Le paradoxe de la liminalité en festivals : entre émancipation et violences sexistes et sexuelles // The paradox of liminality at festivals: between emancipation and sexual and gender-based violence
ABG-131305
ADUM-65220 |
Thesis topic | |
2025-04-19 | Public funding alone (i.e. government, region, European, international organization research grant) |
Université de Savoie Mont-Blanc
ANNECY-LE-VIEUX - France
Le paradoxe de la liminalité en festivals : entre émancipation et violences sexistes et sexuelles // The paradox of liminality at festivals: between emancipation and sexual and gender-based violence
- Sociology, anthropology, learning sciences
Festivals, violences sexistes et sexuelles, prévention, fête, genre, liminalité
Festivals, sexual and gender-based violence, prevention, festive context, gender, liminality
Festivals, sexual and gender-based violence, prevention, festive context, gender, liminality
Topic description
Ce projet de thèse a pour objectif général d'examiner en quoi le risque de violences sexistes et sexuelles (VSS) en contexte festif impacte l'expérience de consommation des participant.es. Ainsi, le monde des festivals, bien que facilement identifiable comme potentiellement propice aux violences, notamment sexistes et sexuelles, demeure souvent perçu comme un espace d'où l'on pourrait s'extraire de la réalité et des normes dominantes, permettant aux participant.es d'approcher d'une forme d'émancipation, loin des risques et des dangers. La littérature en marketing a exploré les dimensions de l'expérience festivalière, mais laisse de côté le risque et l'appréhension des VSS. Le cadre théorique de la liminalité, créant un espace “hors de l'espace structurel quotidien, avec effacement des différences entre les participants et communion dans une même trajectoire” (Turner, 1969), a été utilisé pour décrire le caractère hors-normes des festivals dans leurs aspects les plus positifs de communauté, de suspension temporaire des normes et de contact relationnel facilité. Il sera mobilisé ici pour explorer une vision genrée de la liminalité, et la manière dont ces éléments pourraient intensifier un sentiment d'insécurité et banaliser des formes de VSS, faciliter le passage à l'agression, reproduisant ainsi les normes dont les festivals prétendent s'affranchir. Sur le plan sociétal, ce travail doctoral pourra contribuer à une meilleure compréhension des VSS en milieu festif, afin d'orienter les actions de prévention et de promouvoir une fête plus sûre et inclusive.
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This doctoral project aims to examine how the perspective of gender-based and sexual violence (GBSV) in festive contexts impacts participants' consumption experiences. While the festival environment is easily identifiable as potentially conducive to violence—particularly gender-based and sexual violence—it is often perceived as an escape from reality and dominant norms, offering participants a sense of emancipation, seemingly distant from risks and dangers. The marketing literature has explored various dimensions of the festival experience but has largely overlooked the role of risk and the apprehension of GBSV. The theoretical framework of liminality, which describes a space “outside of everyday structural space, with the erasure of differences between participants and communion in the same trajectory” (Turner, 1969), has been employed to highlight the exceptional nature of festivals, emphasizing their positive aspects of community, temporary norm suspension, and facilitated social interactions. The concept of liminality is used here to explore a gendered perspective on festival experiences, investigating how these elements may, intensify feelings of insecurity and normalize forms of GBSV, and facilitate acts of aggression, ultimately reinforcing the very norms that festivals claim to transcend. From a societal perspective, it aims to contribute to a deeper understanding of GBSV in festive settings, informing prevention efforts and promoting safer and more inclusive celebrations.
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Début de la thèse : 01/10/2025
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This doctoral project aims to examine how the perspective of gender-based and sexual violence (GBSV) in festive contexts impacts participants' consumption experiences. While the festival environment is easily identifiable as potentially conducive to violence—particularly gender-based and sexual violence—it is often perceived as an escape from reality and dominant norms, offering participants a sense of emancipation, seemingly distant from risks and dangers. The marketing literature has explored various dimensions of the festival experience but has largely overlooked the role of risk and the apprehension of GBSV. The theoretical framework of liminality, which describes a space “outside of everyday structural space, with the erasure of differences between participants and communion in the same trajectory” (Turner, 1969), has been employed to highlight the exceptional nature of festivals, emphasizing their positive aspects of community, temporary norm suspension, and facilitated social interactions. The concept of liminality is used here to explore a gendered perspective on festival experiences, investigating how these elements may, intensify feelings of insecurity and normalize forms of GBSV, and facilitate acts of aggression, ultimately reinforcing the very norms that festivals claim to transcend. From a societal perspective, it aims to contribute to a deeper understanding of GBSV in festive settings, informing prevention efforts and promoting safer and more inclusive celebrations.
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Début de la thèse : 01/10/2025
Funding category
Public funding alone (i.e. government, region, European, international organization research grant)
Funding further details
Concours pour un contrat doctoral
Presentation of host institution and host laboratory
Université de Savoie Mont-Blanc
Institution awarding doctoral degree
Université de Savoie Mont-Blanc
Graduate school
633 Cultures Sociétés Territoires
Candidate's profile
Le(la) candidat.e doit être titulaire d'un Master en gestion / marketing, et faire preuve d'une aptitude à la recherche et d'un intérêt marqué pour le sujet. Il(elle) doit posséder une connaissance préalable de l'évènementiel et de ses enjeux. Une compétence méthodologique en analyse qualitative est souhaitée. Le(la) candidat.e devra également être mobile et apte à se rendre sur le terrain pour y conduire les observations.
The candidate must hold a Master's degree in management/marketing, and demonstrate an aptitude for research and a keen interest in the subject. He/she must have prior knowledge of the events industry and its challenges. Methodological skills in qualitative analysis are desirable. The candidate must also be mobile and able to travel to the field to carry out observations.
The candidate must hold a Master's degree in management/marketing, and demonstrate an aptitude for research and a keen interest in the subject. He/she must have prior knowledge of the events industry and its challenges. Methodological skills in qualitative analysis are desirable. The candidate must also be mobile and able to travel to the field to carry out observations.
2025-05-31
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