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Magali Deanget is a Maître de conférences (Associate Professor) at Paul-Valéry University Montpellier 3, specializing in cultural anthropology and heritage studies. She actively participates in academic conferences, focusing on indigenous cultural practices and patrimonialization processes.
Her research centers on the ethnography of indigenous communities, particularly the Mazatec people of Oaxaca, Mexico. Key interests include intangible cultural heritage, ritual practices, vernacular language revitalization, and the politics of heritage in postcolonial contexts. She examines how cultural features such as death rituals, medical knowledge, and occult practices are transformed into heritage.
Her recent publications analyze the paradoxes of heritage creation in indigenous highlands, showing trends in ethnographic fieldwork, cultural revitalization, and symbolic politics. Her work spans disciplines including anthropology, sociology, and cultural studies, with a strong emphasis on field-based research in Latin America.
Dr. Deanget has contributed to collective works and peer-reviewed journals such as Mondes Contemporains and Les Cahiers ALHIM, demonstrating a consistent scholarly output in heritage and ethnography.
She has presented at international academic sessions, including on topics like 'Heritage and Tourism' and 'Reshuffling of Knowledge in Indigenous Cultural Heritage,' indicating active engagement with global academic discourse on heritage, identity, and decolonization.
