CEPEL

Aurélien DJAKOUANE

Career history

  • Researcher on secondment to CEPEL (2020-2021)
  • Lecturer in Sociology at Paris Nanterre University (since 2015)
  • Member of Sophiapol (EA3932) since 2015
  • Elected member of the board of the French Ethnology Society (since 2015)

Degrees

  • PhD in Sociology PhD EHESS

Coordination or participation in research projects

  • SoFEST!, national research on the social and territorial impact of festivals, coordination with E. Négrier (2019-2021)
  • Culture put to the test by festivals, research on the evolution of festival practices in France (DEPS – Ministry of Culture), coordinator (2021-2022).
  • CaPri, research on cancer in prisons (Department of Justice), responsible for the quantitative component (2020-2022)
  • Hip-hop dancers, national research on the trajectories, careers, and professional training spaces of hip-hop dancers, (Ministry of Culture), with L. Jésu and R. Shapiro (2017-2021)
  • Social and cultural practices of students at agricultural high schools in France (Ministry of Agriculture), coordination with Ph. Sahuc (2018-2020)
  • FESTUDY, comparative research on festivals in Europe, responsible for the survey in France (2012-2013)

Administrative responsibilities, research, and promotion

  • Co-director of the "Cultural Project Management" program for the Master's degree in Sociology, Paris Nanterre University (since 2016).
  • Co-director (and co-founder) of the "Arts, Cultures, and Politics" collection at Presses Universitaires de Paris Nanterre: https://presses.parisnanterre.fr/?page_id=3626
  • Editor-in-chief of thejournal Terrains/Théories(since 2015): https://teth.revues.org/

Co-supervision of theses:

  • Bourrand Martine,Bullfighting audiences. Co-supervised with Pascal Vallet, EOS Doctoral School, Paris Nanterre University, 2020-2023.

Lessons learned:

  • Sociology of Culture, Master's Degree, Paris Nanterre University
  • Sociology of Cultural Institutions and Festivals, Master's Degree, Paris Nanterre University
  • Statistical processing of survey data, M2, Paris Nanterre University
  • Research Methodology in Social Sciences, Master's Degree, Paris Nanterre University
  • Introduction to Sociology, L1, Paris Nanterre University
  • Mixed-mode surveys, doctoral seminar, Paris Nanterre University

Interactions with the environment

  • Sociologist regularly invited to professional meetings and training sessions
  • Regular speaker on the following research topics: cultural practices, cultural policy, arts education, dance, festivals, music, theater

The 5 most representative articles

  • "At the heart of the social and cultural practices of agricultural education students" (issue edited with Ph. Sahuc),RevueChamps Culturels, co-published by the Ministry of Agriculture and Food/Ministry of Culture, No. 30, April 2020.
  • "La réception du spectacle vivant" (edited with G. Segré),RevueTerrains/Théories, no. 7, December 2017 (http://journals.openedition.org/teth/970).
  • "Global mergers, local effusions. Festivals and globalization" (with E. Négrier), in Hermès, "As many types of music, as many worlds," 2020/1 (no. 86), pp. 51-58.
  • "The festival celebration: celebration in itself or celebration for itself? The case of the Eurockéennes de Belfort," in Socio-Anthropology, "Éclats de fête," No. 38 – New series, December 2018, pp. 31-48 (print and online journal: https://journals.openedition.org/socio-anthropologie/3457).
  • "What social interactions do to music listening. The case of the Eurockéennes de Belfort,"in Culture & Museum, "Listening to music together," no. 25, 2015, pp. 23-41.