As part of its mission to build bridges between different generations of researchers, Menassat for Research and Social Studies is organizing the second edition of the Socio-pause. The sociologist and professor Bouchaib MAJDOUL will be invited during this activity, focusing on his career and experience as a sociologist and researcher in the socio-anthropology of health and illness. The event will be held on Monday June 19, 2023 from 4:00 p.m., at the Menassat headquarters.

The Socio-Pause is structured around two objectives: The first is a stop on the journey of a renowned sociologist in the field of sociological research. It is a look back at his experience, his achievements and his publications. But also a stop on the state of sociology in Morocco. The second is a transmission of knowledge to enable young researchers to benefit from the experience of the guest sociologist.

The socio pause will be a moment of sharing, listening and interaction. It will also be a moment of intergenerational exchange, where a particular emphasis will be placed, during this edition, on the career of the researcher in the health field in Morocco. In this sense, it will be a question of equipping young doctoral students with adequate means for any research, starting from the collection of data, and through the processing of the latter, in order to interpret and analyze them. The Socio-Pause will then be the opportunity to strengthen the capabilities of around twenty young doctoral students.

As a reminder, the first edition of Socio-Pause was attended by the sociologist and professor emeritus Jamal KHALIL, around his book “ « L’Analyse Longitudinale & Transversale de l’Entretien, Un moment de construction methodologies avec les autres en temps de confinement ».

Portrait of a sociologist:

Bouchaib MAJDOUL is a sociologist and professor at the Ibn Zohr university, Agadir. He is an associate professor at the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Agadir and at the Higher Institute of Nursing Professions and Health Techniques of Agadir. His research activities revolve around the Socio-Anthropology of living with chronic illnesses.

MAJDOUL is also the author of several articles and books on the subject of AIDS, of disability and sexuality.

 Zoom on the publications:

Bouchaib MAJDOUL is a sociologist who has done a lot of research in the health field in Morocco. In his capital several works and articles in this direction:

- A sociology of AIDS in Morocco. Ideological construction, experience of the illness and methodological and ethical considerations, is a book edited in 2021 at Editions Du Net 

- Illness and ideology : Youth and Coexistence Journeys, published in 2018.

- Women and AIDS in Morocco: From Biological Inequality to Social Inequality, is a book published in 2017, where Majdoul returns to the history of women affected by AIDS, and their confrontation with both health and social inequalities.

Many other articles have the signature of Bouchaib MAJDOUL, notably : “Sexuality of seropositive women in Morocco”, “Press and Construction of an AIDS reality in Morocco, exemplary case of the daily Attajdid”. Other works are being published.