MSHB
Armorican and Atlantic Worlds
Subject areas
The work of this group relates to the areas on either side of the Atlantic – Western European countries and North and South American countries – and studies them from both a historical and a current-day perspective.
Its subject area includes 3 broad fields.
1/ Territories and societies
This area explores 3 major issues in the relationship between man and space:
- Social planning and territories
- Town and country
- The coast: usage areas and spatial experiences
2/ Contacts, exchanges, comparative approaches
This area concerns everything relating to exchanges, be they large or small scale, and includes three issues:
- The call of the sea: from exchanges to cultural relations
- European Atlantic worlds, Celtic peripheries
- From one world to another: the Americas, comparative approaches
3/ Identity representations and constructs
This area explores the cultural diversity and similarities of different spaces, and includes two major issues:
- Multilingualism, identity, culture
- Cultural markers and heritage constructs
Contacts
Director:
Annie Antoine - Rennes 2 
Coordinators:
Jean-François Simon – UBO
Dominique Marguerie - Rennes 1
Gérard Le Bouëdec – UBS
