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Marie Chosson is a Lecturer specializing in Mesoamerican anthropology, particularly focusing on Tseltal Maya communities in Chiapas, Mexico. She holds academic affiliations with INALCO's College of Mesoamerican Languages and Civilizations and is actively involved in research teams like CESSMA (Centre for Social Science Studies on the African, American and Asian Worlds). Her roles include leading the Mesoamerican Languages and Civilizations program, serving on INALCO's Scientific Council, and editing the 'Americas' collection for Presses de l'Inalco. Her research interests span the anthropology of politics, ritual communication, Mayan oral traditions, and the intersection of indigenous rights with transnational discourse. Key themes include temporalities in Mesoamerican ritual practices, symbolic landscapes, and the adaptation of exogenous knowledge systems by indigenous groups. She has contributed to interdisciplinary volumes on temporalities in Mesoamerican ritual, materiality in house-building rituals, and the socio-political dynamics of indigenous territorial projects. Her publications analyze topics such as nocturnal economic practices among the Tseltal, male pregnancy rituals, and the challenges of translating rights discourse into indigenous contexts. She collaborates with institutions like the EREA (Centre for Native American Ethnology) and has co-edited works on knowledge appropriation and Mayan historical narratives.

• Ethnology
• Anthropology of Mesoamerican Societies
• Linguistics
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Anath Ariel de Vidas is a Research Director at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) and Director of the Center for Research on American Worlds (CERMA) at the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (EHESS) in Paris. Her work bridges anthropology, history, and sociology in the study of Latin American indigenous societies, particularly focusing on identity, marginality, and modernity. Institution: School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (EHESS) Research Center: Center for Research on American Worlds (CERMA) Position: CNRS Research Director and CERMA Director Location: Paris, France Her research interests lie at the intersection of cultural anthropology and historical change, examining how indigenous groups in the Americas negotiate identity in the face of modernization, political marginalization, and intercultural contact. She has conducted extensive fieldwork on the Teenek (Huastec) people of Veracruz, Mexico, and previously on Andean communities in Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador. Her publications reveal a consistent thematic focus on symbolic identity construction, ethno-political resurgence, and the socio-cultural impacts of tourism and globalization. The three major books she has authored explore textile memory in the Andes, marginality among the Teenek, and the historical resilience of Huastec communities. These works demonstrate a scholarly trajectory moving from Andean studies to deeper engagement with Mesoamerican indigenous cultures. Anath Ariel de Vidas has not received any explicitly mentioned scientific awards in the provided texts. However, her leadership of a major CNRS-affiliated research center underscores her standing in the academic community. She has supervised or advised no named students in the provided materials. Her academic service includes directing CERMA, a multidisciplinary unit fostering research on Latin America through anthropological, historical, and sociological perspectives. She is affiliated with CERMA, a research center under EHESS and CNRS, dedicated to the interdisciplinary study of Latin American societies. The center promotes collaboration across historical, anthropological, and political frameworks to understand the dynamics of American worlds, particularly in relation to globalization and identity formation.

• Anthropology
• Historical Anthropology
• Indigenous Studies
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