Dolorès Bertrais
Biographic Data
| ID | 1185809 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dolorès Bertrais |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dolorès |
| FAMILY NAME | Bertrais |
| SIGNATURE | BERTRAIS D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Twitter (United States) |
| ORCID | 0009-0004-8874-334X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The production of space through waiting
The Funan Techo Canal (FTC), is a 150-kilometre megaproject currently underway in Cambodia, partially funded through China’s Belt and Road Initiative. Designed to connect the Mekong and Tonlé Bassac rivers to the Gulf of Thailand, the canal is expected to profoundly reshape regional landscapes in the coming years. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork conducted with residents directly affected and facing displacement along the canal’s future route, t…
Drawing Points, Tracing Lines
This paper explores ethnographic drawing as both a methodological tool and an epistemological approach in the social sciences and more specifically in urban research. Based on fieldwork conducted in Phnom Penh (Cambodia) which follows the journey of a grain of sand from the Mekong riverbed to skyscrapers in the city, it examines how drawing, as a practice of in situ observation, can open new ways of seeing and perceiving urban transformation. Bey…
Les trottoirs ne tombent pas du ciel
Learning from the Policy and Practice of Green City Development in Phnom Penh, Cambodia
The complex challenge of managing urban growth and development in the context of climate and environmental change has led to a proliferation of policy discourses related to the ‘green city’. While useful as a buzzword, it is argued that green city discourses often overlook or even mask questions of social and environmental justice. This case study of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, shows that the presence of green and sustainable city discourses in policym…
Penser les villes et les citadinités par le dessin
Fabriquer la ville-verte en Asie
Cet article analyse les logiques de diffusion et de réappropriation des notions de villes vertes et de villes intelligentes à Phnom Penh, une petite métropole d’Asie du Sud-Est en transformation rapide. En insistant sur le rôle clé de Singapour dans la diffusion de ces modèles à l’échelle locale, nous montrons comment leur matérialisation concrète à l’échelle locale se fait de manière incrémentale et principalement à l’initiative de promoteurs pr…
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Fabriquer la ville-verte en Asie
Cet article analyse les logiques de diffusion et de réappropriation des notions de villes vertes et de villes intelligentes à Phnom Penh, une petite métropole d’Asie du Sud-Est en transformation rapide. En insistant sur le rôle clé de Singapour dans la diffusion de ces modèles à l’échelle locale, nous montrons comment leur matérialisation concrète à l’échelle locale se fait de manière incrémentale et principalement à l’initiative de promoteurs pr…
Learning from the Policy and Practice of Green City Development in Phnom Penh, Cambodia
The complex challenge of managing urban growth and development in the context of climate and environmental change has led to a proliferation of policy discourses related to the ‘green city’. While useful as a buzzword, it is argued that green city discourses often overlook or even mask questions of social and environmental justice. This case study of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, shows that the presence of green and sustainable city discourses in policym…
Penser les villes et les citadinités par le dessin
Les trottoirs ne tombent pas du ciel
The production of space through waiting
The Funan Techo Canal (FTC), is a 150-kilometre megaproject currently underway in Cambodia, partially funded through China’s Belt and Road Initiative. Designed to connect the Mekong and Tonlé Bassac rivers to the Gulf of Thailand, the canal is expected to profoundly reshape regional landscapes in the coming years. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork conducted with residents directly affected and facing displacement along the canal’s future route, t…
Drawing Points, Tracing Lines
This paper explores ethnographic drawing as both a methodological tool and an epistemological approach in the social sciences and more specifically in urban research. Based on fieldwork conducted in Phnom Penh (Cambodia) which follows the journey of a grain of sand from the Mekong riverbed to skyscrapers in the city, it examines how drawing, as a practice of in situ observation, can open new ways of seeing and perceiving urban transformation. Bey…
Water Governance and Infrastructure (3 works) · Art (2 works) · French Urban and Social Studies (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Humanities (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Cambodian History and Society (1 work) · Capital city (1 work) · Citizen journalism (1 work)