In one sense, it means collective interaction and a high degree of constraint; in the other, it conveys the idea of an active, full life. It is therefore a notion that carries with it the contradictions of contemporary man who, on the one hand, realises the impasse towards which the policies of massive territorial and resource monopolisation are leading, but on the other, constantly resorts to the lexicon of prehension (to learn, understand, grasp, apprehend, etc.) to describe how he knows things. The aim of this symposium will be to examine the idea of occupation from an interdisciplinary and multilingual perspective for a better understanding of its paradoxes and thus refract contemporary forms of freedom.