No. 33 (2020): The urban night. A complex space-time between opportunities and inequalities

Coordinated by Hélène Jeanmougin and Emanuele Giordano.
Editorial coordination for Émulations by Romain Tiquet.

The appropriation of the urban night by economic, social and cultural activities has experienced an unprecedented acceleration in the 20th century. The growing interest of the social sciences in this field of research has led to a better understanding of the dynamics characterizing the evolution of nocturnal space-time in different parts of the globe. This issue highlights the need for further exploration of this complex space-time. By bringing together contributions from different disciplines and geographical regions, it proposes to link global trends and local specificities that (re)shape the urban night in the contemporary city. These contributions are presented and articulated around four axes: places and differentiated uses of night-time practices, attractiveness and conflicts, nocturnal inequalities and methodologies of night surveys.