The Mediation(s) Symposium will take place on January 22, 23, and 24, 2025, in Paris, and is organized by "Médiations - Sciences of Places, Sciences of Links (Sorbonne University)", a geography research center. The aim is to explore the concept of mediation as a means to coherently and innovatively unite a variety of research efforts currently spanning the diverse field of geography. Mediation emerges as a cornerstone of societal life. Invoked and called upon, mediation could help overcome even the most severe crises. It has become specialized and professionalized, extending its reach across all spheres of society, from international diplomacy to the management of private conflicts and the dissemination of knowledge.

However, the term "mediation" opens up broader scientific horizons; it allows the relationships maintained between human communities as well as with their environments over time and space to be examined, in order to establish connections that enable collective coping with uncertainty. Here, we wish to examine mediation and mediation·s (hence the use of the midpoint) through the lens of the profoundly spatial dimension of this concept.

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Proposals for contributions can be made in the form of :

• Individual or group papers
• Round tables or proposals to participate in a round table
• Posters
• Presentation of any other document or artistic production (video, audio, etc.).

Particular attention will be paid to the proposal's ability to contribute to the definition of the concept of mediation and its mobilization in the field of geography. The proposal should discuss one or more of the contexts defined in the call for papers.

The conference languages are French and English.

Deadline for submission

30 June 2024: deadline for submission of proposals

30 September 2024: response from the scientific committee after selection of proposals

15 December 2024: selected proposals will be sent a written version of their paper.

An editorial process is planned following the conference.

The entire conference will take place at the Cordeliers site of Sorbonne University, 15 rue de l'École de médecine, Paris.