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Beyond the mere exploitation of resources, settlement settlement is distinguished by a desire for radical transformation of the territory. It is not just a question of exercising economic or military control, but of reshaping the space conquered in a sustainable way through a demographic, institutional and legal transplant.
This logic is accompanied by the establishment of stable institutions, a reconfiguration of land order and a redefinition of political power for the benefit of settlers. The territory is no longer simply dominated: it is remodelled to become the support of a new social order intended to be a lasting one.
This podcast offers an analytical reading of this specific form of colonization, highlighting its administrative, demographic and political responsibilities. It shows how the settlement is less of a temporary occupation than a project of irreversible transformation of societies and conquered spaces.
