Laboratoire d'ethnologie et de sociologie comparative
The Research Center for Anthropology and Comparative Sociology or LESC (Laboratoire d'ethnologie et de sociologie comparative - LESC) is a cross-faculty research entity of the Paris West University Nanterre La Défense and the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS)
Also recorded as Research Center for Anthropology and Comparative Sociology · LESC
Laboratoire d'ethnologie et de sociologie comparative
- Name
- Research Center for Anthropology and Comparative Sociology
- Founded
- 1967
- Founder
- Éric de Dampierre
- Headquarters
- Nanterre
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The Research Center for Anthropology and Comparative Sociology or LESC (Laboratoire d'ethnologie et de sociologie comparative - LESC) is a cross-faculty research entity of the Paris West University Nanterre La Défense and the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS)
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• Name — Research Center for Anthropology and Comparative Sociology • Native Name — Laboratoire d'ethnologie et de sociologie comparative(LESC) • Established — 1967 • Type — Public • Officer In Charge — Ministry of Education & Science Technology, France • Director — Gilles Tarabout • City — Nanterre • Province — Ile-de-France • Country — France • Campus — Nanterre Campus • Affiliations — CNRS • Website — http: www.mae.u-paris10.fr/traducteur/endetail3.php?ID=32955=
Activities
Activities
The spectrum of research activities covered by the LESC is quite vast, reaching from traditional fieldwork based ethnography to visual anthropology. These activities are conducted mainly within the three scientific research departments: • Technology • Americanism • Ethnomusicology
Learned societies
Learned societies
They are two learned societies housed in the LESC. • The Société d'ethnologie, created in 1986 by Eric de Dampierre. • The Société des africanistes, created in 1930.
Anthropology library
Anthropology library
The Library named after Eric de Dampierre has one of the largest collection of anthropological reviews and files on Africanist, Americanist and Mongol studies in France.
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1967
Laboratoire d'ethnologie et de sociologie comparative established.
1967
Laboratoire d'ethnologie et de sociologie comparative is recorded from 1967.
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The French School of Anthropology
The center was founded in 1967 at Paris X University by Eric de Dampierre, and associated with the National Scientific Research Council (CNRS) from 1968. In 1989 it became a Mixed Research Unit (UMR). Today it is the UMR 7186.
Scientific publications
• the Ateliers du LESC, is the electronic publication of the laboratory, available free and online on Revues.org, the French public open source science portal. • Journal des africanistes, published by the société des africanistes since 1931.
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- “Laboratoire d'ethnologie et de sociologie comparative”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q3214419: Laboratoire d'ethnologie et de sociologie comparative
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 1017368-7, Laboratoire d'Ethnologie et de Sociologie Comparative (Nanterre).
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 1017368-7, Laboratoire d'Ethnologie et de Sociologie Comparative (Nanterre).Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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