This presentation reproduces the personal testimony made by the author in the Seminar held in his honor in 2006 on the occasion of his retirement. In it the author recalls some facts of his career as a health social scientist, placing it in the framework of the seminar - the notion of field and habitus. The author highlights their contributions to the field of social sciences and public health, especially related to dissertations and theses that he directed.
Field; Habitus; Social Sciences; Public Health; Statement