Chosson Marie

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.