EHESS-Ecole des hautes études en sciences sociales
Social Anthropology
De tout temps, la question du travail a été fortement imbriquée à celle de la construction de l'identité. Travailler transcende l'activité économique et sert des fins bien plus larges que le revenu mensuel immédiat sensé en être le... more
L a m q a d d a m | 6 Background I am one of those people that believe that social and economic development the way we know of today is not the most proper one. The economy-driven world we have inherited has taught us that concepts like... more
Background: Our study analyses the main determinants of refusal or acceptance of the 2009 A/H1N1 vaccine in patients with cystic fibrosis, a high-risk population for severe flu infection, usually very compliant for seasonal flu vaccine.... more
En Afrique, la maîtrise du risque infectieux en milieu hospitalier reste une question cruciale. Bien souvent, les analyses se limitent à une évaluation des décalages entre des normes techniques et des pratiques hospitalières.... more
In this article, we propose a history of Médecins Sans Frontières’s control activities to fight human african trypanosomiasis. Through this history are enlightening medical innovations in the scope of diagnostic and treatment of the... more
Introduction : Depuis les années 1970, l’OMS prône la valorisation des médicaments issus de la médecine « traditionnelle ». Au Burkina Faso, malgré une volonté politique de promotion des phytomédicaments, leur prescription par les... more
In hospital care, management of the risk of infection represents a crucial issue. Nevertheless, this question remains a neglected area in anthropological research, especially in African countries. To shed new light on this question, we... more
The urgency and constraints inherent in certain disasters force Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières to take risks or otherwise be resigned to great suffering, disability, and avoidable death. While abandoning ineffective... more
Nowadays, NGOs have an increasing place in the global management. These entities appear to be included in globalisation processes. Nevertheless, they can not be considered as mere tools of world governance or states policies. Through the... more
The article examines the photographic archives of the 1990s conflict in Algeria. Based on an ethnography carried out in the present, it traces the trajectory of photographs produced by press photographers in the 1990s, and questions the... more