A. Cottereau, M. M. Marzok, Une famille andalouse

Stefan Nicolae

pp. 191-196

in: Daniel Cefaï, Martin Endreß, Stefan Nicolae, Bénédicte Zimmermann (eds), Sociology of valuation and evaluation, Human Studies 38 (1), 2015.

Abstract

Evaluations are a matter of daily routine. One chooses, classifies, compares, and the very acts of evaluation are often legitimated and reflected upon. Seldom are evaluations restricted to specific contexts (in some of which, as in the peer-review process, they are thematically at stake; see Lamont 2009; Rheinhart 2012), they can hardly be reduced to particular objects, and are not necessary always following conventions, rules, or standards. Indeed, on several occasions, evaluations structure the context of their utterance. In such less formalized situations (see Lamont 2012) it becomes especially important to first highlight evaluations as such and then to reconstruct their references; this requires a theoretical perspective on evaluative acts as well as a methodological device for their investigation. The research of Alain Cottereau and Mokhtar Mohatar Marzok offers important insights in both respects. These exigencies become increasingly stringent when confronted with the puzzling...