Héritage colonial et appropriation du pouvoir d’éduquer. Approche socio-historique du champ de l'éducation primaire en RDC

in Cahiers de la recherche sur l'éducation et les savoirs (2013), 12

Silkworm moths inventory in their natural tapia forest habitat (Madagascar): diversity, population dynamics and host plants

in African Entomology (2013), 21(1), 137-150

Endemic silk moths (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae) in Madagascar have been collected and exploited for centuries by local populations either for food or as a source of silk cocoons from which textiles are ... [more ▼]

Endemic silk moths (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae) in Madagascar have been collected and exploited for centuries by local populations either for food or as a source of silk cocoons from which textiles are made. Moth natural forest habitat has also been degraded, leading to a drastic decrease in silk moth populations. However, very few scientific reports highlighted these observations well known by the local people.We have inventoried silk moths species in tapia (Uapaca bojeri Baill.) forests located in the central highlands of Madagascar. Inventories have been conducted during one year from August 2009 to July 2010 by sampling transects in Imamo forests. Three species of Lasiocampidae belonging to two genera were found: Borocera cajani Vinson, Borocera marginepunctata Guérin-Méneville and Europtera punctillata Guenée. These three silk moth species are endemic to Madagascar but only one (B. cajani) is commercially exploited in the silk industry. The habitat, host plants, abundance, life cycle and feeding behaviour of these species in their natural habitat are described. [less ▲]

Silk moths in Madagascar: Biology, uses and challenges related to Borocera cajani (Boisduval, 1833) (Lepidoptera – Lasiocampidae)

in Biotechnologie, Agronomie, Société et Environnement = Biotechnology, Agronomy, Society and Environment [=BASE] (2012), 16(2), 269-276

Borocera cajani (Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae), also named Landibe, is main wild silk moth currently used to produce silk textiles in Madagascar. Silk production involve many member of the local population ... [more ▼]

Borocera cajani (Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae), also named Landibe, is main wild silk moth currently used to produce silk textiles in Madagascar. Silk production involve many member of the local population, from the wild silk harvesters, to the spinners, traders, dyers, weavers and the artisans who transform the silk into clothing, accessories and decorative items. Uapaca bojeri (Tapia) forests are the last remnants of highland primary forest, which are threatened by human destruction through bush fires, firewood collection and charcoal production. Uapaca bojeri forest in the highland shelters wild Malagasy silkworms Borocera cajani and is the main host plant of this Lepidoptera species. Both this tree and Borocera cajani are endemic of Madagascar. Due to other-harvest of pupae and destruction of nature forest, wild silk production in those early sites has largely disappeared. Studing Borocera cajani’s biology and revitalize its silk constitute a way to conserve them [less ▲]

Primary school in Congo: heritage, hybridity and resilience

Conference (2010, September)

La survie de l’école primaire congolaise (RDC) : héritage colonial, hybridité et résilience

in Autrepart : Revue de Sciences Sociales au Sud (2010), 54(2), 23-42

Colonial Heritage, Resilience and Hybridity of the Congolese School (RDC) This contribution attempts to grasp the mechanisms that explain the resilience of the Congolese primary education despite the ... [more ▼]

Colonial Heritage, Resilience and Hybridity of the Congolese School (RDC) This contribution attempts to grasp the mechanisms that explain the resilience of the Congolese primary education despite the thirty-five years crisis that continues to affect the Democratic Republic of Congo and the almost complete lack of public investment in this sector since the early eighties. The central argument stresses the need to explain such mechanisms beyond the effects of privatization only. It particularly emphasizes the arrangements made within the education system, documenting their historical roots, and arguing that they are ultimately founded on the “concessionary” state structure that prevailed in colonial times. [less ▲]

L'invention des sciences coloniales belges

Book published by Karthala (2008)

Histoire critique des sciences coloniales belges en rapport avec l'afrique centrale. Naissance et déploiement institutionnel d'une science d'outre-mer.

Société civile et nouvelle gouvernance au Bénin. Quelques réflexions à partir de l'analyse du nouveau secteur ONG à Cotonou

in Bulletin de l'APAD (2005), (26),

Les auteurs montrent que dans le cadre de l'imporisition d'une "bonne gouvernance" en République du Bénin, les ONG locales jouent à présent un rôle central dans la constitution d'une société civile. L ... [more ▼]

Les auteurs montrent que dans le cadre de l'imporisition d'une "bonne gouvernance" en République du Bénin, les ONG locales jouent à présent un rôle central dans la constitution d'une société civile. L'espace social de la société civile implique aujourd'hui les leaders des nouvelles ONG très dépendantes des bailleurs occidentaux mais aussi les agents étatiques qui tentent de se positionner comme acteur au sein des nouveaux secteurs ONG tout en conservant leur fonction publique. Le processus d'émergence d'une société civile au Bénin ne peut se résumer ni à une privatisation de l'Etat ni à une étatisation de la société civile. [less ▲]

Introduction

in Martiniello, Marco; Poncelet, Marc (Eds.) Migrations et Minorités ethniques dans l’espace Européen (1993)