Pierre Alphandéry

Pierre Alphandéry is a sociologist and former researcher at INRAE. He is interested in the field of biodiversity conservation, social movements in rural areas and beekeeping practices. He explores the tensions between the processes of rationalisation and the search for autonomy that characterise liberal society.

Résister à la professionnalisation. Peer review

Socio-histoire des catégories « amateurs » et « professionnels » en apiculture.

Agnès FortierPierre Alphandéry et Lucie Dupré | 13.09.2022

For a long time considered as a marginal activity, beekeeping has received particular attention in recent years due to the high mortality rate of bee colonies and its consequences on pollination, the maintenance of biodiversity and food security. Composed mainly of "amateurs", the beekeeping world contrasts with the process of professionalisation that has been imposed in agriculture since the mid-20th century. This article aims to question the genesis and the social and political construction of the categories "amateurs" and [...]