Curriculum Vitae
Tristan LOLOUM
Associate Professor in “society, energy and climate”, School of Social Work, HES-SO Valais-Wallis Institute of Social Work / Institute of Energy and Environment
HES-SO Valais-Wallis • Rte de la Plaine 2 • CP 80 • 3960 Sierre +41 58 606 90 98 • [email protected]
Academic positions
▪ February 2021 – Associate Professor at the School of Social Work, University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Western Switzerland, HES-SO Valais-Wallis.
▪ August 2020 – January 2021, substitute Lecturer, Geosciences and Environment Faculty, University of Lausanne (Switzerland).
▪ May 2019 – December 2020, SNF Senior Researcher, Geosciences and Environment Faculty, University of Lausanne (Switzerland). Project: Taking care of heating, ventilation and air conditioning in times of energy transition.
▪ December 2017 – present, Honorary Research Fellow, Durham Energy Institute, University of Durham.
Projects: The public understanding of energy and climate change ; Power from the People.
▪ April 2015 – Present, Guest Lecturer, Geosciences and Environment Faculty, University of Lausanne, Sion campus (Switzerland).
▪ March 2016 – November 2017, SNF Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Durham (United Kingdom). Project: The making of energy cultures.
▪ November 2015 – February 2016, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Geosciences and Environment Faculty, University of Lausanne, Sion campus (Switzerland). Project: Wine tourism on the ground.
▪ January 2012 – March 2015, Doctoral Assistant, Geosciences and Environment Faculty, University of Lausanne, Sion campus (Switzerland).
▪ March 2013, Erasmus Mundus Teaching Fellow, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium).
▪ October 2011 – January 2014, Guest Lecturer, Paris III Sorbonne Nouvelle.
▪ April 2011 – October 2011, Visiting Researcher, Anthropology Department, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (Brazil).
▪ September 2009 – June 2010, Research Assistant, Sociology Department, University of Alicante (Spain).
Project: Causes and consequences of the globalisation of second home tourism.
▪ September 2005 – July 2006, Research Assistant, International Relations Department, University of Salvador (Argentina).
Education
▪ 2010 – 2015, PhD in Social and Historic Anthropology, in co-supervision between the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (France) and the University of Lausanne (Switzerland). Highest Honours.
Thesis Title: Derrière la plage, les plantations. Ethnographie d’une ‘situation touristique’ dans le Nordeste brésilien. Supervisors : Afrânio Garcia Jr. and Christophe Clivaz. 505p.
▪ 2008 – 2010, M.Sc. in Integrated Planning for Rural Development and Environmental Management,
University of Lleida/CIHEAM Zaragoza (Spain). Highest Honours. Postgraduate dissertation: Plan de ordenación territorial para el desarrollo sostenible de Calanda (Aragón). Supervisor: Antonio Gorría Ipas.
182 p. / MSc Dissertation: Con-dominium: Turismo residencial internacional y desarrollo inmobiliario en el Nordeste brasileño. Supervisor: Antonio Aledo Tur. 168p.
▪ 2005 – 2008, B.A. in Social Anthropology, University Toulouse Le Mirail (France). Dissertation Title:
Cultures en projet. Les “innovateurs agri-ruraux” et les institutions agricoles en Bretagne. Supervisor : Yves Pourcher. 116p.
▪ 2003 – 2007, B.A. in Political Science, Sciences Po Toulouse (France). Dissertation Title: Traditions, associationnisme, pentecôtisme : anthropologie politique de la communauté des Rom de Buenos Aires.
Supervisor : Jean-Pierre Liégeois. 165p.
Research projects
2019-2020: Taking care of heating, ventilation and air conditioning in times of energy transition: or how repair and maintenance shape the energy transition, University of Lausanne, SNF 165718 (PI : Jean Ruegg, Ignaz Strebel).
2018-2020 The public understanding of energy and climate change, University of Durham & University of São Paulo, FAPESP-SPRINT 2017/50385-7 (PIs: Simone Abram, Pedro Jacobi).
2017-2019 : Intelligence des Patrimoines, CESR, University of Tours, France ARD Région Centre-Val de Loire (PI : Benoist Pierre).
2018: Power from the People - Prosumers in Norway, UK and Germany, Research Council of Norway, ENERGIX Programme, Fridtjof Nansen Institute, Oslo (PI: Tor Håkon Jackson Inderberg).
2016-2017: The making of energy cultures. The cultural politics of energy in North East England. University of Durham, SNF Early Postdoc.Mobility Fellowship/P2LAP1_164923 (PI: Simone Abram)
2015-2016: Wine tourism on the ground: Experiences from China, California, Bordeaux, Alentejo, Burgenland, Stellebosch and Valais, Institute of Geography and Sustainability, University of Lausanne, Sion campus (PI:
David Picard).
2009-2011: Causes and consequences of the globalisation of second home tourism: from the Spanish Mediterranean to Brazilian Northeast. University of Alicante, Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation, AECID, A/024665/09, A/032386/10 (PI: Antonio Aledo)
Teaching
▪ University of Lausanne, Sion campus (Autumn 2019), Governance and Tourism Public Policies, Master in Tourism Studies, Sion campus (Guest Lecturer, 6 ECTS).
▪ University of Lausanne, Sion campus (Autumn 2019), Anthropology of Tourism and Travel, Master in Tourism Studies, (Guest Lecturer, 3 ECTS).
▪ University of Tours (Autumn 2018), Research Methods and Project Management (Guest Lecturer, 12hs), Graduate School in Heritage Studies.
▪ University of Lausanne, Sion campus (Autumn 2018), Anthropology of Tourism and Travel, Master in Tourism Studies (Guest Lecturer, 6 ECTS).
▪ University of Lausanne, Sion campus (spring 2015 and 2016). Sociology of Tourism Practices, Master in Tourism Studies (Guest Lecturer, 3 ECTS).
▪ Kurt Bösch University Institute (spring 2013 and 2014). Sociology of Tourism Practices, Interdisciplinary Master in Tourism (Lecturer, 3 ECTS, 28hs).
▪ Kurt Bösch University Institute (autumn 2012, 2013 and 2014). Contemporary Issues in Tourism, research Seminar, Interdisciplinary Master in Tourism (Teaching Assistant, 3 ECTS).
▪ Kurt Bösch University Institute (autumn 2013 and 2014), Introduction to the Anthropology of Tourism, Interdisciplinary Master in Tourism (Guest Lecturer, 3hs).
▪ Kurt Bösch University Institute (spring 2012, 2013 and 2014). Sustainable Management of Tourism Resources, Interdisciplinary Master in Tourism (Teaching Assistant, 6 ECTS).
▪ Kurt Bösch University Institute (autumn 2012 and 2013), Tourism and Social Sciences: Pluridisciplinary Introductory Seminar, Interdisciplinary Master in Tourism (Teaching Assistant, 3 ECTS).
▪ Paris III Sorbonne Nouvelle (autumn 2011, 2012 and 2013). Sociology and Anthropology of Tourism, Master in Cultural Tourism and Territorial Management (Lecturer, 3 ECTS).
▪ Kurt Bösch University Institute (autumn 2012 and 2013). Governance and Compared Analysis of Tourism Policies, Interdisciplinary Master in Tourism (Teaching Assistant, 6 ECTS).
▪ Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (autumn 2013), Tourism and Sustainable Regional Development, Master Erasmus Mundus in Sustainable Territorial Development (Visiting Scholar 6hs).
▪ Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (2011), Strategies in Environmental Management in European cities, Postgraduate Specialization in Urban Environmental Management (Guest Lecturer 2hs).
▪ Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (2011), Land Tenure and Maroon Heritage Policies in Northeast Brazil, Territory, identity and culture, Postgraduate in Geography (Guest Lecturer 2hs).
Awards and grants
▪ 2020, Swiss National Fund, Open Access Book (for Ethnographies of Power).
▪ 2020, Photography Exhibition “Penser le tourisme en images”, Institute of Geography and Sustainability, University of Lausanne.
▪ 2016-2017, Swiss National Fund, Early Postdoc Mobility (Switzerland).
▪ 2013-2014, CRUS Scholarship for PhD co-supervision (Switzerland).
▪ 2013, Erasmus Mundus Teaching Fellowship, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium).
▪ 2011, PhD Research incentive, Institut des Amériques (France).
▪ 2011, Mobility Scholarship, EHESS (France).
▪ 2010, Mobility Scholarship, French Embassy Network for Brazilian Studies (REFEB).
▪ 2009-2010, Master of Science Scholarship, International Mediterranean Centre of High Studies in Agronomy, Zaragoza (Spain).
▪ 2007-2008, Erasmus Scholarship, University of Coimbra (Portugal).
University service
Convenor:
▪ Panel “Taking care of energy infrastrcutures”, Swiss STS Meeting, Multiple Matters, University of Lausanne, 15-17 February 2021.
▪ Round Table “Atores institucionais e desafios”, Seminário Internacional Territórios da Energia, Mudança Climática e Sustentabilidade da Macrometrópole Paulista, instituto de Energia e Ambiente, University of São Paulo, 9-10 May 2019
▪ Panel “Termes sensoriels”, Conference Terminologies gastronomiques et œnologiques : Patrimoine et culture, University of Tours, 14 September 2018.
▪ Panel “Power legacies, energy futures: governmentalities along the grid”, 14th European Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA) Biennial Conference, University of Milano-Bicocca, 20-23 July 2016.
▪ Panel “The Energy Transition: an anti-politics machine?”, Association of Social Anthropologists of the UK and Commonwealth (ASA), University of Durham, 4-7 July 2016.
▪ Panel “Economies, marchés, consommations”, 2nd International Congress of the French Association of Ethnology and Anthropology, University of Toulouse-Jean Jaurès, 1st July 2015.
▪ Doctoral Seminar, Les Aspects Concrets de la Thèse, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Academic year 2011-2012 and 2012-2013.
▪ LAIOS Doctoral Workshop, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Academic year 2011-2012.
▪ Participatory workshop organiser, “A Nova Face do Turismo Residencial em Tibau do Sul: formulação de proposatas par um desenvolvimento de mocrático e sustentável”, October 11 2011, Tibau do Sul.
▪ Co-organizer of the 1st French-Brazilian Colloquium "La mer est ton miroir : anthropologie du littoral", 1- 2 September 2011, UFRN, Natal (Brazil).
▪ Co-organizer of the doctoral conference "Terra(in)cognita : terrains en sciences humaines et sociales", 1-2 December 2010, Interdisciplinary Institute for Contemporary Anthropology, Paris.
Dissertation supervision:
▪ Akila Karunathilake, Reinventing the Vineyard : wine tourism and heritage in Centre-Val de Loire , Master 1, Ethnology, Paris V Descartes (with Saskia Cousin).
▪ Nathanaël Bonvin (2013), Analyse prospective des impacts de la Lex Weber sur la station de Crans Montana. Bachelor in Communication and Marketing, Polycom Lausanne.
▪ Aureliana Paula Florencio (2012), La place de l'hospitalité dans une prestation touristique sur mesure. Cas de la relation entre les tours opérateurs en France et les agences réceptives au Brésil. Master in Cultural Tourism and Territorial Management, Paris 3 Sorbonne Nouvelle (with Joseph Njijol).
▪ Anneke Krüger (2012), Le tourisme comme outil de valorisation du patrimoine réunionnais. Le cas des touristes allemands sur la niche de randonnée et de culture. Master in Cultural Tourism and Territorial Management, Paris 3 Sorbonne Nouvelle (with Joseph Njijol).
PhD Thesis examination:
▪ Paulo Roberto Abreu de Oliveira (2018). Vilegiatura e Urbanização em Cidades Serranas do Nordeste Brasileiro. PhD in Geography, Universidade Federal do Ceará.
Dissertation examination:
▪ Thomas Curassier-Laurier (2018), Sociologie d'un processus de requalification d'un site industriel : une question patrimoniale? Le cas de l'Usine Valfond à Bléré (37), Master 2 Sociology, University of Tours.
▪ Tania Gerbex (2015), Analyse stratégique du Centre Pro Natura de Champ-Pittet : Comment renforcer l'attractivité touristique du Centre nature ? University of Lausanne, Master in Tourism Studies.
▪ Audrey Hansen (2015), Le jeu des acteurs dans la pérennisation d’un évènement festif : le cas des fêtes de Genève. Kurt Bösch University Institute, Interdisciplinary Master in Tourism.
▪ Cindy Blanc (2015), Les enjeux autour de la mise en place d’une Organisation de Gestion de Destination régionale : Le cas de la réorganisation des structures touristiques du district de Morges. Kurt Bösch University Institute, Interdisciplinary Master in Tourism.
Ahamadou Maiga (2013), Gouvernance locale et gestion durable des sites Unesco : une analyse du cas du patrimoine architectural de Djenné (Mali). Kurt Bösch University Institute, Interdisciplinary Master in Tourism.
Scientific associations memberships:
▪ European Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA) – Energy Anthropology Network.
▪ American Anthropology Association (AAA) – Anthropology of Tourism Interest Group.
▪ Associação Brasileira de Antropologia (ABA).
Other scientific commitments:
▪ Co-editor in chief of Lectures Anthropologiques.https://www.lecturesanthropologiques.fr/
▪ Article peer-reviewer for: Energy Research and Social Science, HAU : Journal of Ethnographic Theory, Anthropologie et Société, Vivência: revista de antropologia, Tsantsa: revue Suisse d’Ethnologie, Vi@
Tourism, IdeAs - Idées d'Amériques, Lectures Anthropologiques.
▪ Proposal reviewer for the National Science Foundation (USA)
Professional experience
▪ December 2017 – April 2019, Scientific Mediation Officer, University of Tours, Wine & Food heritage (CESR – Intelligence des Patrimoines).
▪ March 2015 – January 2016, Freelance consultant in participatory tourism planning, Pacte 3F (Switzerland).
▪ February – May 2015, Freelance consultant in social participation, Altitude 1400
▪ September 2010 – December 2011, Freelance translator (French/English, French/Spanish).
▪ June– September 2007, Technical consultant (internship), CIVAM Regional Federation of Brittany (France).
✓ Sociological surveys on setting up in organic agriculture
✓ Technical support to small rural entrepreneurs
▪ June – August 2004, Guide-Interpreter (French/English), Courvoisier Cognac Museum (France).
Language skills
French: Mother tongue
English, Spanish, Portuguese: Fluent German: Intermediate (B1)
Italian, Arabic: Basic skills
