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Professor Marion Demossier PhD in Social Anthropology and Comparative Sociology (Paris, EHESS)

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Professor Marion Demossier is a Professor of French and European Studies at the University of Southampton.

Professor Marion Demossier is a Professor of French and European Studies at the University of Southampton. Having graduated from Paris V, I completed a doctorate in Social Anthropology and Comparative Sociology on wine growers in France at the EHESS (École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris) under the supervision of Professor Isac Chiva. I am currently a member of the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Peer Review College (Anthropology of Europe) and I have worked on three decades in the area of anthropology of wine and terroir.

Prizes Awarded

Nomination USU for ‘Best Feedback’ to students 2013-2014
Prize John Willis Award of ‘Best research and Best support to students’ by the University of Bath (1999).
Lucien Perriaux Award, Histoire regionale (1999)

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Research interests

My research lies with the study of ‘culture in context’ through ethnography as the primary research method to understand better how global forces impact on specific groups and 'communities'. It aims to provide an understanding of the articulation of global concerns at local level by contributing to the debate about 'politics in places' and ‘place-making’ projects. Using multi-sited and long-term ethnography, my argument is that the ethnographic gaze offers a more nuanced and complex understanding of place, product, locality and people. My long-term project is devoted to Burgundy and the use concept of terroir as well as the ways in which regions have used heritage and culture as a tool for economic development. I have just completed a book on Burgundy and ‘terroir’ which seeks to understand the long term effects that globalisation has on people, but more specifically, to understand how communities change and shape their worlds.

More recently, as part of my interest in French Politics and Republicanism, I have been working on the Roma and their construction through President Nicolas Sarkozy's discourse and policies in France. I am keen to pursue research on French republicanism from an ethnographic perspective.

Affiliate research groups

Biography and Education, Ethnography Group

Head of the Modern Languages and Linguistics department.

BOOKS

God’s Vineyard, The reflexive imbrications of Terroir (forthcoming).

Wine Drinking in France, An Anthropology of Wine Culture and Consumption in France (University of Wales Press, 2010), 224 pp.

Hommes et Vins, une anthropologie du vignoble bourguignon (Editions universitaires de Dijon, 1999), 450 pp.

EDITED BOOKS

Handbook of French Politics, Society and Culture, edited by M. Demossier, D. Lee, A. Mondon, N. Parish (Routledge, forthcoming 2018)

The European Puzzle. Cultures and Identities in Europe, the political structuring of cultural identities (Berghahn, 2007), 224 pp.

Recollections of France: Memories, Identities and Heritage in Contemporary France S. Blowen, M. Demossier and J. Picard (eds.), (Berghahn, 2000), 272 pp.

SELECTED ARTICLES/CHAPTERS since 2011

‘Reflexive Imbrications’

The Globalization of Wine: The Trans-Nationalization and Localization of Production, Leisure and Pleasure edited by David Inglis and Anna-Mari Almila, University of the Arts London (forthcoming 2016). * REF Output2

‘The Politics of Heritage in the Land of Food and Wine’

A Companion to Heritage Studies, edited by William Logan, Máiread Nic Craith, Ullrich Kockel.

(Wiley-Blackwell Companions to Anthropology Series, 2015).

‘Sarkozy and Roma: performing securitization’.

The Anthropology of Security: Perspectives from the Frontline of Policing Counter-terrorism and Border Control edited by Mark Maguire, Catarina Frois and Nils Zurawski. (London, Pluto Press, 2014). *REF Output 3

‘Following Grands Crus: Global Markets, Transnational Histories and Wine?’

Wine and Culture: From the vineyard to the glass edited by Rachel Black and Robert C. Ulin (Berg, 2013).

‘The Europeanization of Terroir: A Political Sociology of Europeans?’

Narratives of Transnational Belonging in Europe? A look at Culture, edited by Rebecca Friedman and Markus Thiel, (2012) Ashgate.

'Beyond Terroir: Territorial Construction, Hegemonic Discourses and French wine culture' Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute (2011).

‘Anthropologists and the Challenge of Modernity: Global concerns, Local responses in EU agriculture'

Anthropological Journal of European Cultures, nº 20 (2011).

‘Vin’

Dictionnaire d’histoire culturelle de la France contemporaine, nº. 4 (2011), pp. 803-28.

‘Response to Philip Whalen’s article on terroir’

Cultural Analysis, University of Berkeley. Invited Guest respondant, volume 6, (2007). http://ist-socrates.berkeley.edu/~caforum/

‘Introduction, Special issue of Aofood : Wine and Globalization’

Aofood, 3, (December 2004)

http://www.aofood.org/JournalIssues/03/aof-wine- sommaire.html

‘Une anthropologie de la construction des climats de Bourgogne’

Les climats du vignoble de Bourgogne comme patrimoine mondial de l’humanité, Edited by Jean-Pierre Garcia, Editions Universitaires de Dijon (2011).

‘European Politics, Policies and Institutions’

A companion to the Anthropology of Europe, U. Kockel, M-N Craith and J. Frykman (eds), Blackwell Publishing (2011).

Articles

Demossier, M. (2011). Anthropologists and the challenge of modernity: global concerns, local responses in EU agriculture. Anthropological Journal of European Cultures, 20(1), 111-131. DOI: 10.3167/ajec.2011.200107

Demossier, M. (2011). Beyond terroir: territorial construction, hegemonic discourses and French wine culture. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 17(4), 685-705. DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9655.2011.01714.x

Demossier, M. (2007). [Response to Philip Whalen's article 'Burgundian regionalism and French Republican commercial culture at the 1937 Paris International Exposition']. Cultural Analysis, 6, 66-69.

Demossier, M. (2004). Goût du vin et goûts des vins chez les britanniques au XXIe siècle. Revue des Oenologues et des Techniques Vitivinicoles et Oenologicques, 31(111), 49-51.

Crenn, C., Demossier, M., & Techoueyres, I. (2004). Wine and globalisation: foreword. Anthoropology of Food, 3.

Crenn, C., Demossier, M., & Techoueyres, I. (2004). Wine and globalization: foreword. Anthoropology of Food, 3.

Clout, H., & Demossier, M. (2003). Introduction. New countryside, old peasants? Politics, tradition and modernity in rural France. Modern & Contemporary France, 11(3), 259-263. DOI: 10.1080/0963948032000128528

Demossier, M., Demossier, M. (Ed.), & Clout, H. (Ed.) (2003). Rural France in Europe: new challenges. Modern & Contemporary France, 11(3), 265-278. DOI: 10.1080/0963948032000128537

Demossier, M. (2001). Territoires, produits et identités en mutation: les Hautes-Côtes en Bourgogne viticole. Ruralia, 8, 141-158.

Demossier, M. (1997). Producing tradition and managing social changes in the French vineyards: the circle of time in Burgundy. Ethnologia Europea, 27(1), 29-47.

Demossier, M. (1997). Une anthropologie des écrits des vignerons en Bourgogne et Champagne. Papilles, 11, 15-30.

Demossier, M. (1996). Une Anthropologie de l’ébriété et de la fête en Bourgogne. Séparer le bon vin de l’ivresse. Bulletin du Centre d’histoire économique et sociale, (3-4), 141-148.

Demossier, M., & Jacobi, D. (1994). Entre recherche et esthétique : la bouteille de Bourgogne selon Georges-Henri Rivière. Revue du Centre National des Arts et Métiers CNAM, 16-24.

Demossier, M., & Jacobi, D. (1994). Entre recherche et esthétique: la bouteille de Bourgogne selon Georges-Henri Rivière. Revue du Centre National des Arts et Métiers CNAM, 16-24.

Guenin, A-M., & Demossier, M. (1993). Le dilemme du kir. Etudes Foncières, 58, 48-54.

Demossier, M. (1993). Le dilemme du Kir. Etudes Foncières, 58, 48-54.

Demossier, M. (1990). Monographie ethnologique d’un village viti-vinicole: l’exemple de Saint Aubin en Côte d’Or. Mémoires de l’Académie des Sciences, Arts et Belles Lettres de Dijon, 130, 161-165.

Demossier, M. (1989). Monographie ethnologique d’un village viti-vinicole: l’exemple de Saint Aubin en Côte d’Or. Mémoires de l’Académie des Sciences, Arts et Belles Lettres de Dijon, 130, 161-165.

Books

Demossier, M. (2011). French ethnology in development. Farnham Royal, GB: Ashgate.

Demossier, M. (2011). Wine drinking culture in France: a national myth or a modern passion? (French and Francophone Studies). Cardiff, GB: University of Wales Press.

Demossier, M. (Ed.) (2007). The European puzzle. The political structuring of cultural identities at a time of transition. Oxford, GB: Berghahn.

Demossier, M., Blowen, S., & Picard, J. (Eds.) (2001). Recollections of France: memories, identities and heritage in contemporary France. Oxford, GB: Berghahn.

Demossier, M. (2000). Hommes et Vins, une anthropologie du vignoble bourguignon. Dijon, FR: Editions Universitaires de Dijon.

Book Chapters

Demossier, M. (2018). Reflexive imbrications. In D. Inglis, & A-M. Almila (Eds.), The Globalization of Wine: The Trans-Nationalization and Localization of Production, Leisure and Pleasure. London, GB: University of the Arts London.

Demossier, M. (2017). From the European puzzle to a puzzled Europe. In A. Lerman (Ed.), Do I Belong?: Reflections from Europe. (Pluto Press ed., Vol. Current Affairs/Politics, pp. 54-69). London: Pluto Books Limited.

Demossier, M. (2015). The politics of heritage in the land of food and wine. In W. Logan, M. Nic Craith, & U. Kockel (Eds.), A Companion to Heritage Studies. (pp. 87-100). Chichester, GB: Wiley Blackwell.

Demossier, M. (2014). Sarkozy and Roma: performing securitization. In M. Maguire, C. Frois, & N. Zurawski (Eds.), The Anthropology of Security: Perspectives from the Frontline of Policing, Counter-terrorism and Border Control. (pp. 24-44). London, GB: Pluto Press.

Demossier, M. (2012). European politics, policies and institutions. In U. Kockel, M. N. Craith, & J. Frykman (Eds.), A Companion to the Anthropology of Europe. (Blackwell Companions to Anthropology). Chichester, GB: Wiley-Blackwell.

Demossier, M. (2011). Une anthropologie de la construction des climats de Bourgogne: Éléments pour une réflexion sur le classement UNESCO des climats au patrimoine mondial de l’humanité. In J. P. Garcia (Ed.), Les Climats de Bourgogne. Dijon, FR: Editions Universitaires de Dijon.

Demossier, M. (2010). La gouvernance des terroirs du vin: le point de vue de l'anthropologue. In J-C. Hinnewinkel (Ed.), La Gouvernance des Terroirs du Vin: Entre local et mondial, au Nord comme au Sud. (pp. 201-210). Bordeaux, FR: Editions Féret.

Demossier, M. (2010). Vin. In C. Delporte, J-E. Mollier, & J-F. Sirinelli (Eds.), Dictionnaire d'Histoire Culturelle de la France Contemporaine. (pp. 842-844). (Quadrige Dicos Poche). Paris, FR: Presses Universitaires de France.

Demossier, M. (2007). Introduction. In M. Demossier (Ed.), The European Puzzle: The Political Structuring of Cultural Identities at a Time of Transition. (pp. 1-12). Oxford, GB: Berghahn.

Demossier, M. (2007). The political structuring of cultural identities in Europe. In M. Demossier (Ed.), The European Puzzle: The Political Structuring of Cultural Identities at a Time of Transition. (pp. 49-66). Oxford, GB: Berghahn.

Demossier, M. (2006). Entre litérature et objet ethnologique, 'Nono' ou la construction du vigneron comme archétype de la culture locale. In A. Bleton-Ruget, & P. Poirrier (Eds.), Le Temps des Sciences Humaines: Gaston Roupnel et les Années Trente. (pp. 173-198). Dijon, FR: MSH Dijon Manuscrit Universite.

Demossier, M. (2005). Consuming Wine in France: The 'Wandering' Drinker and the 'Vin-anomie'. In T. M. Wilson (Ed.), Drinking Cultures: Alcohol and Identity. (pp. 129-154). London, GB: Berg.

Demossier, M., & Bilger-Street, H. (2005). Diamonds and videotape: political scandals and the presidents of the Fifth French Republic. In J. Garrard, & J. L. Newell (Eds.), Scandals in Past and Contemporary Politics. (pp. 151-162). Manchester, GB: Manchester University Press.

Demossier, M. (2005). Political scandals and the President in the French fifth Republic. In J. Garrard, & J. Newly (Eds.), Political scandals, Past and Present. (pp. 151-162). Manchester, GB: Manchester University Press.

Demossier, M. (2005). Wine. In B. Marshall (Ed.), France and the Americas: Culture, Politics, and History. (pp. 1219-1224). Santa Barbara, US: ABC-CLIO.

Demossier, M. (2004). Contemporary lifestyles: the case of wine. In D. Sloan (Ed.), Culinary Taste: Consumer Behaviour in the International Restaurant Sector. (pp. 93-108). Oxford, GB: Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann.

Demossier, M. (2004). Women in rural France, mediators or agents of change. In K. Hoggart, & H. Buller (Eds.), Women in Rural Europe. (pp. 164-184). Farnham, GB: Ashgate.

Demossier, M. (2001). Food for thought, culinary heritage in France. In M. Demossier, J. Picard, & S. Blowen (Eds.), Recollections of France: Memories, Identities and Heritage in contemporary France. (pp. 141-153). (Contemporary France; Vol. 4). Berghan.

Demossier, M., & Milner, S. (2000). Differences: age and place related. In B. Kidd, & S. Reynolds (Eds.), French Cultures, French Identities. (pp. 69-80). London, GB: Arnold.

Blowen, S., Demossier, M., & Picard, J. (2000). Introduction. In S. Blowden, M. Demossier, & J. Picard (Eds.), Recollections of France: Memories, Identities and Heritage in Contemporary France. (pp. 1-9). Oxford, GB: Berghahn.

Demossier, M. (2000). Wine festival in contemporary France, reshaping power through time in Burgundy. In K. Friedrich (Ed.), Festive Culture in Germany and Europe from the Sixteenth to the Twentieth Century. (pp. 107-119). Lewiston, US: Edwin Mellen Press.

Demossier, M. (2000). Women in rural France. In A. Gregory, & U. Tidd (Eds.), Women in Contemporary France. (pp. 191-211). London, GB: Berg.

Demossier, M. (1998). The making of a President, political culture and collective memory in the Morvan. In M. Maclean (Ed.), The Mitterrand Years: Legacy and Evaluation. (pp. 233-245). London, GB: MacMillan Press.

Demossier, M. (1994). Les passionnés du vin ou le mariage du cœur et de la raison. In C. Bromberger (Ed.), Passions ordinaires. (pp. 163-188). Paris, FR: Bayard Presses.

Demossier, M. (1993). Les vins de Bourgogne. In A. Lazareff, A. Senderens, A. Weill, & M. Demossier (Eds.), Bourgogne, Produits du terroir et recettes traditionnelles. (pp. 13-25). (L'inventaire du patrimoine culinaire de la France). Paris, FR: CNAC/Editions Albin Michel.

Demossier, M. (1992). De l’église à la cave le culte et la fête de la Saint Vincent en Côte d’Or. In Les Saints Protecteurs de la Vigne en Bourgogne. (pp. 37-46). Beaune, FR: Archives de la ville de Beaune.

Demossier, M. (1992). La fête, miroir d’une communauté: la Saint Vincent tournante de Puligny-Montrachet. In Les Saints Protecteurs de la Vigne en Bourgogne. (pp. 123-140). Beaune, FR: Archives de la ville de Beaune.

Demossier, M., & Portet, F. (1992). La Saint Vincent Tournante: le grand échange bourguignon. In Les Saints protecteurs de la vigne en Bourgogne. (pp. 25-36). Beaune, FR: Archives de la ville de Beaune.

Conferences

Demossier, M. (2013). Following grands crus: global markets, transnational histories and wine. In R. Black (Ed.), Wine and Culture: Vineyard to Glass. London, GB: Berg.

Demossier, M. (2012). The Europeanization of Terroir: consuming place, tradition and authenticity. In R. Friedman, & M. Thiel (Eds.), European Identity and Culture: Narratives of Transnational Belonging. (Studies in Migration and Diaspora). Farnham, GB: Ashgate.

Demossier, M. (2007). Le discours oenologique contemporain: région contre nation au XXIeme siecle. In F. Hache-Bissette, & D. Saillard (Eds.), Gastronomie et Identité Culturelle Française: Discours et Représentations, XIXe-XXIe siècles. (pp. 455-469). Paris, FR: Nouveau Monde.

My current undergraduate teaching focuses on aspects of twenty-first century French Politics and contemporary society and culture as well as EU Politics; I have always believed in the virtues of ethnography as a methodological tool, the questions it enables a researcher to ask and the possibilities for qualitative and critical understanding it offers. I would therefore be delighted to work with candidates interested in using ethnography as a research method, especially in relation (but not limited) to research related to contemporary France, Europe, the EU or the UK. Working as a social anthropologist within the disciplinary field of Modern Languages and the particularly rich interdisciplinary environment at Southampton, I am very happy to advise and supervise postgraduate students working in a range of areas and regional contexts: wine and terroir studies, food studies, performative cultures, drinking cultures, migration, Republicanism in France, the Roma, education/schooling and multiculturalism.

Professor Marion Demossier
Building 65 Faculty of Humanities University of Southampton Avenue Campus Highfield Southampton SO17 1BF United Kingdom

Room Number:65/3023

Telephone:(023) 8059 2293
Email:M.Demossier@soton.ac.uk

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