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Henri Cordier (8 August 1849 - 16 March 1925) was a French linguist, historian, ethnographer, author, editor and Orientalist. He was President of the Société de Géographie (French, "Geographical Society") in Paris. Cordier was a prominent figure in the development of East Asian and Central Asian scholarship in Europe in the late 19th and early 20th century. Though he had little actual knowledge of the Chinese language, Cordier had a particularly strong impact on the development of Chinese scholarship, and was a mentor of the noted French sinologist Édouard Chavannes. Cordier was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in the United States. He arrived in France in 1852; and his family moved to Paris in 1855. He was educated at the Collège Chaptal and in England. In 1869 at age 20, he sailed for Shanghai, where he worked at an English bank. During the next two years, he published several articles in local newspapers. In 1872, he was made librarian of the North China branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. In this period, about twenty articles were published in Shanghai Evening Courier, North China Daily News, and Journal of the North China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. In 1876, he was named secretary of a Chinese government program for Chinese students studying in Europe. In Paris, Cordier was a professor at l'École spéciale des Langues orientales, which is known today as the Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilizations (L’Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales, INALCO). He joined the faculty in 1881; and he was a professor from 1881 to 1925. He contributed a number of articles to the Catholic Encyclopedia. Cordier was also a professeur at l'École Libre des Sciences Politiques, which is today known as the National Foundation of Political Studies (Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques) and the Paris Institute of Political Studies (Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris). Although he had only a slight knowledge of the language, Cordier made major contributions to Sinology.

Quel équilibre ville-fleuve à la Jonction ?

Martine Laprise, Sara Sonia Formery Regazzoni

Depuis des siècles, les relations entre la ville et l’eau ont été marquées par divers degrés d’imbrication, passant par des cycles d’appropriation et d’abandon des rives urbaines. Les changements climatiques actuels, dont certains effets sont accentués dans les milieux urbains, amènent à repenser la place de l’eau dans la ville, notamment au niveau de ses espaces publics. Des dynamiques urbaines de requalification – souvent à l’échelle d’un quartier – s’amorcent entre les territoires urbanisés et les cours d’eau qui les traversent, entraînant des mutations inédites du rapport ville-eau. Un nouvel équilibre est, dès lors, à trouver pour réinventer certaines interactions. Résultat de diverses investigations complémentaires, la recherche propose une grille de lecture dont l’objectif consiste à explorer – sous l’angle spécifique de la relation ville-fleuve – des visions projectuelles imaginées pour de nouveaux quartiers rhodaniens. Élaborée dans un cadre théorique à visée opérationnelle, l’application de cette grille de lecture au site de la Jonction à Genève est éclairante à plus d’un titre.

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