Long-term ethnography in the French banlieues

Discussing sociology, writing and filmaking

Data

30/04/2026

Orario

10:15 - 12:30

Luogo

Politecnico di Milano, Campus Leonardo, DAStU CRAFT, Ed. 11B, via Ampere, 20 – Milano

Seminar Series Migration and Urban Space

The relationship between planning tools and migrant spaces is relatively underexplored in academic debates. While various administrations have developed responses to migration, most planning tools lack a shared reflection on the specific needs of migrants and their interactions with native populations.

What types of descriptions of people, places, and practices are needed to plan for areas where established populations and newcomers live? What are the planning experiences and tools from EU to local levels in migration contexts? How can these topics be included into the teaching of urban planning and architecture?

This seminar series aims to address these questions engaging International Scholars, Public Administrations, Civil Society Representatives, and DAStU Scholars.

The fourth seminar discusses ways of working, describing and narrating multicultural urban peripheries.

Keynote Speaker: Fabien Truong, Université Paris 8

Discussants: Giulia Marroccoli and Carolina Pacchi, Politecnico di Milano – DAStU

Coordinators: Paola Briata and Martina Bovo

Contacts: martina.bovo@polimi.it, paola.briata@polimi.it

Photo Credits: Victor Locuratolo (Vito)