Assistant Professor in Urban Studies and Urban Planning

Dr. Elsa VIVANT University Paris 8 4 rue Nobel Cité Descartes F 77420 Champs sur Marne Elsa.vivant@univ-paris8.fr Assistant Professor in Urban Studies and Urban Planning RESEARCH INTERESTS My research aims to understand urban change through the analysis of the relationships between culture and urban planning practices. CURRENT POSITION Assistant Professor University of Paris 8, Saint-Denis Vincennes (France) EDUCATION 2001 2006 Doctorat en Etudes Urbaines, Urbanisme et Aménagement (Ph.D. in Urban Studies and Urban Planning) University of Paris 8, Saint-Denis Vincennes (France) Dissertation: "From Junk to Funk: Off Cultures and City Development Supervisor: Prof. François Ascher This research shows how off cultural practices, in conjunction with in culture, are revealing the creativity and dynamism of a metropolis, thanks to the plurality and diversity of artistic scenes and practices. 2000 2001 DEA Mutations Urbaines et Gouvernance Territoriale (M.Phil. in Urban Changes and Territorial Governance) Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées (France) Dissertation: "Artistic Squats: Syncretism of a New Urbanity? Supervisor: Prof. Michael Storper Main courses of study: urban governance, cities in globalization, urban sociology, regional economy. 1998 2000 DESS Urbanisme Villes en développement (M.A. in Urban Planning with a minor in Developing Cities) Paris La Villette School of Architecture Dissertation: "Effects of the New Land Law on Urban Development Strategies in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Supervisors: Prof. Sylvy Jaglin, Prof. Charles Goldblum Main courses of studies: developing cities, architecture and urban design, urban management, law, international cooperation, urban planning, Asian cities.

1996-1998 MST Environnement et Aménagement Régional (B.Sc. in Environment and Regional Planning) Sciences and Technology University of Lille (France) Main courses of studies: ecology and environment, regional economy, regional development, globalisation, transport, tourism, urban planning. FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS 2007 Future Program Fellowship : 500 euros 2007 Prize: Young academic paper from the European Urban Research Association, awarded at the Vital City conference in Glasgow : 500 pounds 2006-2007 Post-Doctorate Fellowship: French Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Bourse Lavoisier) : 16 800 euros ( 11 250) 2006 Association Française des Femmes Diplomées d Université (Member of the International Federation of University Women) : 500 euros ( 350) 2001-2004 PhD Fellowship : French Ministry of Research, Urban Research Program (Allocation de Recherche) : 36 000 euros ( 24 100) 2001-2004 Teaching Assistant Fellowship : University of Paris (Allocation de Monitorat) : 10 800 euros ( 7300) 2003 French Ministry of Research, Mobility Program (Bourse Aires Culturelles) : 1 800 euros ( 1250) 2003 International Sociological Association / UNESCO Scholarship to attend ISA International Laboratory for PhD students in Sociology 1999 Afem Foundation : 15 000 French francs ( 1500) ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE 2007 Lecturer: Qualified as a lecturer in Urban Planning and Sociology 2001-2006 Research Assistant and Teaching Assistant Laboratoire Théories des Mutations Urbaines (Urban Changes Program), University of Paris Saint-Denis Vincennes Courses designed and taught: Urban Sociology, Research Methodology, Urban Planning in the Anglo-Saxon World, Semiotics of Space, Workshop in Urban Planning. Organisation of two research seminars: Living the Global City and Gentrification in Paris and several professional training seminars: academic organization and logistics, budget management. Organisation and management of field work in Burkina Faso, and a students' professional trip in Belgium. Dissertation supervision for master s degree students. International research experience 2006-2007 Visiting Research Associate Urban Research Center Department of Geography and Environment London School of Economics Museums and City Development: a Reappraisal Today, many urban planners believe that culture is a magic wand for development. My post-doctoral project aims to reassess this belief by analyzing the relationships between city planning and private cultural amenities, based on the cases studies of contemporary private art museums in Paris.

2004 Visiting Scholar (1 month) Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research / Department of Anthropology University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa Field work research concerning the Newtown Cultural Precinct 2003 Visiting Scholar (6 months) City and Regional Planning Department University of California, Berkeley, USA 1999 Research Assistant (4 months) Research Centre on South East Asia, Ho Chi Minh Ville, Vietnam Implementation of a land use census in a slum area. 1998 Research Assistant (6 months) Nord-Pas-de-Calais Développement (France) (regional think tank) Research in Australia and Malaysia on the opportunities offered by information technologies for regional development. Professional memberships Member of the Urban Research Centre at the London School of Economics (2006-present) Member of Research Association (UMR): Architecture, Urbanisme et Société (2001-present) Member of Laboratoire Théories de Mutations Urbaines. Postgraduate Convenor at the laboratory board, in charge of the department s research policy (2001-present) Student s representative at the Geography department board; Lille University (1996-1998) ADDITIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS ACQUIRED Research skills - face to face interviews (with real estates agents, planners, associations, artists) - text analysis (guidebooks) - statistics (evolution of real estate markets in gentrifying areas) - observations - urban data census - international bibliography - cartography Languages - French: Native speaker - English: Fluent - Spanish: Intermediate PUBLICATIONS Articles in refereed journals Vivant, E. (forthcoming) "Les expériences culturelles off: poétiques urbaines et aménagement de l'espace", Géocarrefour, n La ville festive. Vivant, E. (2009) "The Off Artistic Venues' Trigger Effects in Urban Regeneration Project", Urban Research and Practices, vol.2, n 1. Vivant, E. (2008) "Sécurisation, pacification, animation. L'instrumentalisation des scènes culturelles off dans les politiques urbaines", Terrains et travaux. Vivant, E. (Forthcoming) "L instrumentalisation de la culture dans les politiques urbaines : un modèle d action transposable? L exemple de la création d un quartier culturel à Newtown, Johannesburg, (Afrique du Sud)", Espaces et Sociétés.

Vivant, E. (2006) "La classe créative existe-t-elle?", Annales de la Recherche Urbaine, n 101, p.155-161. Lapeyre A., Trassart F., Vivant E. (2000) "Histoire de courbe. La diffusion du téléphone mobile en France", Flux, n 42, p.80-89. Book Review Vivant, E. (2008) "Book review : Lindner C. (Ed.) (2006), Urban Space and Cityscapes. Perspectives Form Modern and Contemporary Culture, Ed. Routledge, Questioning Cities Series, London and New York", Urban Research and Practices, vol.1, n 1. Vivant E. (2004) "Recension d ouvrage : La ville à trois vitesses : gentrification, relégation, périurbanisation", Esprit, n 3-4, mars-avril 2004», Espaces et Sociétés, n 118. Chapters in Books Vivant, E. (fothcoming) "La mise en scène d'une friche par un cirque. Le Cirque Electrique à la Cour du Maroc", in F. Fourneaux, Les lieux du cirque, Paris, Le Manuscrit. Vivant, E. (2006) "Vers l'esthétisation des dynamiques de métropolisation? Les pratiques culturelles off: éléments de revalorisation des quartiers métropolitains" in E. Bajolet, M.-F. Mattei and J.- M. Rennes (eds.) Quatre ans de recherche urbaine 2001-2004 Aci Ville, Tours, Presses Universitaires Francois Rabelais, Maison des Sciences de l'homme "Villes et Territoires", vol. 1, p. 197-202. Thesis Vivant, E. (2006) Le rôle des pratiques culturelles off dans les dynamiques urbaines, PhD Thesis, supervisor : François Ascher, Institut Français d'urbanisme. Champs sur Marne, Université Paris 8. Vivant, E. (2001) Les squats d artistes au cœur de Paris : Forme syncrétique d une nouvelle urbanité?, MPhil Thesis, supervisor : Michael Storper, Institut Français d'urbanisme. Champs sur Marne, Université Paris 8. Reports Vivant E. (2003) "Les squats d'artistes : éléments de requalification des quartiers métropolitains?", in Action Concertée Incitative Ville, Ministère de la recherche/aci, Paris, p.190-194. Vivant E. (2003) "Ville, culture in et culture off", in Bourdin A. (ed.), La société urbaine du XXIe siècle, Rapport, LTMU, IAURIF, p.55-64. Blanchetière M., Vivant E. (1998) "Information Technologies as tools for Regional Development Strategies. Case Studies in Australia and Malaysia» ; Nord-Pas-de-Calais Developpment Datar Université de Lille. CONFERENCES AND LECTURES International Conferences Vivant, E. (2007) From the Belief in the Impacts of Museums to the Failure of an Urban Project, Future - City and Culture, Karlskrona, European Union, 18 th novembre. Vivant, E. (2007) Global Museums and Local Development, CRESC Annual Conference: Re-thinking cultural economy, Manchester, 6 th septembre. Vivant, E. (2007) Who Brands Who?The Role of Local Authorities in the Globalisation of Art Museums, Eura Annual Conference: The Vital City, Glasgow, 14 th septembre. Vivant, E. (2007) From Junk to Funk. Off Cultural Scenes in Urban Development, Aesop Annual Conference: Planning for the Risk Society, Napoli, 14 th july. Vivant, E. (2007) "Underground Culture as Tourist Destinations? Underground Culture and Tourist- Image Making in Cities Guidebooks, Thinking through tourism, London, Association of Social Anthropologists of the UK and Commonwealth, April 12, 2007.

Vivant, E. (2007) "From cultural policies to settlement policies. The use of off culture in regeneration projects, Colloque Culture et Politiques, Lille, march 16, 2007 Vivant, E. (2007) "Les dé-fricheurs. L'instrumentalisation des scènes artistiques off dans les opérations urbaines", Colloque Pérennité Urbaine, Nanterre, march 15, 2007. Vivant, E. (2006) "Le soutien aux expériences artistiques alternatives: une rupture dans les politiques culturelles?", Colloque international France-Brésil "Etat, culture, communication", Echirolles, Gresec, septembre 29, 2006. Vivant E. (2004) "Les pratiques culturelles off : symboles du cosmopolitisme métropolitain", L individu social. Autres réalités, autres sociologies?, Congrès de l Association Internationale des Sociologues de Langue Française, Tours, July 5-9, 2004. Vivant E. (2003) "Les pratiques culturelles off dans les processus de développement urbain", Le social et le culturel: approches théoriques et méthodologiques, Association Internationale de Sociologie, Ifrane (Marocco), November 14, 2003. Academic Lectures Vivant, E. (2007) In Museum We Trust!, Urban Research Center Seminars, London School of Economics, London, june 2007. Vivant, E. (2006) "La mise en scène d'une friche par la présence d'un cirque" Les lieux du cirque: du local à l'international, trajectoires et inscription spatiale des circassiens, Laboratoire d'anthropologie urbaine, Ivry sur Seine, June 2 nd, 2006. Vivant E. (2005) "Les Frigos: élément de cristallisation des oppositions au projet Paris Rive Gauche", Le Projet Urbain Paris Rive Gauche, LTMU, Champs sur Marne, December 8, 2005. Vivant E. (2005) «Vers la gentrification de Paris? Analyse du marché immobilier parisien à la lueur des théories de la gentrification», Séminaire Gentrification, LTMU, Champs sur Marine, April 5, 2005. Vivant E. (2004) The Off Culture as an Element of Urban Cosmopolitism, 4th Annual 'Sociological Imaginations' Conference Postgraduate Perspectives in Sociology, Sociological Association of Ireland, Queen s University, Belfast (United Kingdom), September 11, 2004. Vivant E. (2004) "Les squats d'artistes: analyseur des mutations urbaines contemporaines?" Vides et latences. Le squat d'artistes: un objet, deux approches, Ipraus, Paris, March 12, 2004. Vivant E. (2004) "La gentrification: analyseur de la ville globale?" Habiter la ville globale, Laboratoire LTMU/IFU, Champs sur Marne, March 17, 2004. Vivant E. (2004) "De l'artiste au créatif: généralisation du rapport à l'art et pratiques alternatives en ville", Colloque de clôture de l'aci ville, Ministère de la recherche, Paris, March 2, 2004. Vivant E. (2004) "An Anthropological look on a gentrifying neighborhood. The Case of Sainte Marthe Square, Paris", Séminaire du département d'anthropologie, University of Witswatersrand, Johannesbourg (South Africa), April 29, 2004. Vivant E. (2002) "Ville, culture in et culture off", Séminaire de réflexion sur l'avenir de l'ile de France, LTMU, Institut d'aménagement et d'urbanisme de la Région Ile de France, Paris, December 19, 2002. Vivant E. (2002) "Les squats d'artistes: éléments d'analyse d'une urbanité contemporaine", Séminaire Jeunes Chercheurs de l'aci Villes, Maison des Sciences de l'homme, Tours, October 24, 2002. REFERENCES François Ascher Université Paris 8 4, rue Nobel, Cité Descartes 77420 Champs sur Marne Phone: 0033 660624638 / 0033 140510335 François.ascher@wanadoo.fr Andy Pratt

Department of Geography and Environment London School of Economics Houghton Street London WC2A 2AE Phone: 020 7955 7588 a.c.pratt@lse.ac.uk Alain Bourdin Dean of the Université Paris 8 4, rue Nobel, Cité Descartes 77420 Champs sur Marne Phone: 0033 662250231 bourdin@msh-paris.fr