Benoit de L'Estoile

Region of Interest	Africa
Primary Country of Residence	France
Title	Lecturer in social anthropology and sociology
Affiliation	Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France
Email	pending@columbia.edu
Mailing Address	Département de Sciences sociales Ecole normale supérieure 48 Bd Jourdan 75014 Paris France
Phone/Fax Number(s)	fax: 01 43 13 62 22
Research Interests	Colonial knowledge on African peoples and cultures; anthropology of colonialism in Africa; local intellectuals and the production of local history; social sciences and the state
Teaching Interests	Construction of "Cultures" and "identities"; social anthropology; history of anthropology.
Publications	"The natural preserve of anthropologists: social anthropology, scientific planning and development", in Social science information, June 1997, 36(2), pp. 343-376. "Au nom des vrais Africains : les élites scolarisées de l'Afrique coloniale face à l'anthropologie (1930-1950)", in Terrain, 28, 1997. "Africanisme et "Africanism": esquisse de comparaison franco- britannique", in A. Piriou & E. Sibeud (ed.) "L'africanisme en questions", "Dossiers africains", Centre d'études africaines, Ecole des Hautes études en sciences sociales, 1997. "Science de l'homme et domination rationnelle: savoir ethnologique et politique indigène en Afrique coloniale française". Revue de synthèse, n. 2/3, 2000 (à paraître).
Keywords	history of anthropology ; colonial anthropology ; constructivism ; identity.