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Jean-Bernard Racine (born 1940 in Neuchâtel, Switzerland) is a professor of geography at the Institute of Geography, Faculty of Geosciences and Environment of the
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Business School. Racine received his first PhD in geography from the University of Aix-en-Provence (1965) and his State PhD in geography (1973) from the University of Nice. Jean-Bernard Bernard was a professor at the
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between 1965 and 1969, and at the University of Ottawa from 1969 to 1973. Jean-Bernard Racine is the author of many articles and books in the fields of quantitative geography, epistemology and social geography. Influenced by
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, he published ''L’Analyse quantitative en géographie'' in 1973 with H. Reymond and was widely considered one of the pioneers of the “new geography” in the 1970s in the Francophone world. Professor Racine has also contributed to the development of epistemology in the social sciences as evidenced by his 1981 book called ''Problématiques de la géographie'' published with H. Isnard and H. Reymond. In the 1990s and 2000s, his interests moved again, to become concerned with issues of social and cultural geography: ''La ville entre Dieu et les hommes'' was published in 1993. Professor Racine has received the Vautrin Lud International Geography Prize (France) in 1997. He holds an honorary doctorate from Iasi (Romania).


Articles

*1967. ''Revue de Géographie de Montréal'' XXI/2: 313–342. *1973. ''L’Espace Géographique'' 4: 275–289. *1973. ''L’analyse quantitative en géographie''. Paris, PUF (with H. Reymond). *1977. Discours idéologique et discours géographiques: perspectives épistémologiques et critiques. ''Hérodote'' 6: 109–159. *1978. Des directions (encore) nouvelles pour la géographie moderne. ''
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'' 87/1: 182-194 (with C. Raffestin). *1979. La géographie et l’espace géographique: à la recherche d’une épistémologie de la géographie. ''L’Espace Géographique'' VIII/4: 283-292 (with A. Bailly). *1981. ''Problématiques de la géographie''. Paris, PUF (with H. Isnard and H. Reymond). *1984. La géographie urbaine Anglo-saxonne: manuels des années 80. ''L’Espace Géographique'' XIII/4: 379–381. *1990. ''Nouvelle Géographie de la Suisse et des Suisses''. Lausanne, Payot (with C. Raffestin). *1993. Le Canada, in R. Brunet (ed.) ''Etats-Unis/Canada. Géographie Universelle'' 4. Paris, Hachette/Reclus (with P. Villeneuve). *1993. ''La ville entre Dieu et les hommes''. Paris, Anthropos-Economica. *1999. The foreigner and the city. From co-presence to interaction, in A. Aguilar and I. Escamilla (eds) ''Problems of Megacities: Social inequalities, Environmental risk and Urban governance''. Mexico City: UGI: 477-498 (with C. Mager). *1999. Ways of Writing Geographies, in A. Buttimer, S. D. Brunn and U. Wardenga (eds) ''Text and Image, Social Construction of Regional Knowledges''. Leipzig, Institut für Länderkunde: 266-279 (with L. Mondada). *2000. ''Integrated Urban Systems and Sustainability of Urban Life''. Bucarest, Editura Tehnicà (with D. Pumain and I. Janos). *2002. Migration, Places and intercultural Relations in Cities, in I. Schnell and W. Ostendorf, (eds) S''tudies in Segregation and Desegregation''. Aldershot, Ashgate: 67–85. *2003. ''Explaining, Regulating or Monitoring Violence in the Cities of Tomorrow''. Monitoring Cities: International Perspectives, Calgary, IGU Urban Commission: 557–598. *2003. Géographie et religions: une approche territoriale du religieux et du sacré. ''L'Information géographique'' 3: 193-221 (with O. Walther). *2004. Urban Violence. A challenge for geographers? ''Geographica Helvetica'' 3: 178–191. *2004. Lausanne entre les lignes. Exploration d’une géographie littéraire, in B. Lévy and C. Raffestin (eds) ''Voyage en ville d’Europe''. Geneva, Métropolis: 75–132. *2006. Response, in J.W. Crampton, S. Elden (eds) ''Space, knowledge and power: Foucault and geography''. Aldershot, Ashgate: 31-34 (with C. Raffestin). *2006. Geografia de las religiones, in Hiernaux D, Lindon A. (eds). Tratado de Geografia Humana. Mexico, Anthropos : 481-505 (with O. Walther). *2007. Situations de handicap et rapports au territoire, in Borioli B, Laub R. (eds) ''Handicap : de la différence à la singularité. Enjeux au quotidien''. Geneva, Editions Médecine & Hygiène : 119–134. *2008. Projet urbain et démarche participative : contribution géographique à la possibilité de choisir sa ville aujourd’hui. Quelques leçons de l’expérience lausannoise. ''Bulletin de la Société de géographie de Liège'' 50: 5–15. *2008. La ville et l’urbain à l’aube d’un nouveau siècle : une géographie au cœur de l’ensemble des sciences humaines. ''Geographica Helvetica'' 63(4): 272–278. *2010. Villes et spiritualités : décrypter les projets derrière les objets. Mondes intérieurs et productions d’urbanité, in Bourg D, Roch P. (eds) ''Crise écologique, crise des valeurs ? Défis pour l’anthropologie et la spiritualité''. Geneva, Labor et Fides: 295–309. *2010. Géographie, éthique et valeurs: invitation à la réflexion et à l'action. ''Géographie et Cultures'' 74: 27–42. *2011. Un 'droit de cité' pour les tout-petits? Penser et bien vivre la petite enfance au coeur de la ville, in Reinberg O, Blanc V. (eds) ''Un accident est si vite...évité!'' Lausanne, University Hospital of Lausanne (CHUV): 44–66. *2011. Villes, tourisme et élaboration d’images de marques : recherche et partage d’une identité pour publicité du territoire ; les leçons du cas lausannois, in Bleton-Ruget A, Commercon N, Lefort I. (eds) ''Tourismes et territoires''. Institut de Recherche du Val de Saône-Mâconnais: 189-198 *2013. La démarche participative dans le projet Métamorphose de Lausanne, in Masson-Vincent M, Dubus N. (eds) ''Géogouvernance, Utilité sociale de l’analyse spatiale''. Paris, Quae: 19–34. *2014. Le paysage à l’épreuve de l’urbain. Paysage, géographie, éthique: invitation à la réflexion et à l’action, in Martinelli A. (ed.) ''Paesaggio senza identità? Per una geografia del projetto locale''. Monte Verità, GEA-associazione di geographia: 15–49. *2015. Villes et jardins, un nouvel art de penser le destin de nos villes? Quelques leçons de l'expérience lausannoise. ''Bloc notes'' 65: 143–160.


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Institute of Geography, University of Lausanne

HEC Lausanne Business School


{{DEFAULTSORT:Racine, Jean Bernard 1940 births Living people Recipients of the Vautrin Lud International Geography Prize Swiss geographers Academic staff of the University of Lausanne