Neon Genesis Evangelion ou la déconstruction du robot anime by Bounthavy Suvilay

“…Standing out from the traditional representation of giant robots generally imposed by toy makers, Neon Genesis Evangelion’s creatures blend science, religion and psychoanalysis in a plot that reflects the attitude of the SF amateurs and the position of the director of the series within the Japanese animation industry. …”
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Le cas du metal symphonique, entre dégénérescence d’un art de l’extrême et exaltation du culte de la puissance by Jason Julliot

“…Born in the late 1990’s, symphonic metal is a genre which divides metal amateurs. This uncomfortable status is due in particular to its composite dimension, which blends an orchestra with the traditional metal formation. …”
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Délimitations et défenses du territoire : les conditions d’émergence de la linguistique nord-américaine au début du XXe siècle by Henri Le Prieult

“…From the first works of anthropologists who had to deal with the "Amerindian imperative," to the development of a "ho-me-grown structuralism" (Harris 1993), there seems to have been an enduring link between the emergence of a specifically American linguistic school of thought and the very conditions the land of American offered to the many amateurs and scientists who considered and analysed the facts of language from the XVIth century onwards. …”
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“We can and we must”: The scientificity of trade-union history-writing in the Soviet Union in the 1920s by Roman Gilmintinov

“…This story allows us to question the opposition between amateurs and professionals in the field of citizen science. …”
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Sensibilité et esthétisme dans la pratique de l'histoire naturelle en France (XVIIIe-XIXe siècles) : un héritage de la culture de la curiosité by Marie Lemonnier

“…This discourse that insists on the alliance between utility and pleasure is observable in a « curiosity culture », which takes its roots in the practices related to natural history's cabinets and collections and also in the « curieux » and amateurs' social networks of the eighteenth century.…”
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Art and art history in cultural publishing of the second half of the 20th century by Irene Piazzoni

“…The chapters of this book survey some episodes and figures of the process that led historiographic-artistic studies to be assimilated with cultural publishing, thus gaining a wider and more diversified audience than experts and amateurs of the “beautiful book”. At the same time, they focus on the actors (first and foremost the “intellectual-publishers” and the publishing houses), circuits, modes, and practices of the Italian cultural system around and through the lens of historiographic-artistic and figurative art-related publishing production, including books and magazines. …”
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Le cinéma, un appareil de déviance : N. Philibert by Jean-Louis Déotte

“…Son film effectue un « Retour en Normandie » pour découvrir le devenir des acteurs amateurs du film d’Allio. Le tournage aura été un véritable clinamen dans leur vie. …”
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Le cheval de course en Île-de-France, une présence architecturale et paysagère by Sophie Cueille

“…Fontainebleau, the plain of Sablons, the wood of Vincennes are at the end of the 18th century hangouts for the first amateurs of Horse-races. " Elegant and refined diversion ", this practice, coming of Great Britain is going to become little by little a real institution among which the frame and the rules are formalized by the Jockey club during 1830s. …”
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Une autre figure du community manager : un prospecteur silencieux et rigoureux. L’exemple d’un forum de lecteurs-consommateurs by Éric Sotto

“…We maintain that the forum of users-consumers constitutes a documentary area self-administered and self-regulated by a myriad of amateurs. The expression of an individual opinion translates into a pileup of detailed and commented feedback of consumption experiences. …”
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Le Hellfest, arène discursive. Sociologie des festivals de musique live comme sphères publiques by Gérôme Guibert

“…Because of its importance in terms of people affected or groups programmed, Hellfest, a festival of "extreme music" since 2006, has, by its magnitude, made visible heavy metal music in France, its amateurs and the cultural behaviors associated with metal scenes. …”
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Les jardins alpino-japonais, histoire d’une possible utopie paysagère by Romain Billon

“…By highlighting this style of gardening, now forgotten in the history of horticulture, we seek to understand why only a small number of amateurs—such as Albert Kahn and Ernest Van den Broeck—and professionals—such as Eugène Laumonnier and Charles Weiss—attempted to combine the two main styles of Japanese and Alpine gardens. …”
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The Golfer’s Fore, Fore +, and Advanced Fore + Exercise Program: An Exercise Series and Injury Prevention Program for the Golfer by Zachary M Thomas, Kevin E Wilk

“…Playing golf does not come without risk of injury, with an annual incidence between 15.8% and 40.9% in amateurs and 31% in professional golfers. Most injuries in golf occur due to overuse (82.6%) and only a small percentage occur from a single traumatic event (17.4%). …”
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Collaborative Documentary Photo Projects: from Techno-utopia to Imagined Community by Karine Chambefort-Kay

“…The features of the collaborative documentary mode are analysed as a number of strategies involving the authority of amateurs, forms of crowdsourcing and a new kind of agency as photographs are produced by multiple contributors and displayed online. …”
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Collecting Data of Late Recordings of Dragonflies in Poland in the Period of 2013-2020, as an Example of the Citizen Science by Agnieszka Tańczuk, Grzegorz Tończyk

“…It would not have been possible to gather such a great amount of information, if not for the amateurs engaged into a project like that (ca. 100 people). …”
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Contribution à la connaissance du paléolithique dans les environs de Chartres : étude techno-typologique des collections de la commune de Bas-de-Luisant (Eure-et-Loir) by Hélène Djema

“…For several decades it has been the subject of occasional visits of distinguished prehistorians and amateurs who collected an interesting lithic collection. …”
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Culture et tourisme ? Limites et potentialités d’un développement touristique durable à Gorée, Sénégal et à Ilha de Moçambique, Mozambique by Elisa Magnani

“…Soit un tout pouvant attirer les touristes amateurs de culture et de mémoire. Cependant, bien que dotées d’un riche patrimoine historique et culturel, et en dépit de sa pertinence pour l’histoire africaine et mondiale, Gorée et Ilha, n’ont pas encore trouvé un moyen efficace de promouvoir ces ressources en vue de réduire leur pauvreté, et ce sont au contraire les conditions de vie miséreuses de leurs habitants qui menacent la survie même de la ressource patrimoniale. …”
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PERSPECTIVES ON THE SPECIFIC FOOTBALL PARAMETERS OF ROMANIA’S THIRD LEAGUE by Antonescu Andrei Gabriel, Stănescu Monica Iulia, Palade Tudor

“…Among them, some are professionals, others are amateurs, and some are on the border between the two categories, being semi-professionals. …”
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Action Video Game Experience Related to Altered Large-Scale White Matter Networks by Diankun Gong, Weiyi Ma, Jinnan Gong, Hui He, Li Dong, Dan Zhang, Jianfu Li, Cheng Luo, Dezhong Yao

“…Using graph theory, this study analyzed WM networks in AVG experts and amateurs. Results showed that AVG experience is related to altered WM networks in prefrontal networks, limbic system, and sensorimotor networks, which are related to cognitive control and sensorimotor functions. …”
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Estrategias de prevención de lesiones en tenis. Una revisión sistemática by Luis Miguel Fernández-Galván, Carlos Enrique Lopéz nuevo, Ignacio Laborda Delgado

“…Esto resulta crucial tanto para tenistas profesionales como amateurs, ya que prolonga su carrera deportiva.  Objetivo:  identificar las medidas de prevención de lesiones implementadas en el tenis, describiendo su metodología de aplicación, los efectos observados y los aspectos tecnológicos involucrados. …”
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Entretien : Regards croisés sur la vraie et fausse porcelaine de Chine by Sophie Duhem, Émilie Roffidal, Maris Boyd Gillette, Laurent Schroeder, Antony J. Allen, Pierre Ansas

“…Should be taken into account finer criteria, specific to amateurs, collectors, craftsmen, art dealers or researchers, who convey their own definitions of "false".This interview, led by Sophie Duhem and Émilie Roffidal, has for objective to gather crossed approaches of specialists of Asian art market, collectors, academics and curators auround four axes :. definitions and perceptions of false Chinese ceramic. location, implemented ways and strategies. ethical questions (financial, patrimonial stakes, etc.). experiences feedback of landmarks or significant events on this topic of true and false.…”
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