Un métier qui ne fait pas rêver ?
Veterinary medicine began its professionalization process towards the end of the 19th century in the Ottoman Empire. The members of this then-nascent profession almost immediately engaged in a struggle for the recognition of their work. Convinced that they were underestimated and underpaid, they fou...
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Association pour la Recherche sur le Moyen-Orient
2022-04-01
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| description | Veterinary medicine began its professionalization process towards the end of the 19th century in the Ottoman Empire. The members of this then-nascent profession almost immediately engaged in a struggle for the recognition of their work. Convinced that they were underestimated and underpaid, they founded associations and journals and constructed a common discourse to build up their legitimacy externally. This discourse targeted public opinion but also the state, which was their main employer. My aim is to examine the rhetoric and the strategies deployed by these veterinarians to demand the valorization of their skill set and to reflect, from this case study, on the invention of professions. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-5bc393ed62af4fafa3b595277052686f2025-08-20T02:34:24ZengAssociation pour la Recherche sur le Moyen-OrientEuropean Journal of Turkish Studies1773-05462022-04-013210.4000/ejts.7209Un métier qui ne fait pas rêver ?Meriç TanıkVeterinary medicine began its professionalization process towards the end of the 19th century in the Ottoman Empire. The members of this then-nascent profession almost immediately engaged in a struggle for the recognition of their work. Convinced that they were underestimated and underpaid, they founded associations and journals and constructed a common discourse to build up their legitimacy externally. This discourse targeted public opinion but also the state, which was their main employer. My aim is to examine the rhetoric and the strategies deployed by these veterinarians to demand the valorization of their skill set and to reflect, from this case study, on the invention of professions.https://journals.openedition.org/ejts/7209TurkeyOttoman EmpireprofessionalizationlegitimizationVeterinary medicinescientificity |
| spellingShingle | Meriç Tanık Un métier qui ne fait pas rêver ? European Journal of Turkish Studies Turkey Ottoman Empire professionalization legitimization Veterinary medicine scientificity |
| title | Un métier qui ne fait pas rêver ? |
| title_full | Un métier qui ne fait pas rêver ? |
| title_fullStr | Un métier qui ne fait pas rêver ? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Un métier qui ne fait pas rêver ? |
| title_short | Un métier qui ne fait pas rêver ? |
| title_sort | un metier qui ne fait pas rever |
| topic | Turkey Ottoman Empire professionalization legitimization Veterinary medicine scientificity |
| url | https://journals.openedition.org/ejts/7209 |
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