"Masters" and "Natives"

The book focuses on the dynamic between -masters- and -natives- in the construction of scholarly narratives about the past, in archeology, history or the study of religions. The binomial opposition -masters and natives- points to the equivocal relations developed between archeologists working for world powers and local populations. Focusing on local actors, this book explores a type of relation that is highly ambiguous and constantly variable.

Philippe Bornet and Michel Fuchs, University of Lausanne; Svetlana Gorshenina, Collège de France; Claude Rapin, CNRS-ENS.