Germaine Dieterlen
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Germaine Dieterlen (15 May 1903 in Valleraugue – 13 November 1999 in Paris) was a French anthropologist. She was a student of
She is most noted for her work among the Dogon and the Bambara of Mali, having lived with them for over twenty years, often in collaboration with Marcel Griaule, with whom she wrote the book The Pale Fox (1965).[2][3]
Themes
Some of the main themes in her work concentrate on the notions of
Research
Dieterlen began her ethnographic research in
Skeptic and space journalist James Oberg in his investigation of the Dogon mystery in 1982 could neither support nor disprove Griaules questionable stories about Dogon astronomy.[5] Dutch anthropologist W.E.A. van Beek, who spent seven years with the Dogon, could not reproduce Griaule's and Dieterlen's findings in the field. He seriously critiqued the research methods of Griaule and Dieterlen and explained their results (Dogon Restudied 1991).[6]
Daughter and colleague of Marcel Griaule Geneviève Calame-Griaule[7] defended her father, dismissing van Beek's criticism.[8][9]
Academic career
Dieterlen also served as a Director of Studies at Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes at the
See also
References
- ^ Article fr:Paroles (film) on French language Wikipedia.
- ^ Leon Dixon: The Amazing and Intriguing Dogons, June 19, 2010) at web.archive.org www.nbufront.org.
- ^ Dogon Restudied - A Field Evaluation of the Work of Marcel Griaule Archived 2017-08-09 at the Wayback Machine by Walter E. A. van Beek
- ^ Allen F. Roberts: Ancestral Initiation, article University of California, Los Angeles, at africa.uima.uiowa.edu. Consulted on 13 June 2021.
- ^ James Oberg, "Chapter 6, The Sirius Mystery", in UFOs and Outer Space Mysteries, (1982) Donning Press. "The antiquity of the Dogon astronomy is not so obvious as ancient astronaut enthusiasts claim but neither has it been disproved."
- ^ Walter E. A. van Beek: "Dogon Restudied: A Field Evaluation of the Work of Marcel Griaule." Current Anthropology, 32 (1991): 139-167, PDF at home.iscte-iul.pt
- ^ Refer to the article fr: Geneviève Calame-Griaule on the French language Wikipedia.
- ^ Geneviève Calame-Griaule: "On the Dogon Restudied." Current Anthropology, Vol. 32, No. 5 (Dec., 1991), pp. 575-577
- ^ www.jstor.org Geneviève Calame-Griaule: "On the Dogon Restudied". Current Anthropology, Vol. 32, No. 5 (Dec., 1991), p. 575. Preview.
- ^ Philippe Costantini at www.imdb.com in his film Jean Rouch et Germaine Dieterlen - L'Avenir du souvenir at www.film-documentaire.fr.
External links
- Obituary at ufoinfo.com. [https://web.archive.org/web/20160303182456/http://ufoinfo.com/news/dieterlen.html web.archive.org "This article has been removed." Consulted on 16 June 2021.
- H. Jeanmaire: Germaine Dieterlen. Essai sur la religion Bambara. Book review in Revue de l'histoire des religions, Année 1952 141-1 pp. 110–119.
- On the Pale Fox, trail part 1 of 5 tracks of the Pale Fox in divination plots, 16 mrt. 2012. www.youtube.com, from film series about the Dogon myth of the Earth creation (extract).