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Saint-Jean-Eudes is a neighbourhood located between the Chicoutimi and Jonquière district limits in he city of Saguenay. Situated between the Rio Tinto plant and the Saguenay River, it has undergone many changes in recent years. Since it is one of the last neighbourhoods in the city of Saguenay to have preserved the characteristics of a working-class sector until the 2000s, it is a case of interest for studying and understanding the transformations of a working-class neighbourhood. This text presents the results of qualitative research carried out in urban sociology. The study allows us to observe how the social and economic changes that have occurred in recent decades have modified social relations in this urban area and have transformed the lifestyles of the inhabitants as well as their perceptions of the industrial environment of the neighbourhood.
Keywords: Saint-Jean-Eudes, Saint-Jean-Eudes, social transformation, transformation sociale, working-class, classe ouvrière, urban sociology, sociologie urbaine
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This article focuses on the analysis of a project based on the enhancement of the literary heritage using the Ninth Art authors’ work, which was ordered by the cultural agency ALCA (Agence Livre, Cinéma et Audiovisuel) in the Nouvelle Aquitaine Region. This project keeps working on enhancing strategies of the written heritage, which were developed by local libraries, by ALCA, DRAC (Nouvelle Aquitaine Management of cultural matters) and BNF (France National Library), and also aims at reflecting on discourses and narratives about the written heritage and more specifically about the literary one. Indeed, in a communication approach (Davallon, 2006), we can consider that heritage publicizing implies the transmission of an interpretative scheme (age, fragility, representativeness, etc) which allows everyone to acknowledge this specific object as part of a legacy. Consequently, we should question the representations conveyed by these comic strips; in other words, we should monitor the alterations of this “cultural being” (Jeanneret, 2014) that is to say : the literary heritage. In fine, we will ask ourselves to what extent this action can have an impact on the patrimonialising process of literature in a specific territory.
Keywords: bande dessinée, comics strips, patrimoine littéraire, literary heritage, regional heritage, patrimoine régional, auteurs, authors, politique culturelle, cultural policy, légitimation, legitimation
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This article focuses on the mobilization of a collective created by citizens, Bridges not Borders (BnotB), that has been working to defend the asylum seekers that cross the Canada-U.S. border “irregularly” since 2017. The case of BnotB contributes to the literature on borders by bringing a perspective interested in the dynamics and mobilizations of citizens coming to the help of vulnerable persons across border crossings. Based on content analyses and semi-structured interviews, this case study allows us to present a “bottom up” form of action, led by citizens mobilized by migration issues, which we define under the gesture of hospitality.
Keywords: frontière, border, hospitality, hospitalité, asylum seeker, demandeurs d’asile, mobilisation citoyenne, citizen mobilization, refugee, réfugiés, Roxham Road, chemin Roxham, Québec, Quebec
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The choice of voluntary childlessness, which is part of the Childfree by Choice movement, one of the elements of the Second Demographic Transition, is today being discussed in online forums. Following an exploratory and descriptive content analysis of an international discussion forum dedicated to non-parents by choice, four categories of motivations could be identified : a simple lack of desire for children, a questioning of the roles and constraints imposed by a child, a negative perception of children and « altruistic reasons », linked to environmental deterioration and overpopulation. Issues associated with transmission (hereditary diseases, offspring qualities, gene transmission, family name, inheritance, etc.) are also raised, demonstrating the importance of some of these concerns among the advocates of voluntary childlessness. This study validates the conclusions of the sociopsychological research carried out on this population and broadens the analysis by taking into account the debates surrounding the transmission issues, a topic under-explored in the context of voluntary childlessness.
Keywords: De Pierrepont, Lévy, infécondité volontaire, forum de discussion, motivations, transmission, enfant, De Pierrepont, Lévy, Voluntary Childlessness, Online Discussion Forum, Motivations, Transmission, Children, De Pierrepont, Lévy, infecundidad voluntaria, foro de discusión, motivaciones, transmisión, hijos
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This critical anthropological reflection sheds light on the social construction of care in Quebec revealed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Through the analysis of symbols that circulated in Quebec's public space, we will reflect on how the health crisis may have justified and exacerbated the inequalities, vulnerabilities and multidimensional suffering experienced by certain groups of the population. Specifically, we will examine how lives and their protection have been treated differently depending on the social values placed on the mental health, biological bodies, social status and age of individuals. We will use the conceptual framework of care as a common base for these four reflections.
Keywords: anthropologie de la santé, pandémie de COVID-19, construction sociale du soin, vulnérabilités, inégalités, souffrances multidimensionnelles, medical anthropology, COVID-19 pandemic, social construction of health care, vulnerabilities, inequalities, multidimensional suffering, antropología de la salud, pandemia COVID-19, construcción social del cuidado, vulnerabilidades, desigualdades, sufrimientos multidimensionales
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In this article, we studied net neutrality as a complex sociocultural phenomenon that can affect the works of distance education scholars and online learners. We decided to take part in this research because many distance education scholars and learners take net neutrality for granted. We engaged in a qualitative investigation of US public documents and explored the effects of net neutrality and public digital access, which can influence learner engagement with online educational materials. We focused on identifying tensions in the discourse about net neutrality, especially surrounding the Federal Communication Commission's (FCC) 2015 Open Internet Order. Our research question was: How do the complexities involved in the net neutrality debate in the United States affect public access to online information and services, and what implications does this hold for online learning? We relied on activity systems as an analytical framework for making sense of net neutrality.
Keywords: distance education access, computer mediated communication, net neutrality, digital divide, digital disempowerment, narrative analysis, activity systems analysis
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Universities are increasingly aware of the need to re-envision curricula in order to engage with Indigenous perspectives, knowledge, and pedagogical approaches. University music programs, focused on the delivery of Western art music curricula, often struggle to implement meaningful engagement with Indigenous knowledge that goes beyond gestures. What practical steps can educators take to crack the seemingly impervious fabric of settler-colonial art music performance education? I draw on experiences from within an intercultural artistic collaboration of Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists and scholars in order to articulate pedagogical strategies applicable to university music performance ensemble classes.
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SMEs are the driving force behind every country's economic activity. The proper functioning and performance of SMEs depends on the mental and physical capacities of their promoters, the entrepreneurs. The emergence of the Covid-19 as sudden as it was unforeseen has challenged the normal functioning of most economies around the world. This unprecedented context has affected various spheres of economic life and on individuals. In this study, we focus on the impact of Covid-19 on the mental health of entrepreneurs in Africa. We collected data from 158 entrepreneurs from various parts of Africa at the beginning of the pandemic. The analyses show that several of them experienced various symptoms of psychological distress because of the consequences of the pandemic on their businesses and, we observed differences among entrepreneurs. Personal characteristics and resources (age, experience) and enterprise characteristics contribute to the contrasting picture of psychological distress among entrepreneurs in Africa.
Keywords: Entrepreneurs, Détresse psychologique, Covid-19, Santé mentale, PME, Entrepreneurs, Psychological distress, Covid-19, Mental health, SMEs, Empresarios, Malestar psicológico, Covid-19, Salud mental, PyME
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Medical assistance in dying (MAiD) was legalized in Quebec in 2015 and elsewhere in Canada in 2016. Even in areas where assisted dying has been practiced for decades, little attention has been paid to those who have grieved for someone who died using MAiD. It is therefore unclear what effect MAiD may have on bereavement, especially in a pandemic situation. Using quantitative and qualitative data from the Covideuil project, this article aims to provide a clearer picture of the relationship between MAiD and bereavement among people faced with the death of someone during the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada. These analyses show that MAiD does not appear to be associated with grief during the pandemic. However, this specific type of death requires that social and health care workers pay particular attention to the deceased person's family and friends, as their support is less systematic than for palliative care.
Keywords: Aide médicale à mourir, deuil, facteurs de risque et de protection, COVID-19, Medical assistance in dying, bereavement, risk and protection factors, COVID-19
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The Reading for Normal project discussed in this article sought to interrogate some of the assumptions about “normality” that underpin everyday life, and to understand how reading fictional representations of ordinary life might help young readers better manage periods of uncertainty and instability. Using data from a small‑scale UK‑based reading group project that ran from December 2020 to May 2021, we explore the affordances of authenticity, belonging, and connection that emerged when teens were offered opportunities for a “common dwelling in fictional ordinariness with a generational cohort”. We consider the ways in which reading and talking about young adult (YA) fiction helps teenage readers address questions about the changing world around them.
Keywords: Young adult fiction, reading groups, social norms, ordinariness, Britishness, Littérature pour adolescents, clubs de lecture, normes sociales, banalité, britannicité