About
11
Publications
1,137
Reads
How we measure 'reads'
A 'read' is counted each time someone views a publication summary (such as the title, abstract, and list of authors), clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the full-text. Learn more
7
Citations
Introduction
I am a social anthropologist specializing in the intersections between public health and social norms. I hold a PhD in Social Anthropology and Ethnology (EHESS), with a dissertation on masculinities in festive settings through long-term ethnographic fieldwork.
My work explore how individuals navigate institutional norms, health behaviors, and medical recommendations, to improve patient-centered care and social equity in healthcare.
I am currently a postdoctoral researcher at SESSTIM/Calipso
Current institution
Education
November 2013 - December 2020
September 2010 - July 2011
September 2010 - October 2012
Publications
Publications (11)
Background
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a significant contributor to cancer-related burden, ranking second in cancer mortality in France. Despite the proven survival benefits of systematic CRC screening, uptake remains suboptimal, particularly among people with limited health literacy (HL) and lower socioeconomic position. This study aimed to assess...
Introduction
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most common causes of cancer burden. In France, it is the second leading cause of cancer mortality. Although systematic uptake of CRC screening improves survival rates, its uptake remains insufficient, especially among people with limited health literacy (HL) and lower socioeconomic position. Our a...
Introduction
Colorectal cancer screening programmes improve survival. However, limited health literacy and lower socio-economic position are known barriers to participation. The DECODE trial aimed to assess the impact of a coproduced, mixed intervention combining general practitioners (GPs) training and tailored information for participants in soci...
In 2022 Alix Boirot, a social anthropologist with expertise in masculinities, party tourism, and addiction, conducted a lengthy interview with Thomas Thurnell Read, Senior Lecturer at Loughborough University and an internationally recognized scholar specializing in sociological approaches to alcohol, drinking, and drunkenness. Thurnell Read's influ...
This essay provides a brief introduction to party tourism, that is travel (typically undertaken by people under 30) for the explicit purpose of indulgence in drinking, dancing, and other party behavior. Though the phenomenon (of which the US Spring Break is the most well-known example) has generated strong disapproval since its emergence in the 195...
Based on a sixteen-month ethnographic fieldwork in the seaside resort of Lloret de Mar on the Spanish Costa Brava, this article focuses on the clothing of seasonal workers promoting nightclubs by walking the streets of the city, as well as the diffusion of images of these workers on social networks. These promoters are of two types, implying differ...
The global health crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic has brought the tourism industry to a nearly complete standstill. It has therefore impacted researchers specializing in its study and forced them to reinvent their methods. This paper draws a reflection on how four anthropologists sought to rethink their fieldwork in order to observe the impa...
Spring break is a festive phenomenon connected to the student world which appeared in the United States after the second World War. Aside from the beach and sun, binge drinking and the promise of casual heterosexual sex are constituent elements of the imaginary world of these festivities. From the 80s onwards, similar practices in seaside party res...
