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AbstractThe French missionary Father Jean Mandé Sigogne worked among the Acadians of south-western Nova Scotia from 1799 to 1844. His archives contain three unpublished letters concerning an unusual event. In 1810, two young girls from Bas-de-Tousquet (present-day Wedgeport, NS) were seemingly possessed by the devil. Bewildered by this dramatic turn of events, the girls' parents and neighbours resorted to traditional folk rites of sorcery and exorcism, that is until the parish priest took control of the situation using official Church-sanctioned methods. First of all, our article provides an opportunity to publish documents of great interest to history of religion and popular culture in French America. Furthermore, the letters themselves are followed by an extensive historical commentary which analyses the beliefs and rites they discuss from the perspective of anthropology and ethnohistory.
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Today, violence and insecurity continue to plague rural communities in North Cameroon, a situation rooted in its history, in a domestic economic crisis that goes back 20 years, and in the political and military conflicts gripping neighbouring countries like Chad and the Central African Republic. The agro-pastoral systems of production are currently being undermined by land and fiscal insecurity and, more recently, by acts of armed banditry. The sedentary Mbororo herders have been the main victims so far. The difficulty in overcoming the different forms of insecurity stems from the weakness of an administration suffering from government underfunding, and the lack of organization of civil society and rural producer associations preventing North Cameroon from facing up to this situation.
Keywords: Insécurité, éleveur Mbororo, agriculteur, régime foncier, développement régional, nord du Cameroun, Insecurity, Mbororo livestock breeder, farmer, land tenure, regional development, North Cameroon, Inseguridad, ganadero Mbororo, agricultor, desarrollo regional, Norte del Camerún
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Pratiques funéraires et ressources de migrants en procédure d'asile confrontés à la mort d'un proche
More informationBecause they are in the process of requesting asylum and because of the statutes that apply to them by national law, it is very difficult for asylum seekers to leave Switzerland in the event of the death of a relative in their native country. In this article, we present the results of an exploratory qualitative study on the practices implemented and the resources mobilized by these migrants to deal with such an event. The results show that mourning is sometimes put on hold because of a combination of structural constraints associated with their legal status on the one hand, and on the other, the resources they are able to mobilize while waiting for asylum.
Keywords: Asile, mort, deuil, pratiques funéraires, ressources, Asylum, death, mourning, funeral practices, resources
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AbstractThis article questions the importance of recognizing elements of an antiracist and anti-discriminatory approach in intercultural education and citizenship education in the school setting. By examining the specifics and relationships of the antiracist approach with inter- or multicultural education and citizenship education, the article first presents the “value added”, the criticisms it receives, and a comparison of its presence in Québec and Ontario schools. For Québec, the article briefly describes policies and practices at the elementary and secondary levels using the results of a study on antiracist education in French-speaking Montréal schools by Potvin, McAndrew and Kanouté (2006). In Ontario, the analysis is more general and examines the report by the Royal Commission on Learning (1995) and on the only antiracist policy (Ontario Ministry of Education, 1993), which originated under a New Democrat government. In conclusion, some prospective elements underscore the need to introduce the elements of an antiracist perspective in citizenship education courses.
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Several studies reveal a diversification of methods in contemporaneous Public Administration. This study takes systematic stock of and compares the research methods used over one decade of published research in two national journals in Public Administration. Research papers published in Canada, as well as in Australia, have apparently not followed methodological developments in the wider Public Administration community. Our systematic review revealed minor differences between these two communities : interviews and qualitative content analysis are popular in both samples, whereas quantitative methods remain basic. This particularity is not shared by Canadian political science research.
Keywords: Méthodologie, revue systématique, administration publique, Canada, Methodology, systematic review, public administration, Canada
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This article proposes some reflections on research or interventions relating to issues that concern and affect us. The English term would be “insider”. As researchers and social workers with an immigrant background, our personal experiences are also part of the issues we deal with concerning vulnerable populations: the descendants of racialized migrants, the children of racialized mixed couples, LGBTQ migrants and racialized persons. We will therefore address, through our respective objects of engagement, how working with racialized populations re-actualizes experienced forms of exclusion while giving rise to new questionings feeding our research.
Keywords: Engagement, racisme, postures, émotions, intervention, Commitment, racism, posture, emotion, intervention
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Affect et Témoigner pour Agir. Penser l'action sociale du témoignage public dans sa forme artistique
More informationThis article follows a reception study of the militant art exhibition “Témoigner pour Agir” (2017-2018). To better understand the social and subversive actions deployed by public testimonial in its artistic form, exhibition visitors' responses are put in dialogue with that of an exploratory conceptual analysis of three of the artworks presented. The analysis is based on feminist philosopher Sara Ahmed's theorizations of affect, a sociopolitical definition of emotions that allows for thinking about their role in the consolidation of social norms and inequalities as well as in their transformation. Making visible, shocking the public, and showing the way to inclusion and recognition appear as social actions with the potential to reach publics in a different way, i.e. against the current. Finally, the analysis of the intervention through artistic testimonials contributes to a broader reflection on the role of emotions in the field of social work.
Keywords: Témoignage, art, affect, intervention, exposition, féminisme, réception, Testimonial, art, affect, social work, exhibition, feminism, reception
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AbstractIn the context of an exploratory study on internal migration among educated young people, our research examines the processes involved in their integration within unfamiliar metropolitan areas and analyzes them to identify patterns in the real and symbolic strategies they adopt to integrate successfully into the environments they have moved to. For some young migrants, moving to a metropolis creates feelings of apprehension. Others view their integration into the city as an enriching experience and an opportunity for social and cultural development. Our observations about the process of integration into metropolitan areas are drawn from a corpus of interviews with educated young adult migrants from Brazil (20 interviews) and from Québec (20 interviews). The study documents the challenges faced by the interviewees, the strategies they adopted and the support they received in the course of their integration process.
Keywords: Migration interne, jeunes qualifiés, intégration, milieu métropolitain, Internal migration, young educated migrants, integration, metropolitan area, Migración interna, jóvenes calificados, integración, medio metropolitano