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BIOGRAPHIE

December 30th, 1945 Date of birth
1963 French Baccalaureate (elementary mathematics)
1963-1965 Advanced mathematics and special mathematics course in a “Classe préparatoire” at Saint-Louis high school, Paris
1965-1968 Engineering degree at the École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris
Nov. 1968 - Feb. 1970 Military service
June 1969 Duel (in Philosophy)
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)
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
June - oct. 1976 Study trip to Australia (Australian National University, Camberra)
1978-1979 Scientist responsible for research on hunter-gathering
Jan. 1979 Attaché de recherche, CNRS, Anthropologie ; membre de l'era 713 " Recherche et documentation ethnobotaniques et ethnozoologiques " du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle
Jan. 1982 Senior researcher at the CNRS
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
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
March 1997 Member of the UMR 16 “Laboratoire d'Anthropologie Sociale” (“Laboratory of Social Anthropology”) at the Collège de France
Sept. 2002 First class Director of Research at the CNRS


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