Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
étude des bifurcations
English translation:
study of turning points
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Aug 29, 2011 10:37
12 yrs ago
French term
étude des bifurcations
French to English
Social Sciences
Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
Statistics in sociology
Hi,
I am translating a text about "life courses" in a given society. This term came up- I think I understand the meaning (i.e. a study of all the possible outcomes and sequences in a given individual's life). Is there a particular name for this in English?
The context is:
"La perspective du parcours de vie nous permettra d’analyser comment un événement survenu à un âge donné dans la vie d’un individu peut avoir un impact sur son parcours de vie (étude des bifurcations)"
Many thanks
I am translating a text about "life courses" in a given society. This term came up- I think I understand the meaning (i.e. a study of all the possible outcomes and sequences in a given individual's life). Is there a particular name for this in English?
The context is:
"La perspective du parcours de vie nous permettra d’analyser comment un événement survenu à un âge donné dans la vie d’un individu peut avoir un impact sur son parcours de vie (étude des bifurcations)"
Many thanks
Proposed translations
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study of turning points
Parcours professionnels et histoires de santé : une analyse sous l ...
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sociology. It is focused on the concept of « turning point » (or « bifurcation »), applied to the interdependences and interactions between work and health ...
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see page 7
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http://books.google.com/books?id=XEpc8zKHC9oC&pg=PA19&lpg=PA...
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Interrogations N°3 : La notion d'identité personnelle en sociologie ...
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by H Sébastien - Related articles
Analyse de la construction identitaire à partir du processus d'engagement ... individus au cours de leur cycle de vie correspondent à des moments de bifurcations ... (turning points)(2), particulièrement utile pour identifier les agencements de ... Ce point de vue, relatif à l'étude du processus de « conversion identitaire »(4), ...
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sociology. It is focused on the concept of « turning point » (or « bifurcation »), applied to the interdependences and interactions between work and health ...
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Note added at 16 mins (2011-08-29 10:53:53 GMT)
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see page 7
or transition
http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:5hnFaRJP2bgJ:www2....
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Note added at 17 mins (2011-08-29 10:54:45 GMT)
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http://books.google.com/books?id=XEpc8zKHC9oC&pg=PA19&lpg=PA...
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Note added at 19 mins (2011-08-29 10:56:50 GMT)
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Interrogations N°3 : La notion d'identité personnelle en sociologie ...
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www.revue-interrogations.org/article.php?article=53 - Cached
by H Sébastien - Related articles
Analyse de la construction identitaire à partir du processus d'engagement ... individus au cours de leur cycle de vie correspondent à des moments de bifurcations ... (turning points)(2), particulièrement utile pour identifier les agencements de ... Ce point de vue, relatif à l'étude du processus de « conversion identitaire »(4), ...
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Comment: "Yes, this seems to sum up what the rest of the passage is saying and I have since seen this term used in other publications. e.g. http://unix.wjh.harvard.edu/soc/faculty/sampson/articles/1993_Crim_Laub.pdf
Many thanks!"
Discussion
Also:
Idiosyncratic appropriation of "scientific jargon" crops up often in French sociology texts, e.g. Baudrillard : "redshift", "trou noir".
i.e. how the event has an impact on the persons life and puts them on another path (from the meaning to divide into two classes)