Les espaces publics d’Abu Dhabi, un terrain de jeu pour une expérience pédagogique et scientifique

• Main Author: Clio Chaveneau
• Format: Article
• Language: fra
• Published: UMR 245 - CESSMA 2021-04-01
• Series: Carnets de Géographes
• Subjects: Public spaces; Research methods; Pedagogy; Teaching methods; United Arab Emirates
• Online Access: http://journals.openedition.org/cdg/7554

Abstract: Research and teaching are the two pillars of our profession, however, the interconnection of both activities remains overlooked in our discussions and publications. I explore in this article the way our researches could, firstly, enrich our methodological courses and teaching methods, and, secondly, benefit from students’ participation and their very own competences. Based on my experience as sociology professor and researcher in an interdisciplinary research program (geography, architecture and sociology) on public spaces in Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates, 2018-2020) where students were involved in the data collection. In a context where fieldwork research can be tricky, public spaces appeared to be ideal locations for survey and training and a place where students gave us an additional entry into the understanding of social interactions and various uses of the city.