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 Paris Nanterre University (French: ''Université Paris Nanterre''), formerly Paris-X and commonly referred to as Nanterre, is a public research university based in Nanterre, Paris, France. It is one of the most prestigious French universities, ma ...

and the

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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 (

) 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: *

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* Americanism *

Ethnomusicology Ethnomusicology is the study of music from the cultural and social aspects of the people who make it. It encompasses distinct theoretical and methodical approaches that emphasize cultural, social, material, cognitive, biological, and other dim ...

Learned societies

They are two

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housed in the LESC. * The Société d'ethnologie, created in 1986 by Eric de Dampierre. * The Société des africanistes, created in 1930.

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.

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

References

External links

LESC Official website in English

LESC Official website in French
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