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R\u00e9sister \u00e0 mains nues dans les interstices de la domination. Une \u00e9tude des migrations sportives intra-africaines des combattants professionnels de mixed martial arts en Afrique du Sud<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

En 2019, Kevin Ro\u0219ianu\u00a0d\u00e9bute un doctorat \u00e0 l\u2019Institut\u00a0des sciences du sport\u00a0de\u00a0l\u2019Universit\u00e9\u00a0de\u00a0Lausanne sous la direction du Professeur Nicolas Bancel. Apr\u00e8s avoir men\u00e9 plusieurs recherches exploratoires sur les enjeux d\u2019int\u00e9grit\u00e9 dans le\u00a0mixed martial arts\u00a0(MMA), il entreprend une\u00a0th\u00e8se\u00a0au croisement\u00a0des \u00e9tudes migratoires,\u00a0de\u00a0la sociologie du sport et\u00a0des th\u00e9ories critiques du pouvoir, pour analyser les logiques\u00a0de\u00a0domination et\u00a0de r\u00e9sistance au sein du march\u00e9 n\u00e9olib\u00e9ral du sport. Il soutient sa\u00a0th\u00e8se\u00a0le 2 octobre 2025.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sa th\u00e8se sur articles porte sur les trajectoires de combattants professionnels de MMA ayant migr\u00e9 depuis la R\u00e9publique D\u00e9mocratique du Congo, l\u2019Angola et le Zimbabwe vers l\u2019Afrique du Sud pour int\u00e9grer l\u2019Extreme Fighting Championship <\/em>(EFC), principal promoteur de combats de MMA bas\u00e9 \u00e0 Johannesburg. D\u00e8s leur arriv\u00e9e, ces combattants migrants exp\u00e9rimentent diff\u00e9rentes pr\u00e9carit\u00e9s co-produites par les politiques migratoires sud-africaines et leurs conditions d\u2019emploi \u00e0 l\u2019EFC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kevin Ro\u0219ianu cherche \u00e0 comprendre comment ils luttent, s\u2019adaptent et parfois s\u2019\u00e9panouissent en tant que combattant professionnel de MMA en Afrique du Sud. Son enqu\u00eate repose sur des entretiens semi-directifs men\u00e9s avec des combattants migrants et sud-africains, l\u2019analyse de vid\u00e9os promotionnelles produites par l\u2019EFC, ainsi que des observations participantes dans cinq salles de MMA \u00e0 Johannesburg et Pretoria. Ses r\u00e9sultats r\u00e9v\u00e8lent ce que les combattants mettent en place pour r\u00e9sister dans cet \u00e9cosyst\u00e8me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Il analyse les repr\u00e9sentations m\u00e9diatiques des combattants migrants dans les vid\u00e9os produites par l\u2019EFC et r\u00e9v\u00e8le comment sont construits des narratifs racistes et m\u00e9ritocratiques pour g\u00e9n\u00e9rer du profit, et comment certains combattants migrants s\u2019en emparent pour accroitre leur valeur dans l\u2019\u00e9conomie du MMA. Puis, il explore la mani\u00e8re dont la pr\u00e9carit\u00e9 impose une reconfiguration de leur masculinit\u00e9, \u00e0 travers une utilisation strat\u00e9gique du corps. Enfin, l\u2019ensemble de ses r\u00e9sultats est articul\u00e9 dans un mod\u00e8le th\u00e9orique foucaldien, afin de penser ensemble domination et r\u00e9sistances dans les parcours de ces combattants sur le march\u00e9 n\u00e9olib\u00e9ral du sport.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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