Biography
Galinon-Mélénec studied economics at theResearch work
Deconstruction of the concept of "trace"
Béatrice Galinon-Mélénec denounces the simplification of the use of the notion ofSign-traces, relational embodied semiotics, anthroposemiotics
With the observation that everything that is potentially visible cannot necessarily be seen, Béatrice Galinon-Mélénec starts from the hypothesis that signs only appear to individuals who are predisposed to receive them; this depends on their ''body-traces'', i.e. a body in which is recorded every consequence of the individuals' interactions with the environments they have passed through over time. For the author, a human being's ''body-trace'', (there is no separation between the body and the mind) possesses a plasticity which is the result of the interactions with the surroundings in which he/she lives (nature, culture, techniques, society, etc.) The interactions of a body with its surroundings, being specific to each individual, the resulting ''body-trace'' is recorded in a difference, which modulates the reception of what is perceptible. To signify that the perception and interpretation of the sign are the consequences, the author suggests the term ''sign-trace''. The interpretation that each human makes of the real arises from anthroposemiotics in which the signs appear as the result of an interaction between an individual's body-trace and reality. This is assumed to exist in itself ("the reality itself") and is only accessible to humans through their body and a human's interpretation can therefore only be an "anthropo-centred reality". "Relational embodied semiotics", which analyzes bodies' interaction of sign-traces, has been used by researchers or professionals to analyze interpersonal communication situations where the body is present. In this context, the interpretation of signs emitted by bodies appears as if recorded in a systemic dynamic linking the body-trace of the interpreted and the body-trace of the interpretant within a complex where bodies in co-presence are moved by permanent interactions of traces. This approach finds its applications in various domains – internal business communication, recruitment, doctor-patient relationships – and puts into perspective the biases introduced by remote communication.Ichnos-anthropos (human-trace) at the heart of general ichnology
The human being is a ''human trace (ichnos-anthropos)'' whose body traces carry the "consequence-traces" of interactions of inside-outside dualism. According to the author, body-trace and environment-trace have been retro-acting in a systemic dynamic since the beginning of humanity, which explains the co-evolution of species and the environment which she analyzes using her ''"theory of General Ichnology"''. She demonstrates the interest of her applications by analyzing dangerous situations experienced by her contemporaries in the context of the digital society (2009) which she analyzes using her "theory of General Ichnology" and the health crisis of 2020. The interpretation that the Ichnos-Anthropos makes of the real comes from anthroposemiotics, where signs appear as the result of an interaction between the body-trace of Ichnos-Anthropos and the reality-trace of the world. With the anthropological Human-Trace paradigm, Béatrice Galinon-Mélénec sets the figurative stage of ''homo'' (sapiens or otherwise) from any era whose body carries traces (''ichnos'') of the past (his or those of humans who have preceded him) and whose present relationship with the world participates permanently in the production of a future integrating the "consequence-traces" of his present actions. As the "Human-Trace" term was circulated and appropriated by other authors, it lost the paradigmatic dimension initially sought by the author. The effect of this being a preference for the Greek translation of "Ichnos-Anthropos" for instances referring to it in the strict sense of the paradigm.Influence
There has been a growing interest in the terms "human trace", "body-trace" and "sign-trace". Nevertheless, if reference is made to certain indexing tools likeMain publications
In English
* ''The Trace Odyssey: A journey Beyond Appearances,'' London, Willey/Iste Editions, 2021, 150 p. ()In French
* ''L'Homme-Trace: Des traces du corps au corps-trace,'' Paris, CNRS Editions, 2017, 415 p. () * ''L'Odyssée de la trace 1. Voyage au-delà des apparences'', London, ISTE Editions, 2020. * "Homme-trace" et "signes-traces", deux paradigmes français à l'épreuve des faits., Rouen, Klog Editions, 2012, 125 p. () * ''L'Homme trace: perspectives anthropologiques des traces contemporaines'', Paris, CNRS Editions, 2011, 410 p. () * ''Penser autrement la communication: Du sens commun vers le sens scientifique. Du sens scientifique vers la pratique'', Paris/Budapest/Kinshasa etc., L'Harmattan, 2007, 247 p.() * ''Homme/animal: quelles relations? Quelles communications?'', Mont-Saint-Aignan, Presses Universitaires Rouen, 2003, 228 p.() * ''De la formation à l'emploi, le rôle de la communication'', Presses Universitaires Pau, 1994, 256 p. () * ''Projet et communication dans les universités'', Editions d'Organisation, 1991, 225 p. () * ''Traces numériques: De la production à l'interprétation'', with Sami Zlitni,Paris, CNRS Editions, 2015, 290 p.() * ''L'Homme-trace: Inscriptions corporelles et techniques'', with Fabien Lienard and Sami Zlitni,Paris, CNRS Editions, 2015, 284p. () * ''Le corps communicant: le XXIe siècle, civilisation du corps?'', with Fabienne Martin-Juchat, Paris, L'Harmattan, 2008, 239p. ()Online articles
* (en) "From Traces and Human Trace to Human-Trace Paradigm" ''Springer Proceedings in Complexity'', 2015, p. 337349; read online (https://www.springer.com/us/book/9783319459004) * "A la recherche de la trace", ''Communication et Organisation,'' 2015, p. 31-50; read online (http://communicationorganisation.revu es.org/4876) (en) * (en) "The future of the Homme-trace", ''Netcom'', 2014, p. 107-130; read online (http://netcom.revues.org/1554) * With Fabienne Martin-Juchat, "Du "genre" social au "genre" incorporé: Le "corps genré" des SIC", ''Revue française des sciences de l'information et de la communication,'' 2014.; read online (http://rfsic.revues.org/857) * "Expérience incarnée, construction cognitive et jugement", ''Revue française des sciences de l'information et de la communication'', 2013 read online (http://rfsic.revues.org/487) * "Des signes-traces à l'Homme-trace. La production et l'interprétation des traces placées dans une perspective anthropologique", ''Intellectica,'' 2013; read online (http://intellectica.org/fr/des-signes-traces-l-homme-trace-la-production-et-l-interpretation-d es-traces-placees-dans-une perspective anthropoloogique)Notes and references
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* Authority records: virtual international authority file (http://viaf.org/viaf/22192278)· International Standard Name Identifier (http://isni.org/isni/0000000078316073)· Bibliothèque nationale de France (http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12219118h) (données (http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12219118h.Système universitaire de documentation (http://www.idref.fr/030860075). Bibliothèque du Congrès(http://id.loc.gov/authorities/n93048180) Gemeinsame Normdatei (http://d-nb.info/gnd/1147774366)· Bibliothèque nationale tchèque (http://aut.nkp.cz/vse2005290992).https://www.bookdepository.com/Whos-Who-World-Marquis-Whos-Who/9780837911298. https://www.whoswho.fr/bio/beatrice-galinon-melenec_79549. WorldCat (http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n93-048180) * Video on the ''CS-DC'15 first world conference'' (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0A46_Vki6s) Galinon-Melenec Béatrice, The Explosion of questions posed by the traces: an answer to the paradigm of the Human Trace (Arizona, US, 2015) * Review by Philippe Boissinot of: Galinon-Mélénec B., "L'Homme-trace", tome I, 2011dans ''la revue Annales. Histoire, Sciences sociales'', 70e année, no 2, avril-juin 2015, p. 543-545, 2015 (https://muse.jhu.edu/article/600762/pdf) * Review by Annick Monseigne of: "Béatrice Galinon-Mélénec (dir.), "L'Homme trace: perspectives anthropologiques des traces contemporaines", volume I, 2011 in the journal ''Networks and Communication Studies'', NETCOM, vol 25 n°3-4, p 317, 2012 (http://netcom.revues.org/1202), * Review by Isabelle Cousserand of: Galinon-Mélénec B., "Penser autrement la communication" in the journal ''Communication & organisation'', no 32, 2007 (https://communicationorganisation.revues.org/405) * Review by Sophie Gingras of: Galinon-Mélénec B. (dir.), "Homme/Animal: Quelles relations? Quelles communications?, PUHR, in the Canadian journal ''Communication'', Vol. 25/1, 318-322, 2006 (https://communication.revues.org/322) * Review by Anne Marie Laulan of: Galinon-Mélénec B., "L'Homme-trace. Perspectives anthropologiques" (2011) in "Les chercheurs au coeur de l'expertise", journal ''Hermès'', no 64, 2012 (https://www.cairn.info/revue-hermes-la-revu e-2012-3-page- 203.htm) * Review by Daiana Dula of "L'Homme-trace. Perspectives anthropologiques des traces contemporaines" in the journal ''Questions de communication'', n°20, 2011,[2 (https://journals.openedition.org/questionsdecommunication/2229) * Review by Annick Monseigne of: Galinon-Mélénec B., "Des signes-traces à l'Homme-trace" (Intellectica, 2013, n°59) in the journal: ''Communication & Organisation'', n°44, Mica, Presses Universitaires de Bordeaux, pp 229,232, 2014.[3](https://www.cairn.info/revue-communication-et-organisation-2013-2-page-229.htm) * B. Galinon-Mélénec et al., ''Etat des lieux des Sciences de l'Information et de la Communication'' 1993 (http://www.enssib.fr /bibliotheque-numerique/documents/63-les-sciences-de-l-information-et-de-la-communication-rapport-d-evaluation.pdf) * Review by Martha Severo of: Galinon-Mélénec B. et al., "L'Homme-trace. Inscriptions corporelles et techniques" série l'Homme-trace, volume III, in the Canadian journal: ''Communication'', vol. 34/2/2017 https://journals.openedition.org/communication/7107,2017 (https://journals.openedition.org/communication/7107), * Review by Fabienne Duteil-Ogata of: Galinon-Mélénec B. et al., "L'Homme-trace. Inscriptions corporelles et techniques" (2015) in the journal: ''Questions de communication'', 2017/2, https://www.cairn.info/revue-questions-decommunication-2017-2-page-414.htm * Review by Delphine Dupré of: Galinon-Mélénec B., "L'Homme-Trace - Des Traces du corps au corps-trace" (2017) in the journal Française des Sciences de l'Information et de la Communication, ''RFSIC'',12/2018,https://journals.openedition.org/rfsic/3515 * Review by Hélène Petry of: Galinon-Mélénec B., "L'Homme-Trace - Des Traces du corps au corps-trace" (2017) in ''Liens socio/Lectures'', 2018, uploaded on 15 February 2018, http://journals.openedition.org/ lectures/24203 (http://journals.openedition.org) * Julien Péquignot, "Entretien avec Béatrice Galinon-Mélénec sur l'usage des traces en sciences de l'information et de la communication", in the Canadian journal ''Communiquer'', no 27, 2019 (https://journals.openedition.org/communiquer/478). {{morecat, date=December 2022 1949 births Living people Paris Descartes University alumni French women academics