Dousset Laurent
Director of Studies (EHESS)
EHESS
Centre de recherche et de documentation sur l'Oceanie
India
Biography
1992-1994: French Alps (PIRE - CNRS) on the relationship between the local population and wildlife (cognitive anthropology, ethnozoology). Depsui 1994: several lands in Australia, especially in the Western Desert and Alice Springs (varying lengths from 3 weeks to 24 months) in the areas of kinship, social organization, social transformations, etc. Since 2010: land in Vanuatu on land disputes and the history of Port Sandwich / Lamap
Research Interest
Australia, Vanuatu, hunter-gatherers, kinship, social organization, cognitive anthropology, social transformations, First Nations, the person and its construction, First Contacts in Australia, Land Matters
Publications
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Dousset L. Accounting for context and substance: the Australian Western Desert kinship system. InAnthropological Forum 2002 Nov 1 (Vol. 12, No. 2, pp. 193-204). Taylor & Francis Group.
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Dousset L. Assimilating identities: social networks and the diffusion of sections. Oceania Monographs; 2005.
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Dousset L. On the misinterpretation of the Aluridja kinship system type (Australian Western Desert). Social Anthropology. 2003 Feb;11(1):43-61.
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Faucon O, Dousset L. Coordinated defense plan protects against transient instabilities. IEEE Computer Applications in Power. 1997 Jul;10(3):22-6.
