L’exemple des recrutements de la section 33 du CNRS.
Christian Henriot | 11.04.2023
This essay examines the composition and evolution of the population of historians in Section 33 of CNRS between 2002 and 2022. It argues that the recruitment of historians remains largely marked by a "reproduction" of historical research to be found in French universities. This finding contradicts the priority given to "cultural areas" by CNRS for the past 30 years. Section 33 has continued to recruit historians mainly to feed the "generalist" laboratories (France and Europe). In a context of [...]
Appel à propositions.
Benjamin Taunay et Pascale-Marie Milan | 13.12.2022
Le tourisme en Chine est devenu, depuis la période des réformes à la fin des années 1970, et plus particulièrement depuis l’instauration de « semaines d’or » fériées (huangjinzhou : 黄金周 ; en 1999), un phénomène qu’il est impossible d’escamoter pour qui souhaite comprendre le fonctionnement contemporain de la société chinoise. Les chiffres le montrent clairement : entre 1990 et 2004, [...]
Clément Renaud et Florence Graezer Bideau | 28.02.2020
The present article relates how the figure of the « maker» has become an important figure in China’s recent industrial and urban policies. As Chinese cities are transitioning from a labor-intensive industry (Made in China) to an innovation-centered service economy (Created in China), the country is facing an urgent need for political leadership renewal. The « maker movement » has grown internationally to create new models for businesses and organisations using digital fabrication technologies, with the promise of bringing [...]
Être dans la norme vs. être à contre-norme.
Vincent Coëffé, Christophe Guibert et Benjamin Taunay | 11.04.2019
Skin is a marker of historically constructed social and cultural norms, and embodies the tensions that may exist between what individuals and societies consider "normal" and "abnormal". If white skin in China is a socially shared aesthetic referent, sunbathing can be analysed here as an a priori deviant practice. The objective of this article is thus to understand, through the case of tanning, the social uses of the body, especially in public spaces in Chinese context. The spatiality of [...]
