Jacques Dournes

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Jacques Dournes

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Dournes

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Jacques (Dam Bo)

Birth Date

1922

Death Date

1993

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en French

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en Jacques Dournes was an exceptional ethnologist: twenty-five years in the field, an encyclopedic knowledge of the societies studied, an excellent knowledge of languages. Dournes was one of the masters of ethnology in Southeast Asia. In addition to his work on oral literature, his "Coordonnées" (1972) and "Pötao" (1977) remained major works. His work as a linguist is also important (see his jörai dictionary, available at the MAP Library)."
fr Jacques Dournes était un ethnologue d'exception : vingt-cinq ans de terrain, un savoir encyclopédique sur les sociétés étudiées, une excellente connaissance des langues. Dournes était un des maîtres de l'ethnologie de l'Asie du sud-est. Outre ses travaux sur la littérature orale, ses Coordonnées (1972) et son Pötao (1977) demeureront des ouvrages majeurs. Par ailleurs, son oeuvre de linguiste est également importante (voir son dictionnaire jörai).
Jacques Dournes a légué à l'IRSEA son fonds documentaire (le « Fonds Dournes ») déposé à la Bibliothèque de la Maison Asie Pacifique (MAP) en 1993.

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en Jacques Dournes was an exceptional ethnologist: twenty-five years in the field, an encyclopedic knowledge of the societies studied, an excellent knowledge of languages. Dournes was one of the masters of ethnology in Southeast Asia. In addition to his work on oral literature, his "Coordonnées" (1972) and "Pötao" (1977) remained major works. His work as a linguist is also important (see his jörai dictionary, available at the MAP Library)."
Jacques Dournes bequeathed to the IRSEA his documentary collection (the «Dournes Fund») deposited at the Library of the Asia Pacific House (MAP, France) in 1993.
fr Jacques Dournes était un ethnologue d'exception : vingt-cinq ans de terrain, un savoir encyclopédique sur les sociétés étudiées, une excellente connaissance des langues. Dournes était un des maîtres de l'ethnologie de l'Asie du sud-est. Outre ses travaux sur la littérature orale, ses Coordonnées (1972) et son Pötao (1977) demeureront des ouvrages majeurs. Par ailleurs, son oeuvre de linguiste est également importante (voir son dictionnaire jörai).
Jacques Dournes a légué à l'IRSEA son fonds documentaire (le « Fonds Dournes ») déposé à la Bibliothèque de la Maison Asie Pacifique (MAP) en 1993.
id Etnolog Prancis, misionaris Katolik (MEP) di Vietnam dari tahun 1947 hingga 1969, spesialis orang Jorai, yang tinggal di dataran tinggi.
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