The Network of Young Researchers in Land Issues (RJCF), of which Théo Bendahan, a doctoral student at LATTS, is a member of the organizing committee, is organizing a new workshop on land issues on Friday, September 20, 2024, at the Cité Descartes (Paris School of Urban Planning, Marne-la-Vallée), on the theme of "land justice and inequalities."
The objective of this nineteenth study day is twofold. On the one hand, it will seek to understand land issues in relation to the concept of justice: how can we define "land justice" and what are its different dimensions (Baysse-Lainé and Perrin, 2021)? How can we articulate, or conversely distinguish, land justice from the concepts of spatial justice and environmental justice? What are the links between property regimes and the (re)production of land injustices? How can we understand the concept of land justice beyond mere rights of use and access, including, for example, rights to rent and rights of alienation (Baysse-Lainé, 2020)?
On the other hand, we propose to examine the impact of public intervention on land inequalities, particularly on the dynamics of "land dispossession" (Lavigne Delville and Diagne, 2023). By examining land policy "in action" (Jobert, 1985), we will seek to move beyond a monolithic conception of the state in order to understand how relations between public administrations and private interests at different levels contribute to the production of land injustices: to what extent are the legal frameworks of land policy mobilized and instrumentalized in the logic of "accumulation and political clientelism," and what are the consequences (Lavigne Delville and Diagne, 2023)? By producing an "alternative land action system," is civil society helping to redraw the contours of land regulation and address injustices (Gayon, 2018)?
From a methodological point of view, the workshop will enable young researchers to:
- Adopt a multi-scale analytical framework to shed light on the "discrepancies commonly observed between the formal content of land policies and their results in terms of practices in access to and use of land resources" (Léonard and Lavigne Delville, 2022);
- Overcome the fragmentation of existing research on land issues (North/South, urban/rural), by questioning the relevance of certain concepts for understanding the French context: politicization and informalization of land policy (Lavigne Delville and Diagne, 2023), bundles of land rights (Baysse-Lainé, 2020), etc.
To view the poster: here
To view the full program: here
To register for in-person attendance: here
To register for videoconference attendance, write to the following address: rjcf2024@proton.me
