Marc Tabani
Researcher
CNRS
Centre de recherche et de documentation sur l'Oceanie
France
Biography
• Studied Ethnology at the Paris-X-Nanterre University from 1988 to 1993, then at Montpellier-III University from 1995 to 1999 • May 1991: Maîtrise d'Ethnologie (under the direction of Prof. Olivier Herrenschmidt) • September 1993: DEA in Ethnology and Comparative Sociology (edited by Prof. Eric de Dampierre) • January 2000: Doctorate of Ethnology (under the direction of Prof. Alain Babadzan)
Research Interest
Melanesia / Vanuatu / Tanna / Social and Cultural Change / Traditional Policies / Cargo Cults / John Frum Cult
Publications
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Tabani M. Une pirogue pour le paradis: le culte de John Frum à Tanna (Vanuatu). Éditions de la Maison des sciences de l’homme; 2017 Jun 30.
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Tabani M. A political history of Nagriamel on Santo, Vanuatu. Oceania. 2008 Nov 1;78(3):332-57.
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Tabani M. The carnival of custom: Land dives, millenarian parades and other spectacular ritualizations in Vanuatu. Oceania. 2010 Nov 1;80(3):309-29.
