Member

Anita LAU-BIGNON

Position: Engineer/Editor

Institution: National Centre Scientific Research (CNRS in French)

Team: CRIA/EHGO/PARIS/TERMS

E-mail: anita.lau#parisgeo.cnrs.fr*

espace.geographique#parisgeo.cnrs.fr*

ITRF Expert (Engineer, Technician, Research and Training for competitions)

Elected member of the board of UMR Géographie-cités

Elected member of the CNRS national committee – section 42: Spaces, territories and societies. Mandate: 2025-2029

Research interests
Architecture, Biodiversity, Botany, Cultural pratices, Farming practices, Food, Food Safety, Heritage, Landscape, Wildlife.

Calligraphy, Cartography, Graphic design, Publishing, Scientific drawing, Typography.

Address
Campus Condorcet • Bâtiment Recherche Sud •
UMR 8504 Géographie-cités •
5 cours des Humanités
93322 Aubervilliers Cedex, France

Professional positions

• 2010 to present: Editor of the journal L’Espace géographique, in parnership with Belin-Humensis.
Editors-in-Chief: E. Mesclier, O. Orain, D. Pumain, C. Rhein, M.-C. Robic.

• 2005-2014: Editor of the Atlases collection “Dynamiques du territoire”, Documentation française.
Editorial Directors: T. Saint-Julien, H. Théry.

• 2011-2012: Coordinator and Editor of digitizations for the archiving of L’Espace géographique on the Persée platform.

• 2004: Proof-Reader and Editor for the journals Gallia, Gallia Préhistoire, Gallia informations, CNRS UMS 844.
Editors-in-Chief: P. Van Ossel and D. Vialou.

• 2002-2003: Editor for the journal Anthropozoologica, MNHN, CNRS UMR 5197.
Editor-in-Chief: J.-D. Vigne.

Production of Books and Journals

Books
Entretiens avec Jean Gottmann en 1993 [Interviews with Jean Gottmann in 1993] (in preparation, 2025)
Bleu et Jaune [Blue and Yellow] (in preparation, 2025-2026)
Les Mots de Thérèse Saint-Julien [The Words of Thérèse Saint-Julien], 2024
Données urbaines 7 [Urban Data 7], 2015
Données urbaines 6 [Urban Data 6], 2011
Atlas mondial des zones franches [World Atlas of Free Zones], 2010
Atlas de l’Europe dans le monde [Atlas of Europe in the World], 2008
Chasser les chevaux à la fin du Paléolithique dans le Bassin parisien [Horse Hunting in the Late Palaeolithic in the Paris Basin], 2008
Atlas de la Roumanie [Atlas of Romania], 2008
• Accessibilité ferroviaire des villes françaises en 2020 [Rail Accessibility of French Cities in 2020], 2007
Les Derniers Magdaléniens d’Étiolles. Perspectives culturelles et paléohistoriques [The Last Magdalenians of Étiolles. Cultural and Paleohistorical Perspectives], 2004

Journals supported by the CNRS
L’Espace géographique (2005 to present)
Gallia (2004)
Gallia Préhistoire (2004)
Anthropozoologica (2002-2003)

Others
Journal du Réel (2005)
Repères+ (2005)

Scientific Publications

Articles in peer-review journals

• Merceron G., Gardin A., Berlioz E., Pinaud D., Catz N., Lau-Bignon A.W., Louail M., Paulsen I., Pedersen A., Strand O., Veiberg V., Wing O., Bignon-Lau O. (in preparation), “Trends in dental microwear patterns. Hard evidence of changes in diet composition in an Artic ungulate experiencing rapid environmental changes”. Polar Biology.

Lau-Bignon A.W., 2015,
– English version: “The Tonle Sap, a birthplace of civilizations”. L’Espace géographique, vol. 44, no. 1, p. 81-88.
– French version: “Le Tonlé Sap, bassin historique de civilisations”. L’Espace géographique, t. 44, n° 1, p. 81-88.

• Guérin-Pace F., Saint-Julien T., Lau-Bignon A.W., 2012,
– English version: “The words of L’Espace géographique: A lexical analysis of the titles and keywords from 1972 to 2010″. L’Espace géographique, vol. 41, no. 1, p. 4-31.
– French version: “Une analyse lexicale des titres et mots-clés de 1972 à 2010″. L’Espace géographique, t. 41, n° 1, p. 4-30.

Article in a book

• Lau-Bignon A.W., 2024, “Au hasard des trajectoires” [Random trajectories]. In Cattan N., Fleury A., Lau-Bignon A.W., Les Mots de Thérèse Saint-Julien [The Words of Thérèse Saint-Julien]. Aubervilliers, CNRS, UMR 8504 Géographie-cités, p. 95-97.

Posters

• Bignon-Lau O., Montagne-Bôrras A., Lau-Bignon A., 2024, serie of five posters “60 ans d’archives à Pincevent” [60 years of archives at Pincevent]:
1. Des archives et des Hommes : écologie de projets [Archives and People: Project ecology];
2. Histoire d’un site : traitement des archives, numérisation [History of a site: Archive processing, digitisation];
3. L’enquête épistémologique : retour vers le futur [Epistemological enquiry: Back to the future];
4. Les entretiens filmés : des trajectoires personnelles à la mémoire partagée [Filmed interviews: From personal trajectories to shared memory];
5. Une ouverture aux publics : consultation, valorisation et médiation [Open to the public: Consultation, promotion and mediation].

—> Travelling exhibition at the MSH Mondes, Nanterre:
– Building René-Ginouvès, from December 11th 2024 to January 31th 2025;
– Building Max-Weber, from February 1st to April 11th 2025.

Lau-Bignon A., 2013, production and presentation of two posters for the 4th Medici Network Conference:
1. L’Espace géographique: Genèse et diffusion d’une revue phare dans la géographie française [Genesis and distribution of a leading journal in French geography];
2. L’Espace géographique: Diffusion et réorganisation de la chaîne éditoriale de la revue [Distribution and reorganisation of the magazine’s editorial chain]

Mediation Project

• 2024 to present: “Horizons géographiques” [Geographical Horizons] > The aim is to raise awareness of the new faces of research in geography, through filmed interviews that I have conducted or will be conducting (filming, editing) over the next few years. These interviews will take place in two stages: before the doctoral students start their thesis and at the end of their thesis.

“Geography-movies” Working Group

Participation in the “Geography-movies” working group: In this workshop, I produced a 3-minute video on the General Assembly of the UMR Géographie-cités in Roscoff (Sept. 2024), and I am preparing other footage of the UMR at the General Assembly in Saint-Pierre-d’Oléron (which will take place from 24th to 27th June 2025 and the rushes will be edited during the summer).

Reports

• Desrosiers S., Bignon-Lau O., Lau-Bignon A., 2024, “Premiers pas vers une identification techniques des motifs d’impression“. In Rapport intermédiaire d’opération archéologique programmée du site de Pincevent (La Grande Paroisse, Seine-et-Marne). Nanterre, CNRS, UMR 8068 TEMPS, SRA Île-de-France, site n° 77210 AP, p. 41-44.

• Bignon-Lau O., Montagne-Bôrras A., Lau-Bignon A., 2024, “Exposition – posters “60 ans d’archives à Pincevent“. In Rapport intermédiaire d’opération archéologique programmée du site de Pincevent (La Grande Paroisse, Seine-et-Marne). Nanterre, CNRS, UMR 8068 TEMPS, SRA Île-de-France, site n° 77210 AP, p. 123-128.

• Lau-Bignon A., 2022, “Niveau IV0 de Pincevent avec les limites des différentes unités” [Level IV0 of Pincevent with the limits of the different units]. In Opération archéologique programmée du site de Pincevent (La Grande Paroisse, Seine-et-Marne). Rapport intermédiaire d’autorisation triennale 2022. Nanterre, CNRS, UMR 8068 TEMPS, SRA Île-de-France, site n° 77210 AP, p. 13.

Communication

• 2024 to the present day: “Horizons géographiques” > Showcasing new faces in geography research, through filmed interviews that will be posted online.

• 2021 to present: Member of “Rushs Hour”, CNRS audio-visual network.

• 2021-2022: Participation in the “Digital Communication” working group.

Websites

• 2018 to present: Design and updating of the website of the journal L’Espace géographique

• 2014-2016: Participation, design of a blog for the international seminar “Economy of Tardiglacial hunter-gatherers in Northern Europe”. Nanterre, Oxford

Graphism

• 2024: Creation of a logo for the CORE project supported by DIM PAMIR > CORE – Collections de référence, Ordonnancement et REcension
• 2017: Revision of the Centre archéologique de Pincevent logo (and creation of a set of goodies)
• 2016: Design of the logo for the Congrès préhistorique de France, Amiens
• 2004: Design of the logo for UMR 5197 Archéozoologie, histoire des sociétés humaines et des peuplements animaux, Paris

Administrative responsibilities

• 2025-2029: Engineer representative on the Laboratory Council.
• Since 2012: ITRF Expert > Participation in selection juries for engineers and technicians.

Education

• 2004: “Publishing” training course supported by the Conseil régional d’Île-de-France, at the École des métiers de l’information.

• 1999-2000: Master in “Social practices of development”, option “Food practices and policies” at IEDES, University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, under the supervision of E. Calvo.

• 1998-1999: Master in Social Anthropology and Ethnology at EHESS, Paris, under the supervision of F. Sigaut.

• 1996-1998: Master in Ethnology, specialising in the Asian world, at the University of Paris X Nanterre, under the supervision of D. Martin-Geirnaert and T.H. Dinh.