Academic publications

Books

Pinna Gabriele (2018), Travailler dans l’hôtellerie de luxe. Une enquête ethnographique à Paris, Paris, L’Harmattan, pp. 270.

Edited volumes

Pitzalis Marco, Borghini Andrea, Pinna Gabriele, Gremigni Elena (2024), Bourdieu in Italia. Percorsi di sociologia generativa, Pisa, Pisa University Press.

Scientific articles

Pinna Gabriele, Pitzalis Marco (2024) «Field Effects and Work-based Learning: The Case of School-Work Alternance in Italy», European Journal of Education, 59 (3).

Pinna Gabriele (2022), «The Bourdieusian sociology of labour. A critical reading», Rassegna Italiana di Sociologia, 3/2022, pp. 703-727.

Pinna Gabriele (2022), «(Re)reading Travail et travailleurs en Algérie. The relevance of one of Pierre Bourdieu’s lesser-known books», Cambio. Rivista Sulle Trasformazioni Sociali, 11(22), 227-238.

Pinna Gabriele, Marco Pitzalis (2021), curatori del numero speciale 2/2021 della rivista Scuola Democratica. Learning for Democracy: «Get to work! Il rapporto tra lavoro ed educazione nella società contemporanea».

Pinna Gabriele, Pitzalis Marco (2021), «Aprire la ‘scatola nera’ del rapporto tra istruzione, formazione e lavoro», Scuola democratica. Learning for democracy, 2/2021, pp. 221-230.

Pinna Gabriele, Pitzalis Marco (2021), «La scuola in azienda. Il caso della formazione in alternanza scuola lavoro nei territori montani», Scuola democratica. Learning for democracy, 2/2021, pp. 279-296.

Pinna Gabriele, Pitzalis Marco (2020), «Tra scuola e lavoro. L’implementazione dell’Alternanza Scuola Lavoro tra diseguaglianze scolastiche e sociali», Scuola democratica. Learning for Democracy 1/2020, pp. 17-35.

Pinna Gabriele (2019), «Distanza sociale, lavoro emozionale e status professionali nei servizi. Alberghi di lusso a Parigi», Etnografia e Ricerca Qualitativa, 3/2019, pp. 29-52.

Pinna, Gabriele (2019), «Tra regimi di diseguaglianze e mercati del lavoro transitori. Il lavoro negli alberghi di lusso a Parigi», Sociologia del lavoro, 154, pp. 183-202.

Pinna Gabriele, (2018), «Servir sur la scène ou dans les coulisses ? Une étude dramaturgique des tensions au sein des collectifs de travail dans l’hôtellerie de luxe», L’Homme et la Société, 206, pp. 317-339.

Pinna Gabriele (2015), «Luxe, genre et émotions dans l’hôtellerie», La Nouvelle Revue du Travail [online], 6, URL: http://nrt.revues.org/2135.  

Pinna Gabriele (2013), «Vendre du luxe au rabais : une étude de cas dans l’hôtellerie haut de gamme à Paris», Travail et Emploi, 136, pp. 21-34. 

Pinna Gabriele, Réau Bertrand (2011), «Service de luxe et classes sociales. Introduire les classes sociales dans l’étude de la relation de service», Actes de la Recherche en Sciences Sociales, 190, pp. 134 - 139.

Chapters in edited volumes

Pinna Gabriele (2024), «Campo e condizioni di lavoro. Una prospettiva bourdieusiana per lo studio del lavoro nelle società capitalistiche contemporanee», In Pitzalis Marco, Borghini Andrea, Pinna Gabriele, Gremigni Elena (a cura di) Bourdieu in Italia. Percorsi di sociologia generativa, Pisa, Pisa University Press, pp. 183-202.

Pitzalis Marco, Borghini Andrea, Pinna Gabriele, Gremigni Elena (2024), «Introduzione. Per un approccio generativo alla sociologia di Bourdieu», In Pitzalis Marco, Borghini Andrea, Pinna Gabriele, Gremigni Elena (a cura di) Bourdieu in Italia. Percorsi di sociologia generativa, Pisa, Pisa University Press, pp. 7-17.

Pitzalis Marco, Borghini Andrea, Pinna Gabriele, Gremigni Elena (2024), «Simposio: Bourdieu in Italia, venti anni dopo. La definitiva legittimazione? Conversazione con Andrea Borghini e Marco Pitzalis», In Pitzalis Marco, Borghini Andrea, Pinna Gabriele, Gremigni Elena (a cura di) Bourdieu in Italia. Percorsi di sociologia generativa, Pisa, Pisa University Press, pp. 267-295.

Pinna Gabriele (2023), «Labor, Training, Careers in Tourism in Sardinia», In Réau Bertrand, Guibert Christophe (a cura di), Employment and Tourism. New Research Perspectives in the Social Sciences, Cham (Switzerland), Springer, pp. 31-42.

Pinna Gabriele, Pitzalis Marco, Spanò Emanuela (2020), «Il possibile, il probabile. Scelte scolastiche e lavorative di giovani in aree rurali in declino», In Cois Ester (a cura di) Aree rurali in transizione oltre la crisi economica. Nuove imprenditorialità, agency giovanile ed empowerment comunitario nelle aree interne sarde, Torino, Rosenberg & Seller, pp. 107-128.

Pinna Gabriele (2017), «La gestion du personnel dans l’hôtellerie haut de gamme : entre invisibilisation et personnalisation», In Ganem Valérie, Lafuma Emmanuelle, Perrin-Joly Constance (a cura di), Interroger les nouvelles formes de gestion des ressources humaines : dispositifs de personnalisation, acteurs et effets, Octarès, Toulouse, pp. 133-143.

Pinna Gabriele (2015), «Lavoro e posizione subalterna nel campo del turismo. Uno studio etnografico sul mercato degli alberghi di lusso a Parigi», In Pitzalis Marco, De Feo Antonietta (a cura di), Produzione/riproduzione/distinzione: studiare il mondo sociale con (e dopo) Bourdieu. Con scritti di Pierre Bourdieu et Loïc Wacquant. CUEC, Cagliari, pp. 63-74.

Pinna Gabriele (2013), «La coopération entre front et back office dans les entreprises des services : le cas de l’hôtellerie haut de gamme», In Bercot Régine, Rahou Nadia (a cura di), Le travail de service, Editions ANACT, Lyon, pp. 120-130.

Pinna Gabriele, Hénaut Léonie (2012), «Les métiers à pourboires. Des collectifs de travail à l’épreuve d’une évaluation individuelle et continue», In Alaluf Mateo, Desmarez Pierre, Stroobants Marcelle (a cura di), Mesures et démesures du travail, Presses Universitaires de Bruxelles, Bruxelles, pp. 59-70.

Pinna Gabriele (2010), «La mise en scène de la servitude : quand la mobilisation des salariés pallie le manque de personnel et de qualification», In Bercot Régine, Hénaut Léonie (a cura di), Professionnalisation et rapports aux métiers, Travaux et Documents, Presses Universitaires de Vincennes, Saint-Denis, pp. 77 - 100. 

Pinna Gabriele (2005), «Sviluppi recenti della letteratura sullo sviluppo locale», In Agenzia Regionale del Lavoro, Valutazione e progettazione di politiche del lavoro in Sardegna, CUEC, Cagliari, vol. II, pp. 154 - 164.

Book reviews

Pinna Gabriele (2023), recensione in italiano del libro di Prisca Kergoat, (2022), «De l’indocilité des jeunesses populaires. Apprenti·e·s et élèves de lycées professionnels», Paris, La Dispute, Scuola democratica. Learning for Democracy, 1/2023, pp. 233-235.

Pinna Gabriele (2016), recensione in italiano del libro di Nicolas Jounin, «Voyage de classes», La Découverte, Paris, 2014, Rassegna Italiana di Sociologia, 2/2016, pp. 395-397.

Pinna Gabriele (2014), recensione in inglese del libro di Pierre Fournier, «Travailler dans le nucléaire. Enquête au cœur d’un site à risques», Armand Colin, Paris, 2013, Sociologica, 1/2014.

Conferences and study days

3 – 6 june 2024, with Antonietta De Feo, panelist and discussant, «Working at school. Career pathways, professional deontology, professional relationships and identities in the face of social justice», Third International Conference, Scuola Democratica. Learning for Democracy, Cagliari.

3-6 june 2024, organizing commettee Third International Conference, Scuola Democratica. Learning for Democracy, Cagliari.

3 february 2024, speaker, with Alessandro Lovari, «Professioni in corso: i comunicatori pubblici alla sfida della transizione digitale», panel La transizione digitale tra prossimità e distanza: come si trasformano lavoro, organizzazione e mercati? Davide Arcidiacono, (Università di Catania), Attila Bruni (Università di Trento), Laura Sartori (Università di Bologna), Conference Sisec Lavoro, imprese e territori: tra prossimità e distanza, Cagliari. 

13 april 2023, chair panel «School/higher education and social inclusion», AIS-EDU International Mid-term Conference Education as Commons. Democratic Values, Social Justice and Inclusion in Education, Palermo.

13 april 2023, speaker: «Teaching in vocational schools: the case of istituti alberghieri in Sardinia», panel Reimagining schooling and education. A view from the South; chairs: Marco Pitzalis (University of Cagliari), Marco Romito (University of Milano-Bicocca), Emanuela Spanò (University of Cagliari), AIS-EDU International Mid-term Conference Education as Commons. Democratic Values, Social Justice and Inclusion in Education, Palermo.

13 december 2022, speaker: «I nuovi valori del lavoro», Regional Conference on Labor Policies. Capire il presente per disegnare il futuro: le nuove culture del lavoro, Department of Labor, Vocational Training, Cooperation, and Social Security of the Autonomous Region of Sardinia, Cagliari.

29 november 2022, discussant, panel Spazi della città, spazi dei giovani, giornata di studi Come i giovani si rappresentano e vengono rappresentati?, final event of the IANG research project, Cagliari.

4-5 november 2022, organizing committee for Twenty years with(out) Pierre Bourdieu. Studying crisis and social change today, Cagliari.

4 november 2022, chair, panel Word and Economic Fields, session B, conference Twenty years with(out) Pierre Bourdieu. Studying crisis and social change today, Cagliari.

4 november 2022, speaker «Bourdieu and the sociology of work. Legacy, contemporary debate, and possible developments», panel Work and Economic Fields, sessione A, conference Twenty years with(out) Pierre Bourdieu. Studying crisis and social change today, Cagliari.

19 june 2022, speaker «L’alternanza scuola lavoro negli istituti professionali per i  servizi per l’enogastronomia e l’ospitalità alberghiera: limiti,  contraddizioni, opportunità», panel Inequalities in Education: Academic Achievement, Schools. Organisations and Actors, Labor Market Returns. Higher  education, inequalities and occupational returns; panelist Gianluca Argentin, Patrizia Falzetti, Giampiero Passaretta, Moris Triventi, VI Conference SISEC Il lavoro della transizione. Tecnologia, politiche ed ecologia del lavoro nel XXI secolo, Bologna.

17 march 2022, speaker, with Marco Pitzalis, Donatella Poliandri, Orazio Giancola, Laura Formenti e Mauro Palumbo. Symposium AIS-EDU L’Alternanza Scuola-Lavoro. Cosa dicono le ricerche?, online.

12 june 2021, speaker, with Marco Pitzalis, «Il work-based learning alla prova della crisi. Il caso della Sardegna», sessione 2.4 Scuole, università, mercato e territori. Analisi su organizzazioni, risultati, diseguaglianze e occupazioni nell’education; panelist: Gianluca Argentin, Patrizia Falzetti, Emmanuele Pavolini, V Conference SISEC L’Italia alla prova dell’emergenza: istituzioni, mercati, società, online.  

2-6 june 2021, organizing commettee Second International Conference Scuola Democratica. Learning for Democracy, online.

4 june 2021, chair Symposium ETEW – Education, Training, Employment and Work in Italy for the younger generation: present challenges for the future (SD); relatori: Federico Butera; Laura Formenti; Marino Regini, Reinventing Education, Second International Conference, Scuola Democratica. Learning for Democracy, online.

4 june 2021, with Marco Pitzalis, speaker «The Relationship between School and Work in a Peripherical Region: the Case of Work-Based Learning in a Mountain Subregion of Sardinia», session C.6, School-Work Alternance: What Challenges for National Educational Systems? panelist: Donatella Poliandri e Mauro Palumbo, Reinventing Education, Second International Conference, Scuola Democratica. Learning for Democracy, online.  

1 february 2020, with Marco Pitzalis, speaker «Scuola, lavoro e diseguaglianze. Posizioni nel campo scolastico e prese di posizione sull’ex Alternanza scuola lavoro in Sardegna», sessione 36 L’istruzione dalla prospettiva della sociologia economica: organizzazioni, diseguaglianze sociali e mercato del lavoro; panelist Gianluca Argentin, Emmanuele Pavolini, IV Conference SISEC La riscoperta del valore. Politeismo dei valori e ibridazione dei mercati, Torino.

31 january 2020, speaker «Regimi di diseguaglianze e carriere nel settore turistico», sessione 18 Il settore dei servizi: condizioni di lavoro, tempi, vissuti, rappresentanza; coordinatori: Annalisa Dordoni, Maria Concetta Ambra, Francesco Eugenio Iannuzzi, IV Conference SISEC La riscoperta del valore. Politeismo dei valori e ibridazione dei mercati, Torino.

28 january 2020, with Marco Pitzalis, relatore «Il possibile, il probabile. Scelte scolastiche e lavorative di giovani in aree rurali in declino», study day Aree rurali in transizione oltre la crisi economica. Nuove imprenditorialità, agency giovanile ed empowerment comunitario nelle aree interne sarde, Cagliari.

15 november 2019, speaker «Principi di funzionamento dei campi e condizioni di lavoro: un approccio bourdieusiano per lo studio della segmentazione dei mercati del lavoro», study day Fare ricerca con Bourdieu. Strumenti, applicazioni, problemi, confronti, Bologna.

6-7-8 june 2019, with Nicolas Divert, panelist and discussant L’Alternanza Scuola Lavoro dopo la Buona Scuola, Education and Post-Democracy, Firts International Conference Scuola Democratica Learning for Democracy, Cagliari.

6-7-8 june 2019: organizing commette Firts International Conference Scuola democratica. Learning for democracy, Cagliari.

16 march 2017, discussant panel Catégorisations des usagers, convegno internazionale Relation de service et intersectionnalité, organizzato dalle sezioni 24 – Genre, classe et race. Rapports sociaux et construction de l’altérité – e 25 – Travail, organisations, emploi –, Association Française de Sociologie (AFS), CNRS Pouchet, Paris.  

16-17 march 2017: scientific commettee Conference Relation de service et intersectionnalité, organizzato dalle sezioni 24 – Genre, classe et race. Rapports sociaux et construction de l’altérité – e 25 – Travail, organisations, emploi – Association Française de Sociologie (AFS), CNRS Pouchet, Paris.

7 july 2016, speaker : «La révolte des invisibles. Résistances et syndicalisme dans l’hôtellerie de luxe», panel Régulation dans les services ; panelist Sylvie Monchatre. International Conference of French-Speaking Sociologists (AISLF), University of Quebec, Montreal.

21 june 2016, speaker : «Le bonheur à l’épreuve du marché. La marchandisation des émotions dans l’univers du luxe entre souffrance au travail et frustration des clients», conference Les émotions dans la relation de soin et de service, Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense, Nanterre.

24 june 2014, discussant panel Soignants (with Sophie Divay) and Indépendants et agriculteurs (with Charles Gadea), Journée des doctorants en sociologie des groupes professionnels, Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines.

20 september 2013, speaker: «Démocratisation du luxe et précarisation du travail», panel Les catégories de sexe et race en situation turistique, Repenser les dichotomies structurantes des sciences sociales au regard de l'objet tourisme, Cité Universitaire, Paris.  

20 june 2013, speaker : «Personnalisation de la relation de service et invisibilisation du travail dans l’hôtellerie de luxe», Les nouvelles formes de gestion des ressources humaines. Interroger la personnalisation, agir sur le travail, Paris 13, Villetaneuse.

14 june 2013, speaker: «The Precarization of Life Conditions in France» giornata di studi Legal Reforms, Social Responses to the Crisis and the Precarization of Life Conditions in Contemporary Society, Oñati International Institute for the Sociology of Law, Spain.

6 june 2013, speaker: «Le renouvellement du goût et la dégradation du travail dans le secteur de l’hôtellerie de luxe : le cas du marché parisien», Produzione/riproduzione/distinzione: studiare il mondo sociale con (e dopo) Bourdieu, Cagliari.

3 april 2012, speaker:  «TIC et gestion de la clientèle dans l’hôtellerie haut de gamme à Paris», Association Tourisme, Recherche, et Enseignement (ASTRES), Nice.

25 january 2012, with Léonie Hénaut, speaker: «Les métiers à pourboires : des collectifs de travail à l’épreuve d’une évaluation individuelle et continue», panel Compétences en devenir ; cpanelist: Guy Leeber, Emmanuelle Marchal, Sylvie Monchatre, cJournées internationales de sociologie du travail (JIST), Bruxelles.  

26 january 2012, speaker : «La relation de service dans l’hôtellerie haut de gamme à Paris. Les paradoxes de la démocratisation du luxe», Panel Tensions sur la mesure, enjeux collectifs et professionnels ; panelist: Steve Jefferys, Pierre Lenel, Jens Thoemmes, convegno Journées internationales de sociologie du travail (JIST), Bruxelles.  

18 june 2010, speaker : «Rapport au travail et intégration professionnelle dans l’hôtellerie de luxe», Journée d’étude des doctorants du RT1 Savoirs, Travail, Professions AFS, Paris.

26 june 2009, speaker: «Les processus de production des services dans l’hôtellerie de luxe», Journées internationales de sociologie du travail (JIST), Nancy.

 

Academic Teaching

Italy

A.Y. 2024-2025: "Symbolic Interactionism", 6 hours, Ph.D. in Research and Social Innovation, Faculty of Economics, Law, and Political Sciences, University of Cagliari.

A.Y. 2023-2024: "Work and Social Regulation", 36 hours, Master's in Social Innovation and Communication, Faculty of Economics, Law, and Political Sciences, University of Cagliari.

A.Y. 2023-2024: "Sustainable Tourism Development", 18 hours, Faculty of Economics, Law, and Political Sciences, University of Cagliari.

A.Y. 2023-2024: "Symbolic Interactionism", 6 hours, Ph.D. in Research and Social Innovation, Faculty of Economics, Law, and Political Sciences, University of Cagliari.

A.Y. 2023-2024: "Participant Observation", 4 hours, Ph.D. in Research and Social Innovation, Faculty of Economics, Law, and Political Sciences, University of Cagliari.

A.Y. 2022-2023: "Sociology of Health", 30 hours, Master's in Preventive and Adapted Motor Activities, Faculty of Motor Sciences, University of Cagliari.

A.Y. 2022-2023: "Work and Social Regulation", 36 hours, Master's in Social Innovation and Communication, Faculty of Economics, Law, and Political Sciences, University of Cagliari.

A.Y. 2021-2022: "Sustainable Tourism Development", 18 hours, Master's in Social Innovation and Communication, Faculty of Economics, Law, and Political Sciences, University of Cagliari.

A.Y. 2021-2022: "Sociology of Health", 30 hours, Master's in Preventive and Adapted Motor Activities, Faculty of Motor Sciences, University of Cagliari.

A.Y. 2020-2021: "Sociology of Health", 30 hours, Master's in Preventive and Adapted Motor Activities, Faculty of Motor Sciences, University of Cagliari.

A.Y. 2020-2021: "Sociology of Health", 18 hours, Master's in Health Professions in Diagnostic and Technical Healthcare, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Cagliari.

A.Y. 2019-2020: "Participant Observation", 2 hours, Seminar in the Research Methodology course, Bachelor's in Labor Sciences, Administration, and Management, Prof. Sabrina Colombo, University of Milan.

A.Y. 2019-2020: "Sociology of Health", 15 hours, Master's in Preventive and Adapted Motor Activities, Faculty of Motor Sciences, and Master's in Health Professions in Diagnostic and Technical Healthcare, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Cagliari.

A.Y. 2018-2019: "Between Inequality Regimes and Transitory Labor Markets: The Work Experience in Luxury Hotels", 2 hours, Seminar in Economic and Labor Sociology, Prof. Marco Zurru, Bachelor's in Political Science, Faculty of Economics, Law, and Political Sciences, University of Cagliari.

France

A.Y. 2013-2014: "Main Theories of Contemporary Sociology", 33 hours, Bachelor's in Sociology and Political Science (first year) and in Economic and Social Administration (second year), Faculty of Law, Political Science, and Social Sciences, University of Paris 13, Villetaneuse (Seine-Saint-Denis).

A.Y. 2013-2014: "Introduction to Sociology", 33 hours, Bachelor's in Economic and Social Administration (first year), Faculty of Law, Political Science, and Social Sciences, University of Paris 13, Villetaneuse (Seine-Saint-Denis).

A.Y. 2013-2014: "Field Research Methodology", 30 hours, Bachelor's in Sociology and Political Science (first year), Faculty of Law, Political Science, and Social Sciences, University of Paris 13, Villetaneuse (Seine-Saint-Denis).

A.Y. 2013-2014: "Introduction to Sociology", 45 hours, Bachelor's in Sociology and Political Science (first year), Faculty of Law, Political Science, and Social Sciences, University of Paris 13, Villetaneuse (Seine-Saint-Denis).

A.Y. 2013-2014: "New Theories in Sociology of Organizations", 15 hours, Master's in Public Policy (first year), Faculty of Law, Political Science, and Social Sciences, University of Paris 13, Villetaneuse (Seine-Saint-Denis).

A.Y. 2012-2013: "Main Theories of Contemporary Sociology", 33 hours, Bachelor's in Sociology and Political Science (first year) and in Economic and Social Administration (second year), 200 students, Faculty of Law, Political Science, and Social Sciences, University of Paris 13, Villetaneuse (Seine-Saint-Denis).

A.Y. 2012-2013: "Sociology of Associations and Volunteering", 33 hours, Master's in Public Policy (first year), Faculty of Law, Political Science, and Social Sciences, University of Paris 13, Villetaneuse (Seine-Saint-Denis).

A.Y. 2012-2013: "Field Research Methodology", 30 hours, Bachelor's in Sociology and Political Science (first year), Faculty of Law, Political Science, and Social Sciences, University of Paris 13, Villetaneuse (Seine-Saint-Denis).

A.Y. 2012-2013: "Introduction to Sociology", 45 hours, Bachelor's in Sociology and Political Science (first year), Faculty of Law, Political Science, and Social Sciences, University of Paris 13, Villetaneuse (Seine-Saint-Denis).

A.Y. 2011-2012: "Sociology of Precarity, Unemployment, and Exclusion", 18 hours, Bachelor's in Sociology and Political Science (third year), Faculty of Law, Political Science, and Social Sciences, University of Paris 13, Villetaneuse (Seine-Saint-Denis).

A.Y. 2011-2012: "Crozier's Strategic Analysis Theory", 22 hours, Master's in Public Policy Management and Evaluation (second year), Regional Institute for Social Work / University of Paris 13, Neuilly-sur-Marne (Seine-et-Marne).

A.Y. 2011-2012: "Introduction to Sociology", 14 hours, Bachelor's in Social Work and Specialized Educator (first year), Regional Institute for Social Work / University of Paris 13, Montrouge (Hauts-de-Seine).

A.Y. 2011-2012: "Introduction to Sociology", 14 hours, Bachelor's in Social Work and Specialized Educator (first year), Regional Institute for Social Work / University of Paris 13, Neuilly-sur-Marne (Seine-et-Marne).

A.Y. 2011-2012: "Sociology of Work", 14 hours, Bachelor's in Social Work and Specialized Educator (second year), Regional Institute for Social Work / University of Paris 13, Neuilly-sur-Marne (Seine-et-Marne).

A.Y. 2011-2012: "Work in Luxury Hotel Services", 3 hours, Master's in Management of Tourism and Hotel Activities (second year), University of Paris 1, Paris.

A.Y. 2011-2012: "Participant Observation in Hotel Enterprises", 3 hours, Master's in Labor and Organization (second year), University of Paris 8, Saint-Denis (Seine-Saint-Denis).

A.Y. 2011-2012: "Introduction to Sociology", 45 hours, Bachelor's in Sociology and Political Science (first year), Faculty of Law, Political Science, and Social Sciences, University of Paris 13, Villetaneuse (Seine-Saint-Denis).