Deviance (Anthropology)

Andriotis, K. (2010). Brits Behaving Badly - Template Analysis of Newspaper Content. International Journal of Tourism Anthropology, 1(1): 15-34.

by Konstantinos Andriotis

Free access available at: http://www.inderscience.com/storage/f584721091131612.pdf

This study explores the ways in which public debates about the sexual, drinking and risk taking behaviour of young... more This study explores the ways in which public debates about the sexual, drinking and risk taking behaviour of young British travellers, who participate in trips organized to Greek summer resorts exclusively by Club 18-30, have been interpreted, and framed, within print media (British newspapers). Using a template analysis approach four themes emerged, namely binge drinking, sexual behaviour, risk taking and host reactions. These themes are discussed in relation to the methodology adopted, and the findings of previous research, and policies for risk-taking decrease, and solutions to reduce the problems posed by young tourists’ antisocial behaviour in summer Greek resorts, are provided.

Keywords: youth travel, antisocial behaviour, binge drinking, casual sex, risk taking, template analysis.

Andriotis, K. (2010). Heterotopic erotic oases: The Public Nude Beach Experience. Annals of Tourism Research, 37(4): 1076-1096.

by Konstantinos Andriotis

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160738310000447

Despite the importance of beaches for a broad spectrum of recreational activities, very little is known about the... more Despite the importance of beaches for a broad spectrum of recreational activities, very little is known about the multitude of beach use in marginalized spaces offering a range of opportunities for transgressive behaviour. To explore the ways that the principles of Foucault’s heterotopia are articulated by users of a gay nude beach, functioning as an erotic oasis, this study adopted a covert ethnographic approach which involved non-participant observation. The results of the study offer a unique glimpse into the role of beach, body and sexuality in the tourism experience and unlock the complexities and entanglements engaged in deviant beach use.

Keywords: heterotopia, erotic oasis, beach experience, nudism, gay space, sexual body.

Gardeła, L. (2011) Rethinking Viking Age 'Deviant Burials', In. Abstracts. European Association of Archaeologists. 17th Annual Meeting. 14-18 September 2011. Oslo-Norway, Oslo, 50

by Leszek Gardela

The Politics of Psychiatric Evaluation: Towards a Critical Anthropology of Forensic Psychiatry

by Samuel Lézé

Penal field. New international Journal of Criminology, Vol. V, 2008 : Varia

In the legal context, psychiatric evaluations are subject to controversy, considered as either indispensable or... more In the legal context, psychiatric evaluations are subject to controversy, considered as either indispensable or flawed, and yet rarely studied in their own right. This article puts forward a political anthropology of mental healthcare that is attentive to social context (the problem of recidivism), professional logic (the evaluation of dangerousness) and liminal practices (at the limits of the correctional and the medical). It thus intends to delimit the methodological and theoretical stakes of a study of (i) the psychiatric creation of the expert witness report (ii) its legal use (iii) its consequences on psychiatric care in prison and beyond. What makes reports authoritative or, on the contrary, how are they contested? What are the political issues at stake? Thus, the complexity of the politics of psychiatric evaluations can be drawn out from delineated ethnographic fields; a complexity linked to the situation of these evaluations between, on the one hand, legal and psychiatric theories of personality and, on the other, how they are received and effectively applied by the legal system.

(2006) (avec Fabrice Fernandez) « Punir jusqu’à la lie », L’Homme, Revue Française d’Anthropologie, 180 : 171-182

by Samuel Lézé

Review article in french