Writing and exhibiting a 'live' and convivial sociology
Portraiture and women's lived experiences of a French suburb
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3225926 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Magali Peyrefitte (Brunel University of London, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 69 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 1195-1213 |
| Publication date | 2021-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Sociological Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0038-0261 • E-ISSN: 1467-954X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/00380261211009775 |
| OpenAlex | W3177201163 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 38 |
Embracing the manifesto for a 'live' sociology, I included portraiture into the research design of an ethnographic study into women's lived experiences of French suburbia and organised an exhibition entitled Habitantes d'Hier and d'Aujourd'hui: exposition sociologique et photographique. This was a personal project in the neighbourhood of my youth and was motivated by the intention to shine some light on the invisible stories of women living in lower-middle and middle-income suburbs in France. In this article, I reflect on the use of portraiture for the possibility it offers in capturing the ethnographic encounter as well as in giving saliency and offering a visual representation of the sociological analysis. I also discuss the exhibition of these portraits as a moment of conviviality grounded in the endeavour of writing differently from hegemonic modes of academic communication and dissemination allowing for a sharing and sharpening of the sociological imagination. It represents an opportunity to think beyond some of the more neoliberal imperatives that govern academia today and shape our sociological craft. I argue for the value of creating a moment of conviviality, that is a space challenging modes of dissemination, engagement and even impact to some extent, as well as modes of knowledge production: broadly opening up more possibilities for a truly public sociology to continue to exist
Aesthetics · Art · Craft · Ethnography · Exhibition · Exposition (narrative) · Hegemony · Manifesto · Media studies · Politics · Portrait · Sociology · Visual arts · Anthropology · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice · Education, sociology, and vocational training · Gender Studies · Law · Social and Cultural Dynamics
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Ethnodrama
Feeling Academic in the Neoliberal University
After Empire
Ghostly Matters
Conversations with Bourdieu
La France des « petits-moyens »
Doing Visual Ethnography
Participatory Action Research Approaches and Methods
For Public Sociology
For Public Sociology
The doorstep portrait
‘Feminist theory is proper knowledge, but …’
Ontological Security and Psycho-Social Benefits from the Home
Conviviality in everyday multiculturalism
Sociology and Conviviality
Achieving and evidencing research ‘impact’? Tensions and dilemmas from an ethic of care perspective
Live Sociology
Home, Home Ownership and the Search for Ontological Security
Curating Sociology
Les apparences de la vérité
A collective biography of joy in academic practice
Renewed Methodologies for Social Research
Conviviality and Conflict
A Manifesto for Live Methods
Haunting and the knowing and showing of qualitative research
In vain I tried to tell you
More than Words
Making methods sociable
Embodiment, academics, and the audit culture
Evoking Imaginaries
In the Social Factory
Becoming Sociological
Some Further Reflections on the Coming Crisis of Empirical Sociology
The Coming Crisis of Empirical Sociology
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |