This article introduces the concept of ‘information practice’. After having defined it in relation to the concepts of ‘use’ and ‘behaviour’, we propose an analysis of its development across the various scientific fields, such as social computing, information science and the sociology of uses, which...

Sociological approaches to economic and financial crime Seminar at EHESS, Thomas Angeletti (CNRS-IRISSO) and Alexis Spire (CNRS-IRIS) Weight from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. (Campus Condorcet, Room 0.017, Research South Building, Cours des Humanités 93300 Aubervilliers) on 20 January, 3 February, 2, 16 and 3...

The impressive growth of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in the last decade constitutes a challenge both for social studies on sociability and on ICT usage. It demands to put methodologies and sociological analysis that have mainly been developed for the study of face-to-face intera...

Digital and virtual communication impacts increasingly upon the management of natural hazards in an uncertain world, challenging the boundaries between science and society. This study uses sociological theory to explore how technology reduces the mitigation failures and conflicts that scholars often...

Grenoble Alpes University, Lidilem 7-9 June 2018 The Colloquium Echange for Online Learning (EPAL), organised by Grenoble Alpes University (Lidilem), will hold its sixth edition on 7, 8 and 9 June 2018. The aim of EPAL is to question, in a systemic and multidisciplinary way (education sciences, info...

International audience An urban microeconomic model of households evolving in a 2D cellular automata allows to simulate the growth of a metropolitan area where land is devoted to housing, road network and agricultural/green areas. This system is self-organised: based on individualistic decisions of...

This article proposes to explore how the process of outsourcing a production activity of a nuclear plant that is “making itself” affects the work and time involved. There is an increasing use of subcontracting in industry, and the nuclear sector is no exception, which is accompanied by increased fra...

This collective book brings together texts from Jean-Louis Fabiani, Damien Malinas, Jean-Claude Passeron, Emmanuel Pedler and Paul Veyne, under the auspices of Emmanuel Ethis. The preface drafted by Yves Jeanneret (Sorbonne). The texts, or rather the socio-grams, gathered here were published in Libé...

This collective book brings together texts from Jean-Louis Fabiani, Damien Malinas, Jean-Claude Passeron, Emmanuel Pedler and Paul Veyne, under the auspices of Emmanuel Ethis. The preface drafted by Yves Jeanneret (Sorbonne). The texts, or rather the socio-grams, gathered here were published in Libé...

Digital in the broad sense (computing, networks, media, internet) has invaded all human activities, from the most personal to the most collective, and has profoundly changed our relationship to others, space, time. This reference book presents the theoretical background and key concepts and a critic...

National audience The Web be understood as a forum for ordinary political work? What does it return from events relating to an elected official’s working time? What traces does the daily political work of a mayor leave on the web, outside electoral campaigns? The aim of this contribution is to prese...

Target Summary: The article proposes a rapprochement with the academic field of communication/education in Latin America by examining the role of three institutions, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO); the Latin American Association of Communication Researc...

Article and communication presented on 13 March 2013 at the 21th Scientific Colloquium of the Ireb. National hearing Introduction: This study aims to understand the development of women’s drinking in Brittany, one of the French regions most affected by alcoholism in the 20th century. Method: On the...

This thesis takes as its starting point the study of a police service, the Police Aux Frontières (PAF) in connection with European integration. Drawing inspiration from the sociology of the State, we have developed analytical categories capable of reflecting the concomitant evolution of this police...

Poulat Emile. Socialism and anti-ericalism. An international socialist survey (1902-1903). In: Archives of Sociology of Religions, No. 10, 1960. Socialism and religion. pp. 109-131.

The information system is becoming the hub for steering organisations facing a complex environment. The informational dimension of the various activities, the strategic nature of information, the involvement of stakeholders, the central question of organisations’ remembrance, the impact of digital t...

in terms of household purchases, the grill beef has become expensive meat and is expected to continue to be expensive after the CAP reform. The relative price effect still plays and seems to have to remain unfavourable for quantities. In addition, young people consume less and less meat, especially...

The comparative sociology of Louis Dumont (1982) explained the rise of modern inworldly individualism as the result of the transformation, initiated mainly by a changing Church/State relationship since the eighth century, of the outworldly individualism of early Christianity. In this paper the quest...

In the last five years of her life, the journalist and writer Oriana Fallaci (1929‑2006) published three strongly Islamophobic pamphlets, which were widely acclaimed in Italy. They sold millions of copies and played a major role in structuring a national debate on intercultural relations and the sup...

This article studies Frank Miller's 'Batman: The Dark Knight Returns' (1986) graphic design, as a key figure for the concept, narrative treatment and publication format of the book, which were important parts of its formal innovation and cultural impact. In particular, cover design, page design and...

Intersubjective relationships are complex and relevant to different fields of study, from science, philosophy, ethics, psychology, sociology to politics. Empathy is a term frequently used in different fields, even if their meaning and characteristics have varied acceptances. First, the origin and em...

Media literacy helps to discover a completely changing field due to technological developments. While it makes it possible to familiarise itself with new sources of information, it also leads to the study of media economics and sociology. On the other hand, it is an opportunity to produce students a...

National audience On the basis of a series of surveys carried out between 2006 and 2008 in the 16th district of Paris, this article focuses on the political behaviour of fractions of higher classes characterised by the importance of economic capital, the status of self-employment and the practice of...

This text aims to discuss knowledge of the main classical and neoclassical theory of the sociology of education by summarising the ideas of K. Marx, E. Durkheim, K. Mannheim and T. Parsons. In this reflective trilogy, there is a strong convergence of ideas which can be regarded as complementary in e...