Building a sociological approach on reparation

Authors

  • Janine Barbot Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Centre d’Étude des Mouvements Sociaux-École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7931-6694
  • Nicolas Dodier Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Centre d’Étude des Mouvements Sociaux-École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1515-4673

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22409/antropolitica.i.a57063

Keywords:

Reparation, Victims, Comparison, Normativity.

Abstract

The text aims to contribute to the formulation of general sociological hypotheses to study reparation as a specific social operation. By reparation we understand everything that, for people who have been victims of damage, has the value of adequate retribution for what affected them. By taking victims’ normativity seriously, we place their point of view at the center of our investigation. Likewise, we point out the relevance of studying the relationships that victims establish with the actors they encounter during their reparation process (legal professionals, journalists, medical or psychological experts, etc.). Our research was based on an exhaustive case study. We have followed the collective trajectory of repairing a public health disaster over a long period of time. We discovered that the regulation of victims seeking reparation seems to be structured around three major expectations: the restoration of people, truth and justice regarding the event, and the compensation (not only economic) for the damage. With this approach we intend to contribute to the production of sociological comparisons, in order to better understand the different forms that reparation takes nowadays in various areas such as technological accidents, environmental catastrophes, political violence or gender violence.

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Author Biographies

Janine Barbot, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Centre d’Étude des Mouvements Sociaux-École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales

Directrice de recherche à l’Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale et membre du Centre d’ Etude des Mouvements Sociaux da Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales. Docteure en Sociologie à l’École des hautes études en sciences sociales.

Nicolas Dodier, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Centre d’Étude des Mouvements Sociaux-École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales

Directeur de recherche à l’Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale, membre du Centre d’ Etude des Mouvements Sociaux et directeur d’études à l’Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales. Docteur en Sociologie à l’École d’études études en sciences sociales.

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Published

2023-12-01

How to Cite

Barbot, J., & Dodier, N. (2023). Building a sociological approach on reparation. Antropolítica - Revista Contemporânea De Antropologia. https://doi.org/10.22409/antropolitica.i.a57063

Issue

v. 55 n. 3 (2023): SET/OUT/NOV/DEZ

Section

Dossiê Temático

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