Santesih

Contract Researchers

Yann BELDAME

Qualifications:

– Section 19 (Sociology and Demography) – Number: 23219208954.

– Section 20(Social Anthropology and Ethnology) – Number: 21220208954.

– Section 74 (STAPS) – Number: 23274208954

Email:yann.beldame@free.fr

Office phone (lab): 04.11.75.90.94

Cell phone: 06-28-06-36-62

1. Roles and Mission

Contract Researcher: drafting and developing research proposals, responding to calls for proposals, conducting qualitative research (ethnography, interviews), transcribing and analyzing interviews, preparing research reports, writing scientific articles, organizing conferences or workshops, and promoting and disseminating research findings to partners and professionals affected by the research results.

2. Research Topics

After completing a dissertation in social anthropology on the material conditions of life and patterns of exploitation among undocumented construction workers in Barcelona, I joined the Santésih laboratory at the University of Montpellier in 2013, where I worked on several research projects focusing on health, sports, and disability, first as a research assistant and later as a postdoctoral fellow:

– one on the impact of the participation of athletes from the French Adapted Sports Federation (FFSA) in the Paralympic movement,

– another on the transition to adulthood for young people with a chromosomal abnormality that causes intellectual disability,

– another on the physical and social changes associated with bariatric surgery

– another on the social factors influencing Paralympic performance.

– finally, one that examines the decline in sports participation among young people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) as they transition into adulthood.

Whether it concerns my work on the Paralympic experience of athletes with disabilities (mental or physical), on that of young athletes with ASD, or on the physical changes associated with bariatric surgery, each case involves technological, human, and institutional systems designed for vulnerable individuals, which raise questions both about the perpetuation of inequalities in life trajectories and social outcomes and the lived effects of public policies intended to improve the living conditions of these populations.

3. Keywords

Ethnographic research – immigration – sports and disability – bariatric surgery – intersectionality.

4. Teaching Topics

Methodology of Ethnographic Research – Sociology and Anthropology of Immigration – Sociology and Anthropology of Physical Activity and Sports – Sociology and Anthropology of Health – Sociology and Anthropology of Disability – Sociology and Anthropology of Tourism – Sociology and Anthropology of Organizations – Sociology and Anthropology of Aging and the Elderly.

5. Major Publications

  • Yann Beldame, Hélène Joncheray, Valentine Duquesne, and Rémi Richard. (2023). “‘They Don’t Really Care about my Results, they Prefer Selling my Life Story’. Inspirational Paralympians and Sponsorship.” Communication and Sport,https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795231158542[IF 2021: 3.183; Scimago: Social Science Q1; Communication Q1]
  • Beldame, Yann; Ferez, Sylvain; Perera, Éric, et al.(2021). “The Weight of the Operation and the Operation’s Weight: Justification Strategies of Obese Patients Awaiting Bariatric Surgery,”Social Sciences and Health, 2021/3 (Vol. 39), pp. 41–67.https://doi.org/10.1684/sss.2021.0205[IF 2021: 0.229; Scimago: Health (Social Science) Q4]
  • Beldame, Yann, and Laura Silvestri. (2021). “Finding Common Ground, Expressing Oneself, and Being Recognized During an Interview: The case of research interviews with people categorized as ‘having Down syndrome’,”Terrains & travaux, 2021/1 (No. 38), pp. 147–168.https://doi.org/10.3917/tt.038.0147
  • Yann Beldame. (2018). “The ‘fresh talk’ of adapted sport athletes,”*Sport in Society*, 2018, 21:4, 649–663.https://doi.org/10.1080/17430437.2016.1273613 [IF 2018: 0.752; Scimago: Cultural Studies Q1]
  • Yann Beldame, Anne Marcellini, Élise Lantz. (2016). “Experiences and Biographical Effects of High-Level Adapted Sports: A Study of the Athletic and Professional Trajectories of Athletes Categorized as Having an Intellectual Disability,”Alter,European Journal of Disability Research, Vol. 10 – No. 3 – July/September 2016. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.alter.2016.03.002[IF 2016: 0.405; Scimago: Health (Social Science) Q3]
  • Yann Beldame. (2014). “Undocumented Migrants, the Foreman, and the Ethnographer: Perceptions of Gender, Class, and Race on a Small Construction Site in Barcelona,”Cultures & Conflits, 2014, No. 93, Spring 2014, pp. 65–86.https://doi.org/10.4000/conflits.18851[IF 2017: 0.375; Scimago: Sociology and Political Science Q2 (2017)]
CYRIAC BOUCHET

Sociologist

Postdoctoral researcher with the ANR ChiBarAPS project and member of the Convergences Migrations Institute

Email: cyriac.bouchet-mayer@umontpellier.fr

Phone: 06-20-20-11-30

Topic:

My work falls within the field of health sociology and focuses specifically on the experiences of people who are targeted by, or who use, medical or public health systems driven by technical solutionism. For example, as part of my dissertation, I studied the life trajectories of gay male migrants targeted by HIV prevention policies encouraging them to undergo testing and preventive treatments, and, as part of my current postdoc, those of people undergoing weight-loss surgery. The focus on life trajectories and experiences, as well as the integration of various sociological perspectives (sexuality, gender, the body, sports, etc.), highlights certain blind spots or limitations in medical-technical approaches and the extensive literature that supports them.

Keywords: health – body – sports – migration – sexuality

Publications:

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