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Members of the Mission Dakar-Djibouti in the Musée d'Ethnographie du Trocadéro, Paris, 1931. Left to right: André Schaeffner, Jean Mouchet, Georges Henri Rivière, Michel Leiris, le baron Outomsky, Marcel Griaule, Éric Lutten, Jean Moufle, Gaston-Louis Roux, Marcel Larget
Dogon sculpture (Louvre)
An art dealer in Sangha, Mali professes to be the grandson of Ogotemmeli, known from Griaules publications, 1990

Marcel Griaule (16 May 1898 – 23 February 1956) was a French author and anthropologist known for his studies of the Dogon people of West Africa,[1] and for pioneering ethnographic field studies in France. He worked together with Germaine Dieterlen and Jean Rouch on African subjects. His publications number over 170 books and articles for scholarly journals.

  1. ^ "Démasquer la société dogon. Sahara-Soudan (janvier-avril 1935)", Éric JOLLY, Les Carnets de Bérose n° 4, Lahic / DPRPS-Direction des patrimoines, 2014

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Marcel Griaule

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Marcel Griaule (16 May 1898 – 23 February 1956) was a French author and anthropologist known for his studies of the Dogon people of West Africa, and for...

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Dogon people

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symbols of the Dogon religion to French anthropologist Marcel Griaule in October 1946. Griaule had lived amongst the Dogon people for fifteen years before...

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Nommo

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Nommos were reported to be). Daughter and colleague of Marcel Griaule, Geneviève Calame-Griaule, defended the project, dismissing Van Beek's criticism...

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Marcel Mauss

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influenced were George Devereux, Jeanne Cuisinier, Alfred Metraux, Marcel Griaule, Georges Dumezil, Denise Paulme, Michel Leiris, Germaine Dieterlen,...

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Ethnology

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Important figures in this movement have included Lévi-Strauss, Paul Rivet, Marcel Griaule, Germaine Dieterlen, and Jean Rouch. See: List of scholars of ethnology...

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Kanaga mask

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French Sudan Flag of Mali Federation (1959-1961) Masque Kanaga [1] Marcel Griaule in Masques dogons, thèse de doctorat, 1938 Dogon… mais encore, Département...

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Germaine Dieterlen

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French anthropologist. She was a student of Marcel Mauss, worked with noted French anthropologists Marcel Griaule (1898-1956) and Jean Rouch, wrote on a large...

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Weyto language

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a dialect of Amharic (Mittwoch 1907). This report was confirmed by Marcel Griaule when he passed through in 1928, although he added that at one point...

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Ogotemmeli

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cosmology and symbols of the Dogon people to French anthropologist Marcel Griaule during the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s, that went on to be documented and...

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Ethnographic film

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flourished in France in the fifties due to the role of ethnographers such as Marcel Griaule, Germaine Dieterlen, and Jean Rouch. Light 16 mm cameras synchronized...

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Ancient astronauts

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His work draws heavily on the studies of cultural anthropologists Marcel Griaule and Germaine Dieterlen. His conclusions have been criticized by scientists...

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Traditional African masks

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(cult of the ancestors), and Lebe (cult of nature). The anthropologist Marcel Griaule documented at least 78 varieties of masks corresponding with spirits...

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Sirius

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be considered impossible without the use of telescopes. According to Marcel Griaule, they knew about the fifty-year orbital period of Sirius and its companion...

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The Sirius Mystery

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is heavily based on his interpretation of the work of ethnographers Marcel Griaule and Germaine Dieterlen. A substantial bulk of The Sirius Mystery consists...

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Ethnofiction

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natives, will be affected by its presence. Contrary to the principles of Marcel Griaule, his mentor, for Rouch a non-participating camera registering "pure"...

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Dogon languages

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language is the escarpment language Toro So (Tɔrɔ sɔɔ) of Sanga, due to Marcel Griaule's studies there and because Toro So was selected as one of thirteen national...

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Salvage ethnography

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anthropologist and student of Marcel Marcel Griaule, known for her studies of the Dogon people of West Africa. Marcel Griaule – French anthropologist known...

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Cheikh Anta Diop

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thesis title "Who were the pre-dynastic Egyptians" under Professor Marcel Griaule[citation needed]. In 1953, he first met Frédéric Joliot-Curie, Marie...

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Eastern esotericism

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non-Western cultures, such as shamanism. For instance, studies such as Marcel Griaule's have been criticized for inducing the creation of mystifications considered...

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List of anthropologists

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Gorevich Harold A. Gould David Graeber Hilma Granqvist J. Patrick Gray Marcel Griaule Jacob Grimm Wilhelm Grimm Abdellah Hammoudi Michael Harkin Michael Harner...

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Spirit possession

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speak through her. The works of Jean Rouch, Germaine Dieterlen, and Marcel Griaule have been extensively cited in research studies on possession in Western...

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Minotaure

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conducted by the Musée d'Ethnographie du Trocadéro under the direction of Marcel Griaule from 1931 to 1933. This science-based, anthropological project was conducted...

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History of anthropology

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surrealism and primitivism, which drew on ethnography for inspiration. Marcel Griaule and Michel Leiris are examples of people who combined anthropology with...

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Comparative mythology

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Mythologies of the indigenous peoples of the Americas Helena Blavatsky Marcel Griaule, Jean Rouch and Germaine Dieterlen Abram Smythe Palmer Panbabylonism...

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