SCHUFT , Laura

Après un siècle de colonialisme et un demi-siècle pendant lequel la bombe atomique a fait exploser les sentiments anti-français et les migrations en provenance de la France métropolitaine, les dynamiques sociales contemporaines à Tahiti (Polynésie française) ne peuvent pas exclure les populations temporaires ou permanentes de la Métropole. La...

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Based on doctoral research and interviews conducted between 2004 and 2007 with fifty-four people in « mixed » (« Mainlander »-« Polynesian ») couples in Tahiti and Moorea, this article analyzes the social uses of the category of ethnic mixing : « Demi ». French Polynesia having been the site of intercontinental migrations and ethnic mixing for...

Aiming to elucidate the links between interethnic relations, gender and socioeconomic status in the postcolonial society of Tahiti, French Polynesia, this research focuses on 'Mainlander' – 'Polynesian' interethnic couples. Despite discourse on ideal mixing, which interethnic unions have come to exemplify, their discourse shows that the use of...

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This study analyzes the discourse on social integration and ethnic representations of French civil servants working short and long term in Tahiti, French Polynesia. Appointed to positions in education, public administration and law and order by the mainland authority, the attitudes and social interactions of this community compose a dynamic...

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The article presents the strategies of adaptation and innovation implemented by providers of health-enhancing physical activity during lockdown. Based on the analysis of interviews, four ideal types situate the strategies on continuums between stopping and adapting services, organized in presence or from a distance. The model illustrates links...

Using the theoretical perspective of "social participation" as considered in the Human Development—Disability Creation Process, this article examines certain obstacles and facilitators to sustainable access to work among young French adults with cystic fibrosis. Drawing from the analyses of 29 qualitative interviews, the results show how such...

In this study among women pre-service teachers working in French vocational high schools, we investigate the relations between the teachers' representations of classroom authority and their perceptions of difficulties related to classroom management. Based on the analysis of semi-structured interviews, results show that the respect of teacher...

While studies have long shown the beneficial health effects of physical activity during pregnancy, such recommendations have been rarely analyzed in terms of how practitioners adapt such health messages to patients' social profiles. The present study sought to apprehend the logics underlying practitioner (non)recommendations of physical...

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Avec l'arrivée des trithérapies en 1996-1997, l'infection au VIH, jusqu'alors considérée comme une infection mortelle, change de statut dans le champ de l'action en santé publique. Progressivement assimilée à une « maladie chronique », les discours de prévention tertiaire ciblant les personnes vivant avec le VIH (PVVIH) évoluent. L'analyse de...

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This paper takes a new direction in exploring HIV-related fatigue by adopting a qualitative interactionist approach. We analyse the social meanings attributed to fatigue among people living with HIV in France, the social gains and losses of its visibility and the social frames that condition the discursive and physical expression of fatigue....

Although studies have suggested that physical activity may diminish HIV-related fatigue, little is known about the physical experience or meanings attributed to either. We considered chronic fatigue and physical activity in terms of how they were experienced, interpreted and interrelated within narratives about living with HIV. Thematic...

Introduction: As a result of recent legislation designed to modernize the healthcare system (2016 French Healthcare Act and its Implementing Decree), General Practitioners (GP) in France can now prescribe Adapted Physical Activity (APA) to patients with a long-term illness.Purpose of Research: To understand and explain the obstacles that...

Bien que l'histoire des parcs naturels soit souvent marquée par une opposition d'intérêts entre institutions de gestion et populations locales, l'intensité des conflits varie selon les époques et les territoires. Cet article s'intéresse à la manière dont les populations locales, les professionnels des sports de nature et les agents d'un parc –...