Christian Fleury
Biographic Data
| ID | 3637273 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christian Fleury |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christian |
| FAMILY NAME | Fleury |
| SIGNATURE | FLEURY C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Université de Caen Normandie |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3426-6475 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 16 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Rainbows amidst the rivers
The far north-eastern corner of New South Wales (NSW), a region commonly referred to as either the Far North Coast or Northern Rivers, has a particular status within NSW, Australian and international social imaginaries on account of its rich environmental assets and the lifestyle and cultural characteristics commonly associated with it (typified by the lyrics to Kelly’s song that preface this article). The first named author’s extended residence …
A Rocky Paradox
Island Studies, as it has developed over the last 3-4 decades, has been primarily addressed to research and theorisation concerning inhabited, formerly inhabited and/or inhabitable islands. There are several types of terrestrial formations that have fallen outside its evolving purview, including sandbanks, reefs and rocks. The latter have not so much been formally excluded as eschewed, in parallel with international legal definitions of islands a…
Resurrecting Riverine Identity Civic Symbolism, Ghostly Traces and Waterway Restoration in 21st Century Łódź (Poland)
Rivers have been attractive sites for human settlement since time immemorial, offering access to fresh water and biological resources (such as fish, waterfowl, and riverine vegetation). During the Industrial Revolution, waterways played an important role in the development of metropolitan centres, providing transport routes for incoming materials and outgoing products, water for various manufacturing purposes, and serving as effluent disposal cha…
From Bayou Heritage to Blue-Green Corridors
Over the last two decades there has been an increasing recognition of the cultural significance of rivers, canals and related bodies of water and of residential, recreational and/or heritage spaces located along their banks. These perceptions have led them to be recognised as cultural landscapes that merit preservation, maintenance and/or development. This article furthers research on this area by investigating the history and contemporary operat…
Insular Peninsularities
In recent years there has been consideration of some peninsular areas as ‘almost-islands’ (presqu'îles, in French usage). Assertion of such status has usually relied on spatial configuration and the nature of transport links and/or border issues between the areas in question and adjacent regions. Bodies of land that are connected to mainlands by narrow isthmuses have been particularly prone to characterisation as ‘almost-islands’ but, to date, fa…
Riverine Complexity
In its initial incarnation, island studies regarded islands as highly distinct entities that justified a relatively closed discipline. This orientation was first widened by address to issues such as the linkage of (pre-existent) islands to adjacent areas and, over the last decade, has been further modified by consideration of island-like areas. While neglected by island studies, river systems that include islands, peninsulas and/or engineered wat…
Vague and unworkable
While it is frequently invoked, the archipelago is such a vague concept that its deployment in fields such as island studies is only productive when the contingency of its use is specified. In this article, we examine the concept itself and then consider the use of the archipelago as a metaphor and/or model for a future Palestinian state. The creation of the modern nation-state of Israel in Palestine in 1948, various Israeli military actions, and…
Shipped Ashore
Since European and, specifically, Anglo-Irish colonisation in the late 1700s, a number of Australian locations have been given the name 'mermaid.' This article examines the principal derivations of these place names - including those relating to the voyages of the HMC Mermaid around Australia's coastline in the early 1800s - and some of the manners in which these names have been represented in signage, place branding, commercial applications and/…
Bounded by heritage and the Tamar
This article considers the manner in which the English county of Cornwall has been imagined and represented as an island in various contemporary contexts, drawing on the particular geographical insularity of the peninsular county and distinct aspects of its cultural heritage. It outlines the manner in which this rhetorical islandness has been deployed for tourism promotion and political purposes, discusses the value of such imagination for agenci…
Desiring The Shore
Adolphe Lalyre was a high-profile French painter in the late 19th and early 20th centuries who has now largely fallen into obscurity. Seemingly unmoved by the series of movements in Modern Art that came to prominence during his lifetime -including Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Fauvism and Cubism -he persisted with a style of painting derived from Symbolism, initially favouring religious themes before moving on to a series of works representi…
Absolute Waterfrontage
Islandness, Inundation and Resurrection
Mont Saint-Michel Bay is located in a coastal area with a high tidal range that has resulted in a varied and complex history of inundation and of its opposite, "deislanding". This article explores the mythologisation of the location and its history and identifies recent efforts to ensure that its islandness is re-established and re-affirmed as a local and national asset
Toponymy, Taxonomy and Place
This article discusses the concepts of and differences between the French terms presqu'le (almost island) and pninsule (peninsula) and their toponymic uses. The discussion raises a number of questions including how and why particular places are named presqu'le or pninsule. We will first focus on examples located in the French Southern and Antarctic Lands and then in mainland France. These two case study areas are complementary. The first example,…
The Minquiers and Écréhous in spatial context
The Minquiers and Écréhous reefs are located in different parts of the Gulf of St Malo between the British island of Jersey and the French mainland. As a part of the Bailiwick of Jersey, they are geographically very close to the international sea border between Jersey and France, and have had a history of disputed sovereignty. Due to their respective geographical locations and histories, the Minquiers and Écréhous are important sites for the fiel…
Dimension spatiale des inégalités
Cet ouvrage rassemble des travaux de sciences sociales (géographie, histoire, sociologie, anthropologie, sciences de l'éducation, urbanisme) partageant l'ambition d'étudier la dimension spatiale d'un monde social traversé par les inégalités. Pour ce faire, les relations entre les espaces matériels, leurs usages et leurs significations sont comprises à la fois comme des contraintes et des ressources héritées, et comme des enjeux sociaux. Chaque so…
Mutation des conflits d'appropriation dans le golfe du Saint-Laurent
À travers l'exemple du golfe du Saint-Laurent, cet article propose une mise en perspective historique de la façon dont les hommes et les sociétés se sont progressivement approprié l'espace marin. Bassin d'évolution de populations amérindiennes, champ de la rivalité franco-anglaise, espace de cohabitation halieutique internationale, le golfe du Saint-Laurent a été, au cours des dernières décennies du XXesiècle, un terrain d'expérimentation pour le…
Bounded by heritage and the Tamar
This article considers the manner in which the English county of Cornwall has been imagined and represented as an island in various contemporary contexts, drawing on the particular geographical insularity of the peninsular county and distinct aspects of its cultural heritage. It outlines the manner in which this rhetorical islandness has been deployed for tourism promotion and political purposes, discusses the value of such imagination for agenci…
Riverine Complexity
In its initial incarnation, island studies regarded islands as highly distinct entities that justified a relatively closed discipline. This orientation was first widened by address to issues such as the linkage of (pre-existent) islands to adjacent areas and, over the last decade, has been further modified by consideration of island-like areas. While neglected by island studies, river systems that include islands, peninsulas and/or engineered wat…
The Minquiers and Écréhous in spatial context
The Minquiers and Écréhous reefs are located in different parts of the Gulf of St Malo between the British island of Jersey and the French mainland. As a part of the Bailiwick of Jersey, they are geographically very close to the international sea border between Jersey and France, and have had a history of disputed sovereignty. Due to their respective geographical locations and histories, the Minquiers and Écréhous are important sites for the fiel…
Insular Peninsularities
In recent years there has been consideration of some peninsular areas as ‘almost-islands’ (presqu'îles, in French usage). Assertion of such status has usually relied on spatial configuration and the nature of transport links and/or border issues between the areas in question and adjacent regions. Bodies of land that are connected to mainlands by narrow isthmuses have been particularly prone to characterisation as ‘almost-islands’ but, to date, fa…
Mutation des conflits d'appropriation dans le golfe du Saint-Laurent
À travers l'exemple du golfe du Saint-Laurent, cet article propose une mise en perspective historique de la façon dont les hommes et les sociétés se sont progressivement approprié l'espace marin. Bassin d'évolution de populations amérindiennes, champ de la rivalité franco-anglaise, espace de cohabitation halieutique internationale, le golfe du Saint-Laurent a été, au cours des dernières décennies du XXesiècle, un terrain d'expérimentation pour le…
Dimension spatiale des inégalités
Cet ouvrage rassemble des travaux de sciences sociales (géographie, histoire, sociologie, anthropologie, sciences de l'éducation, urbanisme) partageant l'ambition d'étudier la dimension spatiale d'un monde social traversé par les inégalités. Pour ce faire, les relations entre les espaces matériels, leurs usages et leurs significations sont comprises à la fois comme des contraintes et des ressources héritées, et comme des enjeux sociaux. Chaque so…
Mutation des conflits d'appropriation dans le golfe du Saint-Laurent
À travers l'exemple du golfe du Saint-Laurent, cet article propose une mise en perspective historique de la façon dont les hommes et les sociétés se sont progressivement approprié l'espace marin. Bassin d'évolution de populations amérindiennes, champ de la rivalité franco-anglaise, espace de cohabitation halieutique internationale, le golfe du Saint-Laurent a été, au cours des dernières décennies du XXesiècle, un terrain d'expérimentation pour le…
The Minquiers and Écréhous in spatial context
The Minquiers and Écréhous reefs are located in different parts of the Gulf of St Malo between the British island of Jersey and the French mainland. As a part of the Bailiwick of Jersey, they are geographically very close to the international sea border between Jersey and France, and have had a history of disputed sovereignty. Due to their respective geographical locations and histories, the Minquiers and Écréhous are important sites for the fiel…
Absolute Waterfrontage
Islandness, Inundation and Resurrection
Mont Saint-Michel Bay is located in a coastal area with a high tidal range that has resulted in a varied and complex history of inundation and of its opposite, "deislanding". This article explores the mythologisation of the location and its history and identifies recent efforts to ensure that its islandness is re-established and re-affirmed as a local and national asset
Toponymy, Taxonomy and Place
This article discusses the concepts of and differences between the French terms presqu'le (almost island) and pninsule (peninsula) and their toponymic uses. The discussion raises a number of questions including how and why particular places are named presqu'le or pninsule. We will first focus on examples located in the French Southern and Antarctic Lands and then in mainland France. These two case study areas are complementary. The first example,…
Desiring The Shore
Adolphe Lalyre was a high-profile French painter in the late 19th and early 20th centuries who has now largely fallen into obscurity. Seemingly unmoved by the series of movements in Modern Art that came to prominence during his lifetime -including Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Fauvism and Cubism -he persisted with a style of painting derived from Symbolism, initially favouring religious themes before moving on to a series of works representi…
Bounded by heritage and the Tamar
This article considers the manner in which the English county of Cornwall has been imagined and represented as an island in various contemporary contexts, drawing on the particular geographical insularity of the peninsular county and distinct aspects of its cultural heritage. It outlines the manner in which this rhetorical islandness has been deployed for tourism promotion and political purposes, discusses the value of such imagination for agenci…
Insular Peninsularities
In recent years there has been consideration of some peninsular areas as ‘almost-islands’ (presqu'îles, in French usage). Assertion of such status has usually relied on spatial configuration and the nature of transport links and/or border issues between the areas in question and adjacent regions. Bodies of land that are connected to mainlands by narrow isthmuses have been particularly prone to characterisation as ‘almost-islands’ but, to date, fa…
Riverine Complexity
In its initial incarnation, island studies regarded islands as highly distinct entities that justified a relatively closed discipline. This orientation was first widened by address to issues such as the linkage of (pre-existent) islands to adjacent areas and, over the last decade, has been further modified by consideration of island-like areas. While neglected by island studies, river systems that include islands, peninsulas and/or engineered wat…
Vague and unworkable
While it is frequently invoked, the archipelago is such a vague concept that its deployment in fields such as island studies is only productive when the contingency of its use is specified. In this article, we examine the concept itself and then consider the use of the archipelago as a metaphor and/or model for a future Palestinian state. The creation of the modern nation-state of Israel in Palestine in 1948, various Israeli military actions, and…
Shipped Ashore
Since European and, specifically, Anglo-Irish colonisation in the late 1700s, a number of Australian locations have been given the name 'mermaid.' This article examines the principal derivations of these place names - including those relating to the voyages of the HMC Mermaid around Australia's coastline in the early 1800s - and some of the manners in which these names have been represented in signage, place branding, commercial applications and/…
From Bayou Heritage to Blue-Green Corridors
Over the last two decades there has been an increasing recognition of the cultural significance of rivers, canals and related bodies of water and of residential, recreational and/or heritage spaces located along their banks. These perceptions have led them to be recognised as cultural landscapes that merit preservation, maintenance and/or development. This article furthers research on this area by investigating the history and contemporary operat…
Resurrecting Riverine Identity Civic Symbolism, Ghostly Traces and Waterway Restoration in 21st Century Łódź (Poland)
Rivers have been attractive sites for human settlement since time immemorial, offering access to fresh water and biological resources (such as fish, waterfowl, and riverine vegetation). During the Industrial Revolution, waterways played an important role in the development of metropolitan centres, providing transport routes for incoming materials and outgoing products, water for various manufacturing purposes, and serving as effluent disposal cha…
Rainbows amidst the rivers
The far north-eastern corner of New South Wales (NSW), a region commonly referred to as either the Far North Coast or Northern Rivers, has a particular status within NSW, Australian and international social imaginaries on account of its rich environmental assets and the lifestyle and cultural characteristics commonly associated with it (typified by the lyrics to Kelly’s song that preface this article). The first named author’s extended residence …
A Rocky Paradox
Island Studies, as it has developed over the last 3-4 decades, has been primarily addressed to research and theorisation concerning inhabited, formerly inhabited and/or inhabitable islands. There are several types of terrestrial formations that have fallen outside its evolving purview, including sandbanks, reefs and rocks. The latter have not so much been formally excluded as eschewed, in parallel with international legal definitions of islands a…
Archaeology (12 works) · Geography (8 works) · History (7 works) · Art (6 works) · Island Studies and Pacific Affairs (6 works) · Political science (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Politics (3 works) · Arctic and Russian Policy Studies (2 works)