The (health) geography and urban health night will be made up of various events. The events take place in the evening and at night, to welcome a varied and not just academic audience, and to emphasize the unusual, sometimes playful, and undoubtedly little-known aspects of geography. Depending on the cities and organizing associations, events take place indoors (workshops, exhibitions, tours, conferences, etc.) and/or outdoors: nighttime, geographical, diverse, and unexpected urban walks. Indoor events allow a varied audience to meet in the same place and discuss extremely varied workshops, from the most academic (conferences, free debates, etc.) to the most convivial: tastings, multi-sensory tours, performances in the space engaging the public… Geography (of health) is presented in its most diverse aspects, from geographic information systems with the use of high-performance software, to the presentation of unexpected professions, etc. Night walks allow you to discover an aspect that is often overlooked and yet is the basis of geography professions: field excursions, in all their variety. Analysis of perceptions and representations, field surveys, creation of sketches, collection of testimonies, photographic journey… all the senses are mobilized, and the understanding of the place’s changes under participants’ gaze!

The Nguendo-Yongsi School of Health Geography & Urban Health is the promoter of the idea and the general coordinator, but the spirit isdecentralized, and organization of local events is entirely the responsibility (logistical and financial) of the scholars, institutions, and associations concerned. The principle is to encourage emergence of local initiatives, to rely on the richness and variety of ideas from organizations, institutions, student associations, teachers and researchers’ networks of, or other geography enthusiasts.