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Aaron V. Cicourel: Reappraisals of a scientific heritage (1928-2023)

21 oct 2024 09:00 - 22 oct 2024 17:30
Day 1 : Paris Institute for Advanced Study, 17 quai d'Anjou, Paris 4
Day 2 : Campus Condorcet, Salle 0.010, bât. Recherche Nord, Aubervilliers
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Study days organized by the bureau des réseaux thématiques n°27 et 36 of the Association Française de Sociologie, with the support of the EHESS, the SAGE / IRIS / CESSP laboratories, and the Paris IAS.

Possibility of attending in person or by zoom.
For the day of October 21 at the Paris Institute for Advanced Study: Registration required to attend in person (see form at bottom of page).
For the October 22 event at Campus Condorcet: Free entry without prior registration.
Zoom link for both days: https://pantheonsorbonne.zoom.us/j/97016699913?pwd=c1UFnEThAycg8DpUdtIAlfFZDqJNrj.1

Presentation

These two study days are devoted to the scientific legacy of sociologist Aaron V. Cicourel (1928-2023). Co-organized by the Association Française de Sociologie's thematic networks no. 27 (Sociologie des intellectuels et de l'expertise) and no. 36 (Pratiques théoriques), the presentations and discussions in the six thematic sessions have a dual objective. First, they aim to resituate the author's project in its biographical and intellectual context - American sociology in the second half of the 20th century - in order to enrich his understanding of this side of the Atlantic.
The conference also aims to reassess Cicourel's contributions to sociological practice today. How can his methodological reflections - on the use of photos and videos, ethnomethodology and discourse analysis - help us to advance our understanding of our own objects? How can we articulate social sciences and cognitive sciences?

Detailed program

Day 1 - October 21, at the Paris Institute for Advanced Study (IEA de Paris)

9h00 : Welcome Coffee 

9h20 : Welcome speech by Saadi Lahlou, Director of  Paris Institute for Advanced Study, Professor at the London School of Economics

9h30 : Session 1. Introduction by the preface

Yves Winkin, professeur extraordinaire émérite, Université de Liège
« Aaron Cicourel le ponteur, avec une focale sur Erving Goffman et Pierre Bourdieu »

Pedro José García Sánchez, maître de conférences, Mosaïques / Université Paris Nanterre
« Un regard qui sourit et le quotidien comme école du monde :  l’extraordinaire sociologie d’Aaron Cicourel »

Marie Jaisson, professeure, Institut de Recherche Interdisciplinaire sur les enjeux Sociaux (IRIS) / Université Sorbonne Paris Nord
« Le durkheimisme d'Aaron Cicourel »

11h15-11h30 : Coffee break 

11h30 : Session 2. Cicourel at work

Saadi Lahlou
« Outsider and insider: Cicourel at work »

Dafne Muntanyola Saura, Vice Dean of Communication, Centre d'Estudis Sociològics sobre la Vida Quotidiana i el Treball (QUIT-IET), Facultat de CCPP i de Sociologia, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
« Le style sociologique de Cicourel "dans les marges" : quand le personnel rencontre le professionnel »

13h00-14h00 : Lunch break

14h00 : Session 3. A multi-field sociology

Julien Netter, maître de conférences, Circeft Escol, Université Paris est Créteil,  « Construction des normes, rôles et statuts dans une classe de maternelle contemporaine »

Srikant Sarangi, Professor in Humanities and Medicine, Aalborg University, Cardiff University
« The context of interpretation and the interpretation of context in professional discourse studies » (titre provisoire)

Guillaume Goasdoué, chercheur indépendant, docteur de l’Université Paris 2, « Apports et limites méthodologiques du raisonnement médical d’Aaron Cicourel. Accorder ses violons en entretien avec des enquêtés aux profils sociaux contrastés »

15h45-16h00: Coffee break

16h00 : Session 4. Circulation and reception

Diego Pereyra, Universidad de Buenos Aires
« Cicourel in Buenos Aires. Methodological debates in times of political radicalization »

Pierre-Nicolas Oberhauser, chargé de recherche à la Haute École de Santé du canton de Vaud (HESAV)
« Les Mystères et l’Apostat. Le Cicourel de Bourdieu et Winkin, révélateur de la réception de l’ethnométhodologie en France »

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Day 2 - October 22 at Campus Condorcet

9h30-10h00 : Welcome coffee

10h00-12h00 : Session 5. Integration of cognitive and social processes

Tangi Audinet, doctorant en sociologie, CESSP / EHESS
« What do you mean by "cognitive sociology", Aaron? »

Dafne Muntanyola Saura, Vice Dean of Communication, Centre d'Estudis Sociològics sobre la Vida Quotidiana i el Treball (QUIT-IET), Facultat de CCPP i de Sociologia, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
« Les contributions de la sociologie cognitive : un modèle d'intégration »

Stanislas Morel, maître de conférences, Experice / Université Sorbonne Paris Nord (sous réserve)

Gaëlle Chartier, docteure en sociologie, Institut de Recherche Interdisciplinaire sur les enjeux Sociaux (IRIS)
« Cognitif/social : une question de méthode ? »

12h00-13h30: Lunch break

13h45-15h45 : Session 6. Cicourel and ethnomethodology

Albert Ogien, directeur de recherche émérite CNRS - CEMS/EHESS
« Analyser le raisonnement comme phénomène social »

Chloé Mondémé, chargée de recherche CNRS / Triangle (ENS Lyon)
« La conception cicourelienne de la validité écologique »

Srikant Sarangi, professor in Humanities and Medicine, Aalborg University, Cardiff University
« Approximating ‘ecological validity’ in qualitative inquiry: Towards methodological pluralism » (titre provisoire)

15h45-16h00 : Coffee break

16h-17h30 : Workshop on editorial projects around Cicourel

End

Practical Informations

Possibility of attending in person or by zoom.
For the day of October 21 at the Paris Institute for Advanced Study: Registration required to attend in person (see form at bottom of page).
For the October 22 event at Campus Condorcet: Free entry without prior registration.
Zoom link for both days: https://pantheonsorbonne.zoom.us/j/97016699913?pwd=c1UFnEThAycg8DpUdtIAlfFZDqJNrj.1

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