The workshop dealt with experiments of internal colonization implemented during the 20th century in the Mediterranean area,
compared from a trans-disciplinary perspective combining both retrospective explanatory theories and prospective reflections around
issues such as: mechanisms of nationalisation, macro-regional identities, forms of political government and economic development, town
and country planning policies in regard to architectural and landscape expression. New paradigms such as the 'spatial turn' in
the Humanities and strategic societal issues in the spatial disciplines were explored, as well as further collaborative research and
teaching activities across the fields involved.The workshop gathered 28 scholars from 7 UE countries and 4 MENA countries. It was
funded mainly by the ESF-European Science Foundation's comittee for the Humanities (ref. EW-012-75: 14.000') under the frame of
the 2012 exploratory research workshops scheme.