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AbstractArt as cultural capital is central to the work of sociologists such as Pierre Bourdieu, and this concept is germane to the analysis of the art museum in contemporary society. Unlike educational attainment, taste in art is considered an individual matter with little social importance. I argue against this on the basis of Bourdieu's and Darbel's study of art museums publics; compare their findings with more recent research in Europe and the United States; and question whether the assertion of the relation of taste to social mobility has been proven. The art museum may become more of a leveler than a barrier to equality, but as long as education and occupational inequality exist, this remains a tenuous project.
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The article presents some results of a qualitative study based on semi-structured interviews with multicultural polyglots from different countries. Participants regularly use at least four living languages and have close ties with several countries (family, friends, work, studies, etc.).The study addresses issues related to identity negotiations, distortions in the perception of polyglots’ identity by those around them, the degree of importance given to the recognition of identity as defined by polyglots themselves, the elements retained to define themselves or others, the relationship with the languages used and the role that these languages play in the construction and the definition of identity.
Keywords: polyglot identity, identité de polyglotte, plurilingualism, plurilinguisme, identity negotiations, négociations identitaires
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This article examines Canadian policy regarding both prisoners of war and the 1929 Geneva Convention during the Second World War. It shows that Canadian authorities made efforts to comply with international standards for the detention of enemy prisoners detained on its territory and maintained constructive relations with the “neutral” Swiss authorities and humanitarian organizations assisting the captives. By engaging in such humanitarian diplomacy, the Canadian government underscored its status as a signatory of the Geneva Convention, thereby promoting its sovereignty on the international stage.
Keywords: Prisonniers de guerre, Convention de Genève, droit international, diplomatie humanitaire, William Lyon Mackenzie King, relations canado-britanniques, War Prisoners, Geneva Convention, International Law, Humanitarian Diplomacy, William Lyon Mackenzie King, Canada-Britain Relations
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SummaryIn recent years, the concept of “urban spectacle” has come to occupy a central but often unexamined place in the study of post-Fordist urbanization. Beginning with a short review of Guy Debord's theory of spectacle, this essay offers an examination of how “urban spectacle” has been used to analyze three emergent features of contemporary urban life : (1) the pursuit of spectacular redevelopment in order to project images of urban vitality into the international marketplace, (2) the construction of new spectacular environments for upscale consumption and leisure, and (3) those moments when daily urban life is ruptured by episodes of spectacular criticisms at the “spectacular city” and concludes with an analysis of the concept's continuing utility.