This thesis examines the way working class children’s practices and representations of science areconstructed. It aims to renew the approach of persistent inequalities in access to science pathwaysand careers, in which women and people from the working class and/or ethno-racial minoritiesremain larg...

International audience La recherche en didactique de la physique s’est longtemps préoccupée des raisons permettant d’expliquer des difficultés récurrentes d’étudiants. Elle a développé à ce titre de nombreux travaux visant la mise au jour de « conceptions ». Ces travaux ont conduit au développement...

The ‘3th Grenoble socio-anthropology meetings’, organised by the laboratory emc2-Laboratoire de Sociology de Grenoble under the leadership of Florent Gaudez, had this year’s guest of honour Alain Gras, founder of the Centre for Studies, Techniques, Knowledge and Practice (cetcopra — Paris 1 — Panthé...

The encyclopaedias from 1210 to 1260 were the first works to use Aristote’s translations. In this period, knowledge of De generatione ranged from silence in Alexander Nequam and Thomas de Cantimpré to marginal use in Barthélemy l’English and highly controlled, and literal use in Arnold de Saxony, th...

In this work we made a systematization of the approach experience, during 2016, between groups of two institutions: a university and a teacher training institution. The purpose was to contribute to the construction of a pedagogical proposal for teacher training that incorporates knowledge built from...

The gradual naturalizing process in every field of knowledge has now become a sort of watchword. Over the last forty years, more and more enterprises have been launched, such as the naturalizing of epistemology and language, of ethics, phenomenology, sociology or psychoanylisis. The transient enthus...

In this article, the author proposes a scientific programme based on the invention of a ‘postoccidental’ space in social sciences as part of a dialogue with researchers from different Asian countries. At a time when the global turning point is being overcome at the same time there are epistemic inju...

under Dr G. Bertrand and A. Guyot. How can we approach knowledge at the beginning of the 21st century? Can science and the arts find common ground to move forward together? The Enlightenment turning point provides answers...

Catherine Gousseff’s Russian exile is an essential work for interested in Russian migration and its history. As the subtitle indicates, it is also a reference for knowledge of the right to asylum and refugee status. Through a social history of Russian immigration into France during the interwar peri...

Professional investors using the services of managers of financial assets distinguish different types of analysis when considering whether to entrust them with capital. They commonly oppose a “quantitative analysis” and a “qualitative analysis”. They present them as two partly overlapping knowledge...

Based on the idea that images play a fundamental role for justice, as shown by all the iconographic representations, the symbols and the rituals used by the judiciary institution, this study in history of law focuses on the discourse conveyed by the prints of the illustrated newspapers of the Third...

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This report on Data, Knowledge Organisation, and Epistemic Impact covers the findings of WP 4 of the K-PLEX project. It focuses on data collection, production, and analysis in a broad range of scientific disciplines, on epistemologies and methodologies, and research organisation. The cross-disciplin...

Interview with Annik Osmont (honorary conference master of the University of Paris 8) and Charles Goldblum (Professor Emerite d’urbanisme, University Paris 8). Feedback from Samuel Ripoll "What knowledge is needed to analyse and inform urban cooperation? How has the French research and training land...

This round of Eurobarometer surveys queried respondents on standard Eurobarometer measures, such as how satisfied they were with their present life, whether they attempted to persuade others close to them to share their views on subjects they held strong opinions about, whether they discussed politi...

Ce dossier de la Revue française de pédagogie est entièrement dédié à l’œuvre de Viviane Isambert-Jamati, disparue le 19 novembre 2019. Pendant plus de trente ans, celle-ci a occupé une position très originale dans le paysage de la sociologie de l’éducation. Elle affirme, dès 1969, que « la détermin...

International audience ABSTRACTGeographic knowledge has always proved its value as an instrument underlying reasoning in order to define effective solutions for the management of territories . In many domains, such as urban and environmental planning, it is essential to start processes of analysis a...

National audience For this colloquium, we propose to study the trajectories after which some people diagnose themselves as hypersensitive to electromagnetic fields or chemicals. This process involves a radical transformation of their representations of the world, as well as a complete reorganisation...

The book proposes a sociological model of pluralistic opinion that explains how an actor can have two different views on the same subject. It relies on traditional theories to show that, in a situation of uncertainty, an actor is forming an opinion in discussion relationships and that these, inserte...

following a call for projects launched by the Paul Bennetot Foundation in April 2010, the Mines-ParisTech Scientific Management Centre carried out a study on coordination in the health and medical and social fields. The report submitted to the Foundation in January 2011 proposes a state of internati...

Toccherwill be a topic on which Antonio Carbonaro would have had a lot to say. It is a topic which, in various forms, resembles his works in more than one point. The theme is cognitive ethics. Talking about cognitive ethics means putting forward a specific hypothesis. This is the hypothesis that we...

One of the major challenges of this century is represented by climatic changes and their influence upon the environment. In the case of Romania, the orographic barrier plays the most important role in the delineation of surplus or deficient areas as refered to humidity. In the western and central re...

How artists, more specifically graphic and plastic, take part in the ‘intellectual figure’. The figure of the activist seems to correspond to it (1) in his report to the intellect and knowledge, (2) through his ethical commitment and (3) through his public visibility. Thus, this chapter shows how hi...

We empirically present an experimentation of ‘Mooc professionnelle’ on France Digital University, a sign of digitalisation and professionalisation of higher education. We then analyse this training tool in a number of ways: the status of professional knowledge, the imperfections of educational socia...

the sense of observation is not only useful but indispensable in sociology. This capacity is first and foremost a practice of ordinary knowledge, but it can be refined and improved. French sociology has recently come closer to ethnography and has reversed observation in the light of criticisms about...