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TRADITION AND TRANSMISSION : Current Trends in French Ethnology - The Relevance for India

By :- Lotika Varadarajan

Edited By :- Denis Chevallier

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Pages: xxvi+284

Format: HB

ISBN-13: 978-81-7305-259-0

Place: New Delhi

Edition: 1st

Publisher: ARYAN BOOKS INTERNATIONAL

Size: 15cm x 22cm

Product Year: 2003

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In a world increasingly sanitised by globalization, the concept of conservation of ethnological heritage becomes ever more relevant. The process of French decolonisation generated new cultural perspectives. There was a growing perception that the cultural markers, which constituted the ethos of a particular group or community, deserved the same degree of recognition and protection as that accorded to natural diversity. The hazards posed by the growing tentacles of mainstream culture were also becoming increasingly evident. It was in this context that the discipline of French ethnology was consciously forged and developed. The book covers the history and institutionalisation of the discipline. The new dynamics invited fresh anthropological perspectives resulting in the opening up of the field of applied anthropology. The question of the transmission and mapping of savoir-faire, that universe of traditional understanding and skill, in a world transformed by industrialisation, has also been analysed in depth. Despite the wide-ranging, sometimes fundamental differences, between India and France, these are all common concerns although perhaps of greater immediacy in the Indian situation. The tools of enquiry, which have been developed in France, are, thus, of great relevance to the Indian context, as will be demonstrated by the articles published in this volume. Being interdisciplinary in nature, this work is bound to appeal to the historian, the anthropologist and to all those who wish to forge a continuum between the mainstream and little known alternative sets of vision.

Abbreviations Illustrations Introduction I. History and Institutionalisation of the Discipline 1. From the Large to the Small: Variations in the scales and objects of analysis in the recent history of the ethnology of France. ? Christian Bromberger 2. Ethnological Heritage: The French Example ? Isac Chiva II. Transmission 3. Tradition is No Longer What it was?On the notions of tradition and traditional societies in ethnology ? Gerald Lenclud 4. Modes of Transmission of Inheritance An overview of the work conducted over the last fifteen years by ethnologists of France ? Tiphaine Barthelemy 5. Knowledge of Salt, Salt of Knowledge ? Genevieve Delbos 6. Apprenticeship as Viewed by Ethnologists: A Stereotype? ? Francois Sigaut III. Techniques and Savoir-faire 7. Technology and the Semantic Analysis of Objects: Towards a Semio-Technology ? Christian Bromberger 8. Seeing and Knowing ? Roger Cornu 9. Percussive Gestures: Analysis of a Technical Movement. ? Blandine Bril IV. Towards an Applied Anthropology 10 Museum and Technique ? Philippe Mairot 11 ?Conserving? Ethnological Heritage ? Denis Chevallier Citations ? Articles About the Authors

Lotika Varadarajan is an ethno-historian working in the area of traditional knowledge systems through investigations into the fields of textiles and maritime venture. She has worked closely with French researchers and this volume is the result of these interactions. Denis Chevallier, Ph.D in ethnology, is currently chief curator at the Museedes Arts et Traditions Populaires in Paris. The major portions of his publications are based on field investigation. This has enabled him to provide fresh light into the processes of transmission and conservation of savoir-faire. He has also been an active participant in an institution, unique in Europe, the Mission du Patrimoine Ethnologique.

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