Orijinal
Judo Practice in a Paris Suburb:
An Essay on the Relationship between Violence and Boundaries
2013 Volume 21 Issue 2 Pages 63-78
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2013 Volume 21 Issue 2 Pages 63-78
In this essay, with the concept of reflexivity, I apply the theory and the methods of Bourdieu to analyze the data collected from my fieldwork at a Judo club in a Paris suburb, infamous for a poor and dangerous area. Wacquant (2004, 2008) bridge Bourdieu's reflexive sociology and my fieldwork. From this ethnographic research, I found the social boundary in the area and that it was closely related to the order of violence there. In the "dojo" at the Judo club, the boundary did not make sense and then the order of violence changed. The children of the club learn the values and the morals that are not common in the area but are more extensively in France in practicing judo. This can imply social mobility of the children and their potential departure from the area in the future.
