Recent publications

The article written by Sukriti Issar and titled “The Hustler and the Mooch: Slavery in Late Eighteenth-Century Bombay” was published in January 2024 in the journal Slavery & Abolition. Abstract How did property in persons manifest itself in late eighteenth-century Bombay? This article uses judicial records to explore how the master-slave relationship could be inverted: a woman sued a man who claimed to ‘own’ her for the money she spent on maintaining him. These records provide a unique insight into the biography and everyday life of an urban slave in this period and the intertwining of domesticity, caste, religion and […]

We are pleased to announce the publication of the summary of the book “Marcel Roncayolo Sur les pas d’un géographe singulier “, by Eric Verdeil in Geocarrefour.

We are pleased to announce the publication (February 15, 2024) of the collective work L’Etat et la pauvreté étrangère en Europe occidentale: Trajectoires de migrants “roms” roumains en Espagne, France et Italie, (The State and foreign poverty in Western Europe: Trajectories of Romanian “Roma” migrants in Spain, France and Italy) edited by Olivier Legros, Céline Bergeon, Marion Lièvre, Tommaso Vitale. Abstract L’action publique constitue-t-elle un filet de protection ou un facteur d’exclusion pour les populations vulnérables ? Quels sont les effets de l’action publique dans la vie des personnes en situation précaire, surtout quand les politiques oscillent entre rejet et […]

We would like to draw your attention to the publication of an article by Soazig Dollet titled “Entre contrôle de l’image de soi et fermeture. Retour sur la grammaire des attitudes adoptées par des personnes réfugiées dans le cadre d’entretiens biographiques” in the journal Bulletin of Sociological Methodology in January 2024. Abstract From self-image control to closing off: a study of the grammar of refugees’ attitudes during biographical interviews. This article examines the interviewer-interviewee relationship in qualitative research with beneficiaries of international protection schemes. It examines how the use of biographical interviews produced forms of docility and resistance on the […]

We would like to draw your attention to the publication of an article by Laurent Fourchard titled “In the Shadow of the State: the Making of Garage Laws in Lagos” in the journal Swiss Journal of Sociocultural Anthropology in December 2023. Abstract The National Union of Road Transport workers (NURTW) is the main transport organization in Nigeria and has replaced local governments in most garages of the country. The NURTW exercises its authority in Lagos garages through its own set of rules, qualified here as garage laws. They aim at providing revenues for the union, for state institutions, for police […]