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Talk with Céline Hequet, Sociologist
September 13 @ 19:30 – 21:00
The Ant Trap: How Women are Drawn into the Climbing Subculture Only to Find Themselves Stuck at Its Bottom Rungs
Céline Hequet explores a climbing counterculture where enthusiasts adopt a minimalist lifestyle, breaking away from capitalist norms. However, this culture, predominantly male since the 1950s, often reinforces gender stereotypes. Her talk sheds light on how male superiority remains valued in the heterosexual climbing community.
In the yoga studio
Free talk, on booking
About Céline Hequet :
Originally trained in ecosystem biology, I almost became an ornithologist. Confronted with the futility of conducting yet another study suggesting that we should perhaps start cutting down fewer forests, I took a leap into social sciences. After a rather dry master’s in economic sociology of the environment, I reconnected with the pleasure of spending time in the forest, this time conducting an ethnography of the climbing subculture as part of my PhD in sociology at McGill University.
Learn more : https://mcgill.academia.edu/C%C3%A9lineHequet
What are the Talks?
These are moments of storytelling, knowledge sharing, histories, and explorations. The monthly talks return to Zéro Gravité every Friday evening. After a time of listening, there is a discussion on the chosen subject. Everyone is welcome in the yoga studio at Zéro Gravité. Free with reservation.
