Based on the case of Game Studies, this thesis explores the socialization, interactions and relationships between researchers and video game professionals. This work was conducted in three different countries: France, Switzerland and the Canadian provinces of Quebec and Ontario. It is based on interviews, observations (scientific events, game jams and playtests) and a three-year ethnography conducted in a non-profit scientific organization. Our work raises the issue of how researchers and professionals socialize and build relationships. How do people from the scientific and industrial worlds tell their relationships? What is the role of social activities in meeting and creating long-term ties? How does the analysis of gender relations contribute to understanding the activities studied? Our study shows that the socialization, the personal and professional ties that are created between researchers and professionals participate in developing Game Studies and build bridges between […]

In 2013, the University of Franche-Comté appointed an equal employment opportunities officer to plan a project on gender equality on a European scale. On October 8th 2015, the Equality and Parity Commission met and the professors-researchers were invited to express their own views on the issue of gender equality. They described some « experiences » they had in the workplace; these ended up resembling a variety of situations that are giving life to a « trouble » about gender (Dewey, 1967). The challenge for the newly appointed officer is to create a project that is relatively vague, « flou », and comprehensive (Latour, 1992); this is to bring together a large number of questions and resources to resolve this variety of situations.This thesis is based on the observation of the setting up, implementation and finalization meetings for the creation of the interregional project « Laboratoire de l’égalite » between the University of Franche-Comté and the University of Geneva. It then seeks to […]

In 2013, the University of Franche-Comté appointed an equal employment opportunities officer to plan a project on gender equality on a European scale. On October 8th 2015, the Equality and Parity Commission met and the professors-researchers were invited to express their own views on the issue of gender equality. They described some « experiences » they had in the workplace; these ended up resembling a variety of situations that are giving life to a « trouble » about gender (Dewey, 1967). The challenge for the newly appointed officer is to create a project that is relatively vague, « flou », and comprehensive (Latour, 1992); this is to bring together a large number of questions and resources to resolve this variety of situations.This thesis is based on the observation of the setting up, implementation and finalization meetings for the creation of the interregional project « Laboratoire de l’égalite » between the University of Franche-Comté and the University of Geneva. It then seeks to […]