Melissa Nayral

Biography

May-September 2016, Contract of expertise in anthropology for the Community of the South Pacific Countries (SPC) - Noumea. Expert report on the traditional knowledge of a natural reserve in New Caledonia. March-May 2016, Missionary research in anthropology for the Museum of Natural History - Collège de France (LAS), Paris. Field mission to Ouvéa (New Caledonia) as part of a French Foundation project. Governance, Risk, Environment, Development - Caledonian Agronomic Institute (AIC), Axis 3 New ruralities and common destiny, Pouembout (New Caledonia). October 2011-March 2014 Lecturer in Anthropology and Sociology, Department of Anthropology, Aix-Marseille University, Aix-en-Provence; ENTPE (National School of Public Works), Lyon; IFSI St-Jacques (Institute for Training in Nursing), Marseille. CM and TD (66hTD). September 2008-August 2011 Doctoral research fellow, University of Provence. September 2008-August 2011 Monitrice, Department of Anthropology, University of Provence. CM and TD (192hTD). March - May 2007 Trainee at the Mulefa women's association, Ouvéa.

Research Interest

Melanesia, New Caledonia, Kanak countries, Uvea, ethnolinguistics, political dynamics, (d) colonization, forms of resistance, controversies, gender, local knowledge.