Practicing a sociology of imaginaries in an occupied cinema

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ID19224812
AuthorsVincent Delbos-Klein (Université Paris-Saclay, corresponding author)
Year2026
Pages1-9
Publication date2026-05-07
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueVisual Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1472-586X • E-ISSN: 1472-5878
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/1472586x.2026.2662646
OpenAlexW7160554556
LanguageEN
References cited16

Drawing on a research project conducted within the occupied cinema La Clef in Paris, this article examines the methodological and epistemological stakes of a sociology of imaginaries, mobilising filmic resources in the service of a co-constructed and emancipatory approach. It revisits a central debate that has traversed the humanities since the mid-twentieth century: how can one objectify a subject without reproducing the very relations of domination that sociology seeks to reveal and contest? The article details how this interrogation has fostered the emergence of co-constructed and reflexive methodologies that foreground participants’ agency. It specifically demonstrates the relevance of visual sociology – and filmic sociology in particular – to this ambition. This overview of the state of the art on co-construction in the social sciences leads us back to our field site, where we assess the contribution of filmic sociology at each stage of the research, from participant observation to the first forms of restitution, notably through film elicitation. These reflections ultimately invite us to consider how the reflexive dimension of the moving image can transcend the traditional relation between objectifying subject and objectified subject

Identity (music) · Movie theater · Sociology of culture · Cinema and Media Studies · Cultural Identity and Representation · Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism

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