The invisible
Bertrand Gaudillère was a university student when he first grasped the power of documentary photography. During France’s university strikes in 1995, he helped set up a newspaper. He and a...
The mental health of the homeless viewed through the prism of the temporalities of survival and institutions
Life on the streets generates mental health problems in the same way as conflicts or natural disasters. And here again, the temporality of the people concerned is not the same...
The reception system for asylum seekers: are civil society organisations still free to pursue their mission?
Published on August 16, 2022 The impact of a management approach in line with market logic is increasingly felt, including in migrant aid schemes. This is what Giorgia Trasciani explains...
State-association relations: an authoritarian shift in contemporary France?
In France, relations between the State and the nonprofit sector have often been stormy – a sign of a healthy democratic system. However, here the authors explain that, for some years...
Support under control of civil society actors: the case of French and European international solidarity organisations
A fast-growing sector subject to severe constraints. This is the paradox in which civil society organisations in France and more broadly in Europe are struggling. The authors provide us with...
The never-ending story
Joint editor with Boris Martin, Editor-in-Chief, of this issue under a partnership between Humanitarian Alternatives and the International Humanitarian Studies Association We have not seen the end of the Covid-19 pandemic....
Communicating and convincing: a humanitarian perspective on the French response to the coronavirus epidemic
In this paper, the two authors examine certain aspects of the French response to the epidemic in the light of the experience of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in that field,...
The French Hautes-Alpes: community solidarity locks horns with a security ideology
In Vauban’s old fortress-building stomping ground, and more specifically at the frontier with Italy, the French State is striving to secure its borders. Volunteers respond by creating humanitarian corridors and...
The cause of exiles in France: the reticence of international humanitarian organisations called into question
All over France, solidarity with migrants is demonstrated through multiple initiatives led by local associations. But for Frédéric Meunier, the major humanitarian NGOs are not doing enough of their part...
The contributions of clinical sociology research to the socio-humanitarian sector
In this article, the author invites us into her engaged and reflective personal journey as a researcher. When she began to measure the limits that she believes thwart the methods...
The impact of generational change on humanitarian aid
Sophie Zaccaria est copilote du Focus de ce numéro, avec la participation de Pierre Gallien, directeur Impact, Information et Innovation à Humanité & Inclusion
Sheltering, hosting or receiving refugees: the unresolved ambiguities of the La Linière refugee camp
Frank Esnée and Michaël Neuman invite us here to follow up on previous work. The latter and Angélique Muller already wrote an article about the social and political actors of...