Lecture

Neighborhood Relations: Distance and Proximity

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AR-489: Urban sociology

Ce cours a pour objectif de familiariser les étudiants à la sociologie urbaine à partir du prisme du logement. Il permet de naviguer entre les concepts, outils et méthodes qu'elle propose pour penser l'évolution concomitante des modes de vie et de l'organi ...

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This lecture explores the social dimensions of neighborhood relations, focusing on the concepts of distance and proximity in residential areas. It delves into the complexities of cohabitation, neighborly interactions, and the selection mechanisms shaping residential neighborhoods.

Instructors (6)

Luca Giovanni Pattaroni

Suite à une formation en Relations Internationales (Institut des Hautes Etudes Internationales, Genève) et un DEA en sciences sociales (Ecole Normale Supérieure de Paris/Ulm), Luca Pattaroni a soutenu une thèse de sociologie en cotutelle (Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris/ Université de Genève) sous la direction de Laurent Thévenot (EHESS) et Jean Kellerhals (Université de Genève). Après avoir occupé durant 5 ans un poste d'assistant à la Faculté de Droit (Université de Genève), il a été visiting scholar à lUniversité de Columbia (New York). Il travaille désormais au Laboratoire de Sociologie Urbaine (EPFL) et est associé au Groupe de Sociologie Politique et Morale de l'Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (GSPM/EHESS). En 2011, il a été Professeur invité à l'Université Fédérale de Fluminense (Brésil). Ses recherches et publications portent sur les politiques urbaines et culturelles, l’habitat, les mouvements sociaux, les rythmes urbains et les grandes manifestation, l’évolution des modes de vie ainsi que, plus largement les enjeux du commun dans les villes contemporaines. Spécialiste des méthodes mixtes ainsi que de théorie sociologique et politique, il cherche à articuler une analyse fine du pluralisme des modes de vie et un questionnement sur les enjeux politiques et moraux de la composition dun monde commun.

Garance Clément

Alexis Gumy

Expertise

Analysis of daily mobility* Critical sociology of inequalities (social and spatial)* Study of controversies (related to mobility)* Sociology of quantification* Modeling of sociological processes* Border studies Expertise
Analysis of daily mobility* Critical sociology of inequalities (social and spatial)* Study of controversies (related to mobility)* Sociology of quantification* Modeling of sociological processes* Border studies My research deals with daily mobilities, their social inequalities

Lucien Jean Delley

D’abord travailleur social puis sociologue, Lucien Delley est actuellement coordinateur sécurité au sein du bureau permanent du Montreux Jazz Festival ainsi que doctorant au Laboratoire de Sociologie Urbaine (LaSUR) de l’EPFL. En parallèle, il enseigne la thématique « prévention et réduction des risques en milieu festif » à la Haute Ecole de Travail Social (HETS) de Genève. Il est également membre fondateur d'iSSUE (Institut suisse de sécurité urbaine et événementielle).

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Natural selection

Natural selection is the differential survival and reproduction of individuals due to differences in phenotype. It is a key mechanism of evolution, the change in the heritable traits characteristic of a population over generations. Charles Darwin popularised the term "natural selection", contrasting it with artificial selection, which is intentional, whereas natural selection is not. Variation exists within all populations of organisms. This occurs partly because random mutations arise in the genome of an individual organism, and their offspring can inherit such mutations.

Balancing selection

Balancing selection refers to a number of selective processes by which multiple alleles (different versions of a gene) are actively maintained in the gene pool of a population at frequencies larger than expected from genetic drift alone. Balancing selection is rare compared to purifying selection. It can occur by various mechanisms, in particular, when the heterozygotes for the alleles under consideration have a higher fitness than the homozygote. In this way genetic polymorphism is conserved.

Directional selection

In population genetics, directional selection, is a mode of negative natural selection in which an extreme phenotype is favored over other phenotypes, causing the allele frequency to shift over time in the direction of that phenotype. Under directional selection, the advantageous allele increases as a consequence of differences in survival and reproduction among different phenotypes. The increases are independent of the dominance of the allele, and even if the allele is recessive, it will eventually become fixed.

Stabilizing selection

Stabilizing selection (not to be confused with negative or purifying selection) is a type of natural selection in which the population mean stabilizes on a particular non-extreme trait value. This is thought to be the most common mechanism of action for natural selection because most traits do not appear to change drastically over time. Stabilizing selection commonly uses negative selection (a.k.a. purifying selection) to select against extreme values of the character. Stabilizing selection is the opposite of disruptive selection.

Proximity sensor

A proximity sensor is a sensor able to detect the presence of nearby objects without any physical contact. A proximity sensor often emits an electromagnetic field or a beam of electromagnetic radiation (infrared, for instance), and looks for changes in the field or return signal. The object being sensed is often referred to as the proximity sensor's target. Different proximity sensor targets demand different sensors. For example, a capacitive proximity sensor or photoelectric sensor might be suitable for a plastic target; an inductive proximity sensor always requires a metal target.

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