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December 30th, 1945 |
Date of birth |
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1963 |
French Baccalaureate (elementary
mathematics) |
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1963-1965 |
Advanced mathematics and special
mathematics course in a “Classe préparatoire” at Saint-Louis high school,
Paris |
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1965-1968 |
Engineering degree at the École
Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris |
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Nov. 1968 - Feb. 1970 |
Military service |
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June 1969 |
Duel (in Philosophy) |
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Feb. 1971 - june 1972 |
Engineer in charge of tutorials and
lectures at the Department of Applied Mathematics of the SEMA (Société
d’Études de Mathématiques Appliquées) |
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June 1975 |
PhD in Social Anthropology at the
University of Paris VII. Topic of dissertation : Des classifications
dualistes en Australie (Dual Classifications in Australia,
congratulations of the jury – first class degree) ; doctorate under the
supervision of J. Barrau |
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June - oct. 1976 |
Study trip to Australia (Australian
National University, Camberra) |
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1978-1979 |
Scientist responsible for research on
hunter-gathering |
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Jan. 1979 |
Attaché de recherche, CNRS,
Anthropologie ; membre de l'era 713 " Recherche et documentation
ethnobotaniques et ethnozoologiques " du Muséum national d'histoire
naturelle |
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Jan. 1982 |
Senior researcher at the CNRS |
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Oct. 1986 |
Second class Director of research at the
CNRS; member of the UA 882 “Appropriation sociale de la nature” (“Social
appropriation of nature”) at the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle |
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Jan. 1991 |
Member of the UMR 116 “Laboratoire d’Ethnologie
et de Sociologie Comparative” (“Laboratory of Ethnology and Comparative
Sociology”) at the university of Paris X - Nanterre |
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March 1997 |
Member of the UMR 16 “Laboratoire
d'Anthropologie Sociale” (“Laboratory of Social Anthropology”) at the
Collège de France |
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Sept. 2002 |
First class Director of Research at the
CNRS |