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This article briefly outlines the history of the colonial diamond industry of Sierra Leone from 1930 to 1961, highlighting its contingent aspects and the bonds guiding the decisions and actions taken by local social actors in different... more
In this paper I explore the multiple social ties that Beng infants forge with a large range of familiar and not-so-familiar Others. In so doing, I highlight specific infant care practices that promote a large number of social... more
I testi che seguono condensano i temi e i contenuti del ciclo di conferenze Stranieri, barbari, migranti: il racconto della Storia per comprendere il presente, dipanatosi lungo tutto il 2016, che è stato dedicato al confronto con l'Altro,... more
Le présent livre vise à restituer et à examiner, de façon didactique, l’essentiel des études socio-anthropologiques de la campagne maghrébine. Il comprend un texte théorique, proche d’un manuel critique, et un recueil de textes... more
L'Étranger qui vient Repenser l'hospitalité Michel AGIER Face à la « crise des migrants », Michel Agier questionne notre rapport à l’hospitalité et montre la nécessité de son dépassement par la politique. Pourquoi parle-t-on... more
Este capítulo de libro tiene su origen en la ponencia que, por invitación, impartió la autora en la Universidad Andelmalek Essadi en las Jornadas "Nacionalidad y extranjería", en Tánger, noviembre 2005. En ella se analizan los requisitos... more
Τή Μεγάλη Παρασκευή κατά τήν περιφορά τοῦ Ἐπιταφίου ἀκούγονται τά παρακάτω λόγια, τά ὁποῖα ὁ βυζαντινός ὑμνογράφος Γεώργιος Ἀκροπολίτης τό 13ο αἰώνα συνέθεσε καί ἔβαλε στά χείλη τοῦ Ἰωσήφ τοῦ ἀπό Ἀριμαθαίας. Ὁ Ἰωσήφ ζητάει τό σῶμα τοῦ... more
O trabalho desenvolvido pelo suíço Robert Frank é comparável a outras grandes obras como as de Cartier-Bresson, Walker Evans e outros “gênios” que, por meio de suas lentes, revolucionaram o fazer artístico da fotografia. O artigo aqui... more
The relevance of translation has never been greater. The challenges of the 21st century are truly glocal and societies are required to manage diversities like never before. Cultural and linguistic diversities cut across ideological... more
In response to the universal phenomenon of architecture's complicity with present society's dominant discourse of over-illumination, my paper seeks to explore the various narratives of natural darkness, across various themes.
Chapitre 4 de ma thèse de doctorat (Venir à la communauté : une sociologie de l'hospitalité et de l'appartenance), soutenue en 2009 à l'EHESS.
This paper addresses the question of the risks of hospitality through an examination of two twentieth century French philosophers, Vladimir Jankélévitch and Emmanuel Levinas. With Jankélévitch the limits of forgiveness, both practically... more
Macrolevel analyses of the influence of different communication technologies are more difficult to test and apply than the results of focused studies of particular media messages. Nevertheless, “medium theory” is of potentially great... more
Otorite sisteminin kurumlaştığı toplumsal yapılarda cellat son derece yaygın bir toplumsal figür olarak ortaya çıkmaktadır. Hem merkezileşmiş kabile toplumlarında hem de daha kompleks bir örgütlenmeye sahip olan büyük devlet... more
The economic and social prosperity of nations are usually attributed to functional requirements—such as honest government, effective transport and communication networks, health care and education—and development strategies such as... more
Der Text skizziert eine Geschichte des Fremden in der Geschichte menschlicher Gesellschaften. In einer Welt, die über Jahrzehntausende aus einer großen Zahl voneinander weitgehend getrennter Jäger-/Sammlergesellschaften bestand, waren die... more
This article discusses how contemporary Scottish literature often unsettles the binary logic of nationalism and cosmopolitanism. It provides a historical/theoretical premise on how and why such questioning of this deeply-ingrained binary... more
“The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it moves again since it is life.” —William Faulkner, The Art of Fiction... more
Giornale Critico di Storia delle Idee -15-16/2016
This book provides a uniquely positioned contribution to the current debates on the integration of immigrants in Europe. Twelve social anthropologists—“strangers by vocation”—reflect upon how they were taken in by those they studied over... more
Depuis la perspective de la philosophe sociale contemporaine, nous pouvons délimiter un problème irrésolu : celui de l'exclusion absolue. En effet, si nous comprenons l'espace social du point de vue structural comme une répartition du... more
Through close-readings of Mary Tudor's royal entry, the anonymous interlude Wealth and Health, and John Christopherson's Exhortation alongside anecdotes of popular resistance to Mary Tudor's antiimmigrant proclamations, this article shows... more
Cet ouvrage revient sur une question qui n'est certes pas inédite mais néanmoins constamment renouvelée : celle de la présence, du rôle et de la place des étrangers en Côte d'Ivoire, ainsi que du discours public qui se développe autour de... more
En este texto se examina la irrupción en el concierto de la vanguardia de la poesía ecua-toriana y latinoamericana de la década del 30 del siglo XX de un jovencísimo Dávila An-drade, con un poema cuya madurez y audacia no deja de... more
Globalization via the digital age is upon us, demanding a new ethics and an intercultural awareness while the dialectics of globalism and cyberspace mandate a committed reflection on what the synthesis between the digital realm and global... more
Publié dans EL-GAMMAL, Jean, JALABERT, Laurent (dir.), L’Etranger, ami ou ennemi ? Tensions, échanges et sensibilités de l’Antiquité à nos jours, Nancy, Annales de l’Est, 2019, p. 301-320.
Our messages to aliens are more likely to get a response if we stop being so boring, argues Douglas Vakoch.
Published on Frontiers of Literary Studies in China, 2015, 9(4).
Der vorliegende Beitrag nimmt sich eine theoretische Erörterung der Fremdheit-Problematik vor. Mit dem Begriff Fremdheit stoßen wir auf eine erste wichtige Schwierigkeit: Seine Definition. Auf Grund ihrer paradoxen Natur entzieht sich die... more
This essay analyzes the four short novels concerned with railway journey wrote by Shi Zhecun during the 1930s to discuss the interactions between strange others and modern subject in the trial of desire. visual experience of mobility and... more
Die Rolle von Fremden als Bühnenhelden in der Frühen Neuzeit verhandelt dieser Sammelband 1 in exemplarischen Analysen, die auf eine Tagung ei-nes einschlägigen Sonderforschungsbereichs in Freiburg im Breisgau 2015 zurückgehen. Das Thema... more