"UM : Science" [S03-ep03]: "The Displaced: Portraits of Minors in Detention"
This week on *A l’UM : Science*, Laurent Solini, a sociologist at the SanteSIH laboratory, presents“The Displaced: Portraits of Young People in the Criminal Justice System.” In the second half of the program, Agnès Pesenti gives us the lineup for the Science Festival.
"Bodies in Motion" is the theme of the latest issue of LUM, the University’s science and society magazine. In this 20th issue, we invite you to explore the human body through the work of some fifteen researchers. A body that, when failing or subjected to extreme stress, can rely on science—for example, to help astronauts regain their muscle strength after a stay in space, or to restore movement to people with quadriplegia through neural electrical stimulation.
When we talk about bodies in motion, we’re talking about sports, of course. Sports are seen as a positive value in our society, which sometimes makes us forget that they are also a setting for numerous gender stereotypes, discriminatory practices—which are highly questionable from a legal standpoint, such as femininity tests—and even dangerous practices like doping.
The body is also the primary—and perhaps ultimate—site of socialization. Yet it remains one of the great overlooked aspects of schooling, even though, paradoxically, it can play a dominant role in correctional institutions, as demonstrated in the work of Laurent Solini, a sociologist at the Santesih laboratory, who investigated the hypervisibility and hyperactivity of the body in juvenile detention centers (EPMs).
Today, we’re continuing this issue of LUM with him by dedicating this episode to his latest book—a collective work he co-edited with two other sociologists, Jennifer Yeghicheyan and Christine Menneson, titled “ The Displaced: Portraits of Young People in the Juvenile Justice System .” Drawing on field research conducted between 2018 and 2020 in EPM, the authors of this book paint a portrait of four youth in the juvenile justice system and seek to understand how this discontinuous socialization shapes the life trajectories of these minors and frames their behavior and subjectivity.
For more information:
- L. Solini, Serving a Sentence at the Lavaur Juvenile Detention Center, 2017, Champs social.
- L. Solini, “Libérable: The Common Term for Release from Juvenile Detention,”2022, in *Ethnologie française*.
- L. Solini, “ Leaving the Cell/Staying in the Cell: A Sociology of the Paradoxical Experiences of Detention in Juvenile Correctional Facilities ,” 2017 , in Agora débats jeunesse.
In the second half of the program, Agnès Pesenti from the science and culture department of theUM will present the schedule for the Fête de la Science, which begins on October 6 in Montpellier.
At "UM : Science," here's the lineup—let's get started!
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