Now showing 1 - 6 of 6
  • Publication
    “Arabic Pop Art” on Instagram: Questioning the Representations of Arabness and Khaleejiness in Digital Art
    Instagram, the second most widely used social networking platforms in the world, is a privileged place for artists and art lovers to showcase artworks and visual content to a larger audience. In the Middle East and North Africa region, one Instagram account, @arabic.pop.art, currently gathers 399,000 followers by reposting daily various forms of digital work produced in the region. Based on the analysis of all the posts published there from March 2019 to March 2020, I discuss the important presence of Gulf citizens and residents among both the artists and the followers of this Instagram account and how Arab and gulfic/khaleeji symbols, icons and consumerist items are being used in the published artworks. Through its content and given its popularity, this account is actively participating in highlighting Arab youth pop culture and shaping representations of Arab and regional identities (Arabness and Khaleejiness).
  • Publication
    Questioning Cosmopolitanism through the Biographical Trajectories of French Residents of Abu Dhabi and Dubai
    Owing to their diverse populations and particular social configurations, the United Arab Emirates offer a unique urban context in which to question the notion of cosmopolitanism and its daily manifestations, since the main cities of the Emirates maximize occasions for intercultural interaction while maintaining major economic divisions and social hierarchies in most parts of daily life. While national and ethnic categories in the Emirates are often presented in the literature as being rigid, this paper argues that a biographical approach allows for a finer analysis of cosmopolitan situations. The French residents of Abu Dhabi and Dubai, relatively privileged migrants, position themselves along a wide spectrum of places and activities, raising different social and urban issues. Based on 26 months of participant observation in Abu Dhabi and Dubai and 12 in-depth interviews with French residents of the UAE, this paper shows that their forms of sociability, social practices, and international mobility work together to shape diverse and sometimes paradoxical forms of openness to national, ethnic, or social “others”.
      15
  • Publication
    Les espaces publics d’Abu Dhabi: un terrain de jeu pour une expérience pédagogique et scientifique
    La recherche et l’enseignement sont les deux piliers de notre métier et pourtant, l’articulation concrète de ces deux missions reste peu mise en avant dans nos discussions et nos publications. J’explore dans cet article la manière dont nos recherches peuvent, d’un part, nourrir nos enseignements méthodologiques, et d’autre part, bénéficier de l’implication des étudiants et de leurs compétences propres. Je m’appuierai sur le travail mené en tant que chercheure et enseignante de sociologie dans le cadre d’un programme de recherche interdisciplinaire (géographie, architecture et sociologie) sur les espaces publics à Abu Dhabi (Emirats arabes unis, 2018-2020). Dans un contexte où l’enquête de terrain est délicate à mener, les espaces publics se sont révélés des lieux d’enquête et de formation privilégiés et où les étudiants nous offraient une entrée supplémentaire pour la compréhension des rapports sociaux à la vill
      80  111
  • Publication
    Behavioral Mapping Of Abu Dhabi's Public Spaces: Urban Research Photography And Cultural Clashes
    While the study of quotidian practices and daily experiences is now fully appreciated in western urbanism, it is still at an embryonic stage in the emerging new cities of the Middle East. is paper presents an ongoing research project of social-behavioral mapping of Abu Dhabi’s public spaces and its correlation with the existing urban morphology, in an attempt to shed empirical light and update the local public space design guidelines. Photography is one of the observation tools used. However, due to sociocultural conditions, special techniques had to be used. Time- lapse, high-contrasted, undirected street photography was key to visualize both formal and informal activities in the realm of the private.
      92  56
  • Publication
    Du diplômé mobile au travailleur migrant : Parcours de jeunes occidentaux dans les Territoires Palestiniens occupés
    Au-delà de l'accroissement numérique portant à 232 millions le nombre de migrants internationaux dans le monde, on note une diversification des profils migra-toires. Parmi ces derniers se trouvent de jeunes diplômés occidentaux qui s'installent dans des pays du « Sud », en quête d'épanouissement personnel et de construction pro-fessionnelle. Du fait de l'assistance internationale orientée vers cette région, les Terri-toires Palestiniens Occupés sont ainsi devenus un espace d'opportunités pour de jeunes diplômés européens et nord-américains. S'ils viennent initialement pour un stage ou un contrat de courte durée, nombre d'entre eux restent finalement pendant plusieurs an-nées. Cet article analyse la façon dont leurs carrières migratoires se construisent et de quelle manière de jeunes diplômés mobiles à l'international deviennent progressivement des migrants. Mots-clés : Territoires Palestiniens Occupés, parcours migratoires, mobilités du Nord vers le Sud, carrière migratoire, aide internationale. Beyond the numerical growth bringing to 232 million the number of international migrants worldwide, we notice the diversification of migrant profiles. Among them, freshly-graduated Northern citizens go live in the Global South for personal and professional purposes. Indeed, due to the massive international assistance poured into this region , occupied Palestinian territories have become a land of opportunities for young Eu-ropean and American professionals. If they arrived in oPt for an internship, many of them end up settling in. This paper aims to analyze the progressive construction of their migratory careers and how highly-educated international young graduates become migrants .
      180  40