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^[1] and the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS)^[2]

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.

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

They are two learned societies housed in the LESC.

• The Société d'ethnologie, created in 1986 by Eric de Dampierre.^[3]
• The Société des africanistes, created in 1930.^[4]

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.^[5]

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.^[6]
• Journal des africanistes, published by the société des africanistes since 1931.^[7]

See also

• French Anthropology
• Paris West University Nanterre La Défense
• National Center for Scientific Research
• Centre de recherche en ethnomusicologie [fr], Nanterre

References

1. "Université Paris Ouest Nanterre la Défense - UMR 7186 - Laboratoire d'ethnologie et de sociologie comparative (LESC)". Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2018-11-14.
2. "description de l'unité". web-ast.dsi.cnrs.fr. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
3. "Présentation". Archived from the original on 2011-01-30. Retrieved 2011-05-23.
4. "MAE - Redirection". Mae.u-paris10.fr. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
5. "ACTUALITÉS | MSH Mondes". Archived from the original on 2005-10-15.
6. "Ateliers d'anthropologie - Revue éditée par le Laboratoire d'ethnol..." Ateliers.revues.org. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
7. "Journal des africanistes". Africanistes.revues.org. Retrieved 17 April 2018.

External links

• LESC Official website in English
• LESC Official website in French