A simple pile of bones? The complex functioning of a medieval ossuary in the parish cemetery of Notre-Dame church in Boulogne-sur-mer (Pas-de-Calais) [abridged version] by Olivier Blamangin, Sophie Oudry, Sacha Kacki

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Impact du compostage sur la réhabilitation de la carrière de calcaire de Sika-Kondji (Togo) : effets sur l’attraction des animaux et sur la performance du maïs (Zea mays L.) by Outéndé Toundou, Akouèthê Agbogan, Oudjaniyobi Simalou, Dossou S.S. Koffi, Tchagou Awitazi, Koffi Tozo

“…Results indicated that three classes of animals have visited composts piles. They are amphibians, arachnids and insects. …”
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Risques économico-environnementaux liés aux emballages traditionnels pour vivres frais utilisés dans le bassin maraîcher de Foumbot (Cameroun) by Alassa Mfouapon, Moïse Moupou, Jeannine Mefire, Jean-Noël Ngapgue

“…The strategy consisting of adapting products to specific traditional packing, the afforestation process of endemic species such as raffia and other raw materials from forest-gallery, the direct selling without intermediaries and in the same way the scaffolding piles should be therefore confirmed as relevant strategies dealing with the sustainability of market garden distribution.…”
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Poïesis et technologie de l’enchantement dans la « maison-stock » d’Olivier Jullian à Nîmes by Clara Breteau

“…Echoing current dynamics that see geographers and literature researchers converge around "ecopoetical" objects, we propose in this article to examine the entanglements between matter and meaning that unfold in a now famous urban place, Olivier Jullian's house in Nîmes. Starting from a huge pile of roofing tiles that had to be "diminished" at all costs, this gigantic "house-stock" occupying an entire urban island has acquired over the years a fertility of its own as thousands of crockery fragments have been added to its roofs and facades. …”
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