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This paper reconstructs Simmel’s arguments on coquetry in light of his Philosophy of Money. There are remarkable similarities between money and flirtation as Simmel understood them. Both are characterized by a paradoxical form of desire for which satisfaction is synonymous with dissatisfaction. Moreover, both are the locus of a specific type of power (i.e., power as pure possibility) and a corresponding kind of submission (experienced as adventure). Yet, unlike money, coquetry can become play for play’s sake. It thus symbolizes life in a different way. Located between economy and art, flirtation permits reconciling opposites that in money appear in maximum tension.

Keywords: Récit de chasse, littérature québécoise, Introduction

Keywords: Musher, Homme de vers, Pratiques cynégétiques, Mythe, Études animales, Posthumanisme

In order to contribute to the debate on access to justice for people who are not legal experts, I argue in this article that by encouraging participation from below, legal clinics act as social and legal mediators. In the first part, I explain the concept of the legal clinic, clarifying its origins and its spread in the United States and Europe by identifying the essence of the “clinical mission” that Richard Wilson has defined as “lawyering with conscience.” In the second part, I present some research-action projects that I am developing at the University of Naples Federico II. These projects promote collaboration between users and institutions, especially in the field of statelessness and international protection. The aim of this article is to look at the modelling of participatory tools that foster user awareness and empowerment in various legal and social fields.

Keywords: Nouvelle gestion publique, école québécoise, politiques éducatives, nouvelles inégalités, professionnels non enseignants

This article examines an inclusive school policy in the canton of Geneva in Switzerland. It analyzes how the concept of inclusive school, developed at the international level, is translated, disseminated and transformed at a local level. Our hypothesis is that this translation process involves the mobilization of collective actors whose work consists of redefining the rules of the educational game by defending, disseminating and adapting this new frame of reference. This work of mobilization and symbolic redefinition of what a fair school is can be observed in the debates generated by the very concept of inclusion and by the communication tools developed by interest groups defending inclusive schooling for students with disabilities. The analysis of these communication tools makes it possible to give content to this symbolic work and to analyze the way in which the reference frame of the inclusive school has been able to transform itself by spreading in the political and educational space of Geneva. However, it remains that the trajectory of a public policy, in education as in other sectors of society, cannot be limited to the social conditions of the emergence and diffusion of a new frame of reference (Revaz, 2020). In order for public action to be activated, it is necessary to build a political consensus around an object that is complex because it makes a radical break with previous models (Garnier et al., 2020). The second question will therefore be to understand how this consensus is achieved, and by what discursive and political tools. Our hypothesis is that the consensus around the notion of inclusion was achieved in Geneva through the use of a conceptual vagueness that made it possible for actors and institutions with divergent interests and contrasting conceptions of what a fair and equitable school is.

Keywords: école inclusive, inclusive school, education policy, politique éducative, translation process, processus de traduction

Keywords: éveil à la littératie, littératie familliale, lecture à haute voix, pratiques, vocabulaire réceptif

The use of artificial intelligence (AI) systems in personnel recruiting and selection practices is proving to be an innovative way to promote the inclusive hiring of diversified personnel. AI would allow organizations to free themselves of certain subconscious biases that are likely to affect the staffing process, since it is based on objective decision-making. This article focuses on the perception of human resources management professionals (HRMPs) regarding the use of AI systems and inclusive personnel hiring practices, taking into consideration managing equity, diversity and inclusion in workplaces. Drawing on qualitative data (17 participants in three focus groups), this article is based on research conducted among HRMPs in Quebec. The results show that several barriers to recruiting and selecting diversified personnel persist within organizations, including gender predominance in certain sectors and the absence of an inclusive organizational culture. While AI can be useful and facilitative in the process, particularly for processing a large number of applications, professional judgment is still recommended to move towards an inclusive hiring process and workforce diversification. The still timid use of AI systems is based on fears and some mistrust, and the biases that it is also likely to generate. The results therefore confirm the gap between the use of AI tools in HRM practices and the state of scientific knowledge.

Keywords: Intelligence artificielle (IA), diversité, recrutement, sélection, dotation