This thesis tries to explore the effects of socio-economic status, gender and generation of Turkish migrants living in Berlin on their participation into transnational social fields established between Berlin and Turkey. In addition to this, evaluating transnational approaches used in international migration studies critically and acquiring a critical transnational perspective in the context of global capitalism are also in the interest areas of this study. This study is based on a qualitative field research conducted with 30 Turkish migrants in Berlin in 2006. This study maintains that, as well as global restructuring of global capitalism, new technological advances and nation state policies, migrants&rsquo / socio-economic status, gender and generation differences are vital elements to understand the way and content of transnational social fields in daily life of migrants. This study concludes that, apart from being liberatory, nation- state- based inequalities are reproduced in transnational social fields in macro and micro levels as dependent on migrants&rsquo / socio economic status, gender and generation differences.

The purpose of this paper is to explore the nature of the social field as described by Pierre Bourdieu as well as to explore the possibility of creating a more focused and tailored set of conditions in the form of a model to repurpose the field theory to more clearly be applicable to bilateral negotiations. The methodological approach is conceptual analysis based on the epistemology of critical realism. The supporting theories for the approach are a combination of systemic, chaos and complexity theory while the fundaments for the implementation of the methodological approach are the four main concepts in Bourdieu’s theory of the social field:  the field, habitus, illusio and symbolic capital. One of the main points of repurposing this specific dynamic is to explicitly allow for deliberate human agency within the field. Analytical data consists purely of the secondary type. This essay is not empirically based but rather theoretical and abstract. The paper is founded on the basic principles of macrosociology and presumes social agency where appropriate. This paper focuses on creating a tentative framework model based on repurposed concepts derived from Bourdieu. The results are arguably interesting but are mostly limited to affecting further development of this tentative model and prefacing application of it through attempting to implement it in an analytical manner on empirical data.

The Swedish educational reforms in the beginning of the 1990s, introducing a public-funded voucher system, free school choice and the right to run schools as commercial enterprises, had an important impact on upper secondary education. The Stockholm region, the most populous in Sweden, offered favourable conditions for the growth of a previously non-existent educational market. A massive expansion of independent schools took place, managed primarily by larger companies, along with the extensive marketing of profiled study programmes and the import of management models from the private sector. In 2011 alone, schools competed for 75 000 pupils representing an annual economic value of approximately 8.5 billion SEK. Covering the period 1988 to 2011, this thesis analyses the relationship between the educational market and upper secondary education as a social field structured by the educational strategies of social groups. Building on Bourdieu’s relational sociology, the study combines quantitative and qualitative methods, using correspondence analysis as a major analytical tool. While free school choice and the voucher system established a supply-demand relationship between schools and families and pupils, the analysis shows that the market has submitted to the same forces that structure the field of upper secondary education within which it unfolds, primarily the volume and composition of symbolic and other assets that students, families and schools possess. In fact, the social structure of the field of upper secondary education in Stockholm remains remarkably stable over time, opposing on the one hand female and male dominated education and on the other hand education with high social and scholarly recruitment to that with low. Euclidean clustering analysis unveils a complex social structure reflecting how the increasingly differentiated educational supply has adapted to the needs of various social groups. Elite schools, market-oriented schools and market-exposed schools develop different strategies in the battle over pupils. Competing amongst themselves for pupils rich in inherited and acquired capital, the elite schools withdraw from the openly market-oriented approach that characterises the other type of schools and instead opt for more subtle, long-term strategies for building up trust from their audience, involving investments in staff and other institutional assets.

This diploma thesis deals with the theme: Self-reflection of students of schools with the health and social fields of study with respect to the selected field of study. The main objective of the diploma thesis was to find out how the students' view of the chosen field has been changing in the course of study. The theoretical part contains the definition and explanation of terms related to the researched topic. Qualitative methodology was chosen for the research part of thesis. Data were collected using the technique of semi-structured interview. The interviews focused on what influences contributed to the choice of field, whether any differences in the view of the chosen field and the studied issues appeared, and possible reflection of these changes. The research group consisted of ten female students of the "University of South Bohemia in Czech Budejovice", field of study "Rehabilitation - psychosocial care for disabled children, adults and seniors" in the continuing Master's program. The resulting data were analyzed through a process of open coding. It resulted from the research that the motive for selecting the field of study was primarily a desire to help and work with people and interest in problems. Selected field did not meet the expectations of the communication partners, and the majority of them regret their decision in choosing the field of study. The reason is mainly the unsuitable structure of subjects and low salaries in the profession. The advantage of field of study is gaining useful information and competence development. Completing the practical experience is evaluated as positive. A significant part of the communication partners do not feel ready for performance of the profession. Communication partners often changed their attitude to health and social issues in the negative direction. They most often changed their opinion on Roma people. Children and the senior citizens are the most popular target groups. On the contrary, the homeless persons and the Roma people are the least popular. During the study, the communication partners are aware of their shortcomings and risks associated with the profession. All are worried about the "burnout syndrome". Most of the communication partners currently believe that they will be good workers. The obtained results can help enrich the theoretical knowledge of self-reflection of students with regard to the chosen field of study.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:36:20Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 LiaMBA.pdf: 1507727 bytes, checksum: 81d86c0a9aca274ec77c1d1a4312441f (MD5) Previous issue date: 2005-12-02 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior / In the last three decades, the subject of the teacher's social identity has been discussed under various theoretical focuses, not only in Brazil, but also beyond our borders. In this thesis, the theme is approached starting from the theoretical proposal that has been developed by Domingos Sobrinho (1994), which is strongly based in the epistemological approach between Pierre Bourdieu s praxiology and the Theory of the Social Representations formulated by Serge Moscovici. It presupposes that this would make it easier to apprehend the process of construction of social identity of the investigated social group. The universe of the research is constituted by teachers of the fundamental teaching of the municipal district of Maracana?, state of Cear?, that were active in class-room work there during at least three years, and were registered or had concluded the Course of Educational Formation promoted by UECE in that municipal district. Taking into account that the teacher's social identity is a process in permanent construction, resulting of their daily experiences and of the interferences originated from of the social context, the investigative tasks were implemented in two different stages, although they complement each other. Initially, with the objective of putting in evidence the genesis of the formation of that group s habitus, an analysis of the family and school lives of eleven teachers who participated in the course was made, using as main sources of data: thematic memorials, semi-structured interviews and observations - inside and out of the class-room during four school semesters. In the second stage a test of free association of words was applied to 426 teachers, seeking to apprehend the structure of the social representations of family and school a methodological strategy considered necessary to enhance and identify certain outlines of the habitus in study, besides being in agreement with the theoretical model followed. It became evident from the results that the identity of Maracana? s teachers is molded and transformed into a multifaceted dynamic unit that shows successes and mistakes, certainties and doubts. For instance, besides an innovative speech seeking to reassure that teaching is a profession and not a simple vocation or mission, some discourse and attitudes are identified that point to the opposite direction, extolling the school as extension of the family, defending a parental relationship with the students, and looking at certain aspects of daily school life as sacramental . However, in the light of science such ambiguities and incoherences are inherent to common sense discourse, where the influences of the patterns and cultural references are present in the process of identity construction of the group, which was confirmed by the research of their social representations of family and school / Nas ?ltimas tr?s d?cadas, a quest?o da identidade social do professor tem sido discutida sob variados enfoques te?ricos, n?o s? no Brasil, mas al?m das nossas fronteiras. Nesta tese, aborda-se este tema a partir da proposta te?rica que vem sendo desenvolvida por Domingos Sobrinho que se ampara fortemente na aproxima??o epistemol?gica entre a praxiologia de Pierre Bourdieu e a Teoria das Representa??es Sociais formulada por Serge Moscovici. Partiu-se do pressuposto que esta articula??o permitiria a apreens?o dos referentes identit?rios do grupo social investigado. O universo da pesquisa ? constitu?do de professores do ensino fundamental do munic?pio de Maracana?, estado do Cear?, que se encontravam em sala de aula h? pelo menos tr?s anos e estavam matriculados ou haviam conclu?do o Curso de Forma??o Docente promovido pela UECE nesse munic?pio. Considerando-se que a identidade social do professor ? um processo em permanente constru??o, resultante de suas viv?ncias cotidianas e das interfer?ncias oriundas do contexto social, as tarefas investigativas foram implementadas em duas etapas distintas, embora complementares. Inicialmente, com o objetivo de p?r em evid?ncia a g?nese da forma??o do habitus desse professorado, procedeu-se ? an?lise das trajet?rias familiar e escolar de onze docentes que participavam do referido curso, utilizando-se como principais fontes de dados: memoriais tem?ticos, entrevistas semi-estruturadas e observa??es feitas - dentro e fora da sala de aula - ao longo de quatro semestres letivos. Na segunda etapa foi aplicado um teste de livre associa??o de palavras a 426 professores, visando-se apreender a estrutura das representa??es sociais de fam?lia e escola, estrat?gia metodol?gica considerada necess?ria para ampliar a identifica??o de certos esquemas do habitus em estudo, de acordo com o modelo te?rico seguido. Os resultados evidenciaram que a identidade do professor de Maracana? se constitui e se transforma numa din?mica multifacetada, na qual se manifestam acertos e desacertos, certezas e d?vidas. Ao lado, por exemplo, de um discurso inovador que busca afirmar o magist?rio como profiss?o e n?o mais como simples voca??o ou miss?o, identificam-se falas e atitudes que apontam um caminho oposto, preconizando a escola como extens?o da fam?lia, a defesa de rela??es parentais com os alunos e a sacraliza??o de certos aspectos do cotidiano escolar. Tais ambig?idades e incoer?ncias existem aos olhos da ci?ncia, todavia s?o inerentes ao discurso do senso comum no qual est?o presentes as influ?ncias das matrizes e referentes culturais do processo de constru??o identit?ria desse professorado, o que foi confirmado pela pesquisa de suas representa??es sociais de fam?lia e de escola

La valorisation du patrimoine culturel, matériel et immatériel, trouve sa justification en tant que vecteur de différenciation, dans un contexte où le seul modèle touristique de type fordiste ne fait plus recette. Ce patrimoine dans lequel l’homme place du subjectif, des référents culturels et affectifs, voire même des symboles, serait donc à considérer comme une ressource, un vecteur de distinction des territoires, tant il est pourvoyeur d’authenticité. Ainsi, lorsqu’il joue un rôle de marqueur identitaire, le patrimoine peut-être mobilisé par les acteurs impliqués dans le développement local qui ont le souci de se démarquer et de mettre en avant leurs ressources les plus spécifiques, à des fins de développement économique.Les ressources culturelles festives, à l’image des carnavals antillais et guyanais et du Tour des yoles rondes de la Martinique, en plus de montrer un lien entre une identité locale, des traditions et un lieu, confèrent de la lisibilité et de la transparence aux territoires qu’elles investissent. Les fêtes locales sont, en effet, des formes spatiales vectrices de territorialité qui donnent à voir des formes d’enracinement et d’attachement aux lieux. C’est d’ailleurs la « cristallisation collective » (Jeudy, 2008) qui se joue autour de ces manifestations patrimoniales festives, qui contribue à leur conférer de la consistance ainsi qu’une non négligeable valeur marchande. A n’en point douter, elles ont la faculté d’établir la Guadeloupe, la Martinique et la Guyane dans le cadre de la distinction, de l’attractivité et de la compétitivité. Néanmoins, n’est ce point utopique de croire, que la valorisation du patrimoine culturel festif des départements étudiés pourrait significativement participer à asseoir la pérennisation du tourisme ? En effet, l’organisation de la fête, surtout lorsqu’elle a une dimension identitaire poussée à son paroxysme, peut conduire au repli d’une société localisée sur elle-même. Partant de ce postulat, la rencontre entre touristes et populations locales peut s’avérer compromise, alors même que ces manifestations culturelles disposent de nombreux atouts à même de satisfaire un public touristique en quête d’authenticité et de vacances divertissantes. Cette rencontre est-elle souhaitée par les uns et les autres ? Est-elle seulement souhaitable ? Le patrimoine culturel festif peut-il sous-tendre une vraie activité touristique, tout en demeurant le garant d’une certaine stabilité sociale ? La prudence ne voudrait-elle pas qu’il faille plutôt craindre la menace qui pèse sur les biens culturels devenus trop rapidement des produits touristiques ?En réalité, les relations sont complexes entre une culture mise en fête et le développement du secteur touristique. Faut-il pour autant les considérer comme un « pari de l’inutile » (Lazzarotti, 2011) ?Le tourisme doit continuer à se penser comme un secteur économique indispensable au développement local, dans une perspective de durabilité. C’est d’ailleurs à ce titre que le volet social du développement durable trouve sa place au cœur même de notre réflexion, tant il constitue une composante majeure de ce que devrait être un produit touristique attractif et adapté aux substrats locaux. C’est ainsi que cette thèse explore et approfondit la problématique de la mise en relation entre un secteur touristique à pérenniser, et le riche patrimoine culturel festif dont disposent la Martinique, la Guadeloupe et la Guyane. Ce travail de recherche poussent encore un peu plus loin la réflexion autour du développement de pratiques touristiques renouvelées et durables. / Enhancement of cultural heritage, both tangible and intangible, is justified as a vector of differentiation, in a context where the only tourist Fordist model no longer recipe. Heritage in which man instead of subjective, cultural and emotional referents and even symbols, would be regarded as a resource, a vector distinction territories, as it is provider of authenticity. Thus, when a role marker of identity , heritage can be mobilized by the actors involved in local development that have the desire to stand out and highlight their most specific resources for economic development purposes . festive cultural resources, like the Caribbean and Guyanese carnivals and Tour round skiffs from Martinique, in addition to showing a link between a local identity, traditions and place , give the clarity and transparency territories they invest . Local festivals are indeed of vector spatial forms of territoriality that give rooting see shapes and place attachment. This is also the "collective crystallization" (Jeudy, 2008) that plays around these festive heritage demonstrations, which helps give them substance and a significant market value. A no doubt, they have the ability to establish Guadeloupe, Martinique and Guyana as part of the award, the attractiveness and competitiveness. However, this is unrealistic enough to believe that the enhancement of cultural heritage festive departments surveyed could significantly participate in sit sustainability of tourism? Indeed, the organization of the party, especially when it has a dimension of identity pushed to its limits, can lead to the decline of localized on society itself. Based on this assumption, the encounter between tourists and local populations may be compromised, even though these cultural events have many assets to satisfy even a tourist public in search of authenticity and fun holiday. This meeting it is desired by each other? Is it just desirable? The festive cultural heritage may underlie it a real tourist activity, while remaining a guarantor of social stability? Prudence does not she want that rather we should fear the threat to cultural property became too quickly tourism products? Actually, relationships are complex between a culture festival setting and development of the tourism sector. Should we all be regarded as a "bet the useless" (Lazzarotti, 2011)? Tourism must continue to think as an essential local economic development sector, with a view to sustainability. It is also for this reason that the social pillar of sustainable development finds its place at the heart of our thinking, as it is a major component of what should be an attractive tourism product adapted to local substrates. Thus this thesis explores and deepens the problem of linking between tourism to sustain, and the rich cultural heritage festive available Martinique, Guadeloupe and Guyana. This research push a little further reflection on the development of tourism practices renewed and sustained.

The subject of the thesis is meanings of the physical exercising presented in the Czech women magazines, which I explored through qualitative content analysis of the articles focused on exercising. Three relevant frames or research areas emerged from foreign literature, which became the frames of the analysis: value of the exercise related to the body, the exercise as possible social field and gender level of these practices. I was specifically interested, if the exercise is presented as activity that helps to create socially disciplined body or individually restituted body for personal needs. Or if the exercise creates specific social field - sphere with specific relationship, rules and capital and if the gender is an important factor, connected to the presentation of the exercises in magazines, focused on women. The results show that the exercise is activity that creates the restituted body so as the disciplined body. It is not possible to define, if it is specific social field. The articles content so positive indications as those, which do not comply with the social field definition. Ideal femininity and ideal woman body should be reached by exercising. This ideal woman identity varies from reader's identity, which magazines define as "common" woman. The gender is an important factor that has...

Le vieillissement de la population entraîne une hausse des maladies chroniques telle que la maladie d’Alzheimer dans nos sociétés occidentales. L’enjeu du vieillissement se répercute aussi dans les réformes de nos politiques sociales, et plus généralement dans la gestion des services publics. Dans ce contexte, le régime de santé publique québécois connaît diverses modifications concernant la prestation de soins de première ligne. De nouveaux acteurs acquièrent des rôles et des responsabilités définissant des enjeux particuliers. Nous étudierons l’un de ces enjeux. Ce mémoire vise à spécifier les processus sociaux à la base de l’isolement des aidants familiaux de personnes atteintes par la maladie d’Alzheimer. La stigmatisation des aidants et les microprocessus afférents sont les principaux mécanismes analysés. Les données sont extraites d’entrevues semi-structurées réalisées avec une cohorte d’aidants familiaux (N=60) suivie longitudinalement depuis le début de leur trajectoire de soins. Une démarche qualitative soutient ce projet. Nous avons analysé un échantillon de douze participants au moyen d’une approche séquentielle. Trois processus typiques ont été identifiés : le stigma de forme en ruptures (séparation sociale), le stigma de forme transitoire (stigma transitoire) et le stigma de forme anomique (anomie sociale). Les résultats suggèrent que les réseaux sociaux des aidants sont soumis à un ensemble de conditions favorisant la structuration du stigma social, la principale condition étant un enjeu de pouvoir concernant le contrôle de la personne malade. Les aidants conjoints de personnes atteintes sont plus enclins à la stigmatisation en début de trajectoire. / Aging populations in western societies contribute to the raise of chronic illnesses such as Alzheimer disease. The issue of aging also echoes in recent political reforms and more generally in the way we manage public services. In this context, Quebec’s public health regime has known diverse modifications concerning “first line caregiving” (soins de première ligne). New actors of the public system have acquired roles and responsibilities defining particular issues. We address one of these issues. This research aims at specifying the social processes inherent to the isolation of family caregivers helping a relative suffering from Alzheimer disease. The stigmatization process and related microprocesses are the principal mechanisms analysed. The data derives from in-depth, semi-structured interviews, realised with a cohort of sixty family caregivers followed longitudinally since the beginning of their care trajectories. A qualitative scheme bears out our investigation. We have analysed a sample of twelve participants using a sequential approach. Three typical processes were identified: social separation, transitory stigma and social anomia. Results suggest that the caregivers’ support networks are subjected to a setting of conditions structuring social stigma, the recurrent condition being an issue of power implying the social control of the ill relative. Caregivers who also are the spouses of the ill relative are the most inclined to stigmatization in early trajectory.

Neste estudo, propõe-se compreender como a organização do currículo concorre para a construção do conhecimento no âmbito da formação inicial de professores de Geografia, tendo como referência empírica a Licenciatura em Geografia da Universidade Federal do Piauí (UFPI). Diante disso, entre as várias possibilidades de análise desse objeto de estudo, opta-se por focar três aspectos inerentes à organização do currículo da Licenciatura em Geografia da UFPI: o campo de produção, a história e a lógica de estrutura e funcionamento do referido currículo. Assim, objetiva-se: 1) caracterizar o campo de produção do currículo da Licenciatura em Geografia da UFPI, identificando os conhecimentos que são selecionados como referência para sua organização, bem como as relações, tensões e convergências que se estabelecem nesse movimento; 2) examinar a história do currículo da Licenciatura em Geografia da UFPI, descrevendo suas trajetórias, contextos e processos de (re) formulação; e 3) investigar a lógica de estrutura e funcionamento do currículo da Licenciatura em Geografia da UFPI, evidenciando os modos de pensar e fazer dos professores formadores acerca da organização do currículo. Para tanto, são analisadas fontes documentais (leis, decretos, pareceres, resoluções...), produzidas no esfera do Ministério da Educação (MEC) e do Conselho Nacional de Educação (CNE), como as diretrizes nacionais para formação inicial de professores da educação básica (Parecer CNE nº 9/2001 e Resolução CNE nº 1/2002) e as diretrizes para os cursos de graduação em Geografia (Parecer CNE nº 492/2001 e Resolução CNE nº 14/2002), e na esfera da Licenciatura em Geografia/UFPI, como propostas de reformulação do currículo, projetos pedagógicos de curso e programas de disciplinas; além de fontes orais, geradas por meio de entrevistas com professores do curso em questão, à propósito de seus modos de pensar e fazer relativos à organização do currículo. Parte-se da hipótese de que há um campo de produção da formação docente, no qual ocorre a organização do currículo da Licenciatura em Geografia da UFPI, regido por regras (ou leis) próprias, mas que, por homologia, pode ser explicado mediante as propriedades ou leis invariantes dos campos, conforme proposição de Pierre Bourdieu dentro de sua teoria geral dos campos. Os resultados evidenciam que o campo da formação docente em Geografia se constitui na confluência de, pelo menos, três outros espaços ou microcosmos sociais específicos (o educacional, o científico da ciência geográfica e o universitário), de modo que a organização do currículo da Licenciatura em Geografia tem como referências uma variedade de conhecimentos e/ou geografias, entre as quais se incluem a Geografia Acadêmica/ Universitária e suas especialidades (Geografia Física, Geografia Humana, Ensino de Geografia), Geografia Escolar, conhecimentos das ciências da educação e saberes docentes (como os saberes da prática e da experiência). Em face das condições de produção desse campo, há, no mínimo, indícios de que a estrutura e funcionamento do currículo da Licenciatura em Geografia da UFPI se fundamenta na dualidade/setorização da Geografia Acadêmica/Universitária, o que repercute nas experiências de formação e, consequentemente, na construção do conhecimento dos futuros professores de Geografia. / This research aims to understand how the curriculum organization contributes to the construction of knowledge in the qualification of Geography teachers, using as empirical reference the teacher training Degree in Geography from Federal University of Piauí (UFPI). Specifically, the objective of this study is to: 1) characterize the background of teacher preparation programs in Brazil, seeking references from the Bachelor\'s curriculum organization in Geography; 2) examine the organization of the degree curriculum in Geography at UFPI, describing its trajectories, contexts and processes; and 3) analyze the logical curriculum structure of the Bachelor Degree in Geography at UFPI, highlighting the established relationships, tensions and convergences in this specific field and how it contributes to the construction of knowledge for future teachers of Geography. To achieve it, documentary sources are analyzed (laws, decrees, opinions, resolutions ...), produced under the Ministry of Education (MEC) and the National Education Council (CNE), as the national guidelines for initial teacher training on basic education (Resolutions CNE No. 9/2001 and No. 1/2002 CNE) and the guidelines for undergraduate courses in Geography (Resolutions CNE No. 492/2001 and No. 14/2002 CNE), and other elements within the Bachelor Degree in Geography at UFPI, as some curriculum reorganization demands, educational course projects and course programs; besides oral sources, generated by interviews with teachers of the course in bold, about the purpose of their conceptions and practices relating to the curriculum organization. It starts with the hypothesis that there is a production field focused on teacher training, where the organization\'s Degree curriculum in Geography UFPI happens, governed by its own rules (or laws), but can be explained by \"homology\" as the system of invariant field laws, as Pierre Bourdieu proposition according to his \"general theory of fields\". The results show that the field of teacher qualification in geography is constituted in the confluence of at least three other spaces or specific social microcosms (the educational, the scientific - of geographical science - and the academic), so that the curriculum organization in Geography brings about references a variety of skills and geographies, among which is included the Academic Geography and its specialtizations (Physical Geography, Human Geography, Geography for Education), School Geography, knowledges of the sciences of education and teachers\' understadings (the knowledge of the experience, for example). Given the production conditions of this field, there is at least reasonable evidence that the structure and working of the curriculum in Geography at UFPI is based on the duality/sectorization of Academic/University Geography, which resonates strongly in the educational training experiences and, consequently, in the construction of knowledge by future teachers of Geography.

Une culture populaire, installée sur un territoire restreint depuis au moins deux siècles, a-t-elle encore un avenir à l’ère de l’uniformisation du monde des loisirs ? Lorsque l’on parle de la culture taurine camarguaise, la question des publics est primordiale. L’élevage extensif du taureau de Camargue, qui est une des vocations de ce territoire, est peu à même d’assurer la rentabilité des exploitations agricoles par la seule fourniture de bêtes pour des jeux taurins… Or, on s’accorde à penser que les spectateurs des courses camarguaises sont plutôt ruraux et âgés. Est-ce vraiment le cas ? En somme, l’avenir des courses et, au-delà, l’équilibre écologique du territoire, dépendent du renouvellement des publics de la culture taurine. Peu connues en dehors de la Provence et du Languedoc, les manifestations taurines camarguaises deviennent pourtant très populaires sitôt franchies les frontières de la Camargue et de ses alentours. Pourquoi l’engouement autour de ces « traditions », puisqu’elles sont ainsi désignées par les publics, est-il si fort ? En commençant par des entretiens semi-dirigés avec des passionnés de courses camarguaises, nous avons pu esquisser les premiers traits d’un champ social (Bourdieu, 1992) de la course camarguaise. Cette thèse, inscrite dans le domaine des Sciences de l’Information et de la Communication, étudie le champ de la course camarguaise. Ce champ, relativement autonome, mais dépendant du contexte social, économique et politique dans lequel il évolue, est un univers où se jouent des rapports de force, de domination et d’intérêts parmi les acteurs qui le composent. Une enquête quantitative réalisée à partir de 626 questionnaires récoltés dans les arènes permet d’esquisser les caractéristiques des publics de la course camarguaise. Plusieurs mécanismes de transmission ont été identifiés. La transmission intergénérationnelle est complétée par un mécanisme d’intégration qui dépasse les frontières du champ. Les amateurs sont médiateurs envers les spectateurs néophytes et le sentiment d’appartenance à la communauté de la bouvine renforce le champ. / Can a two-century old local tradition survive the globalization of leisure and recreation? When it comes to bull racing, studying the audience/spectators is important. Extensive bull-breeding, which is one of the main industries in Camargue, is not really profitable and cannot survive by breeding bulls for racing alone. The common assumption is that the spectators of Camargue bull races tend to be rather old rural folks. If this is really the case, the future of bull racing and the ecological balance of the territory depend on audience renewal of taurine culture. Little known outside Provence and Languedoc, taurine events remain quite popular in Camargue and surrounding areas. Why is the interest of locals for these so-called “traditions” so keen? As we started interviewing aficionados for this research we were able to outline a social field (Bourdieu, 1992) for Camargue bull racing. This thesis, pertaining to Information and Communication sciences, focuses on the field of Camargue bull racing. This field is fairly autonomous, yet relies on the social, economic and political context. It belongs to a universe of conflicting interests and power struggles between social actors. A quantitative survey compiled from 626 questionnaires provides a first outline of the audiences of Camargue bull racing. Several transmission mechanisms have been identified. Intergenerational transmission is complemented by an integration mechanism that transcends the field’s borders. Aficionados act as mediators for first-time spectators and the feeling of belonging to the “bouvine” community strengthens the field.