRD, Bondy, 2003.
08/09/2002

The inventions of the Arabic-Muslim gardening natures

Lecture given at the Conference WOCMES, Sept. 2002, Mainz, Germany.