Germaine Dieterlen

Born: 1903-05-15

Germaine Dieterlen was a 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 range of ethnographic topics and made pioneering contributions to the study of myths, initiations, techniques (particularly "descriptive ethnography"), graphic systems, objects, classifications, ritual and social structure.

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Germaine chez elle

as herself
Released: 1994-01-01

In front of Jean Rouch's camera, Germaine Dieterlen recalls her ethnographic itinerary, at the...

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The Dreamed Films

as Self
Released: 2010-03-18

Belgian filmmaker Eric Pauwels' meditation on dream, travel and film.

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Hommage à Marcel Mauss. Germaine Dieterlen

as herself
Released: 1977-01-01

Germaine Dierterlen talks about Dogon mythology at a conference on the Bandiagara cliffs. The...

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Germaine et ses copains

as herself
Released: 1996-01-01

In Sangha, through the window of her house, Germaine greets Djamgouno, her main informant. He...

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