Doctor of Human Movement Sciences


Born: August 1983

Nationality: French


Degrees

2011: DOCTORAT of MOVEMENT SCIENCES, Mediterranean University, France. Thesis: Influence of cultural constraints in the organization of the human movement: proposition of a theoretical framework and empirical support through the example of wheel-throwing (France / India Prajapati / India Multani Kumhar). Supervisor: R. Bootsma; Co-supervisor: B. Bril. Very Honorable, with Committee Praise, Mediterranean University Thesis Prize.

2007: MASTER 1 & MASTER 2 recherche in MOVEMENT SCIENCES, Mediterranean University, France. Thesis: Pottery throwing analysis: Search for descriptive tools. Supervisor: R. Bootsma.

2005: LICENCE & MASTER 1 in ETHNOLOGY, Paris IV University, France. Thesis: Blacksmith and coppersmith apprenticeship in Caucasus (Azerbaijan). Supervisors: B. Bril and J.P. Warnier.

2003: DEUG in SOCIOLOGY & PSYCHOLOGY, Rennes II University, France.


Academic employments

Current position: POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH - Institute of Archaeology, University College London, England. Project: Individual variations and cultural evolution: the pottery wheel-throwing skill as a case study. Supervisor: J. Steele. Marie Sklodowska Curie grant (European Commission).

2014 – 2017: CAREER BREAK [1] - I have lived in France and had successive temporary non-academic employments. Although I was not institutionally affiliated, I continued working on my Ph.D data and writing articles. During that period I also set up three fieldworks in Nepal (June 2014), Thailand (January 2015), and Spain (May 2016).

2012 – 2014: POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH - Computerized Archaeology Laboratory, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. Project: Cultural transmission and cultural evolution: The study of wheel-throwing skill as a first step towards an analysis of the copy-with-error hypothesis. Supervisor: L. Grosman. Grant from the Fyssen foundation.

2007 – 2011: DOCTORAL RESEARCH - Institute of Human Movement Sciences (CNRS - UMR 7287), Mediterranean University, France. Thesis: Influence of cultural constraints in the organization of the human movement: proposition of a theoretical framework and empirical support through the example of wheel-throwing (France / India Prajapati / India Multani Kumhar). Supervisor: R. Bootsma, Co-supervisor: B. Bril; Jury: R. Bootsma, B. Bril, C. Knappett, B. Thon, M. Hausberger, V. Roux. Grant from the French Ministry of Education.


[1] I have applied to these four grants without being selected:

  • Lady Davis – Hebrew University program (submission on January 2014)

  • Centre Recherche Français Jérusalem (submission on January 2014)

  • Marie Curie European Fellowship (submission on September 2016)

  • Wenner Green (submission on May 2017)



Fieldworks

2019: Palestinian potters of Hebron (Hebron, PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) (13/03/19 – 13/04/19).

2016: Spanish potters of Andalusia (Nijar, Guadix, and Granada, SPAIN) (16/05/16 – 29/05/16).

2015: Thai potters of Muangkung (Chiang Mai district, THAILAND) (20/01/15 – 05/02/15).

2014: Newar potters of Bhaktapur (NEPAL) (02/06/14 – 30/06/14).

2009: Prajapati and Multani potters of Jahanjirabad (Uttar Pradesh, INDIA) (12/06/09 – 14/07/09).

2008: French potters (Bourgogne, FRANCE) (07/06/08 – 29/06/08).

2004: Tat blacksmith and coppersmith of Lahiç (Caucasus, AZERBAIDJAN) (03/08/04 – 01/09/04).

2003: Potters of Avanos (Cappadocia, TURKEY) (01/08/03 – 28/08/03).

2002: Potters of Safi (MOROCCO) (20/07/02 – 24/08/02).



Languages ​​and complementary skills

Languages: French (mother tongue), English (intermediate level).


Teaching:

  • Teaching workshop at the UCL Institute of Archaeology (November 2019) (3 hours)

  • Assistant at Mediterranean University from 2007 to 2010 (192 hours):

Motor control, Interdisciplinary approach (Instructor: L. Bringoux)

Social psychology, Basic concepts (Instructor: C. Dulac)

Ethology, Behavior and Evolution (Instructor: P. Carlier)

Sociology, Basic concepts (Instructor: J. Griffet)

History, History of the outdoor sports (Instructor: O. Sirost)


Computing: MS Office software (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint), and scientific software (R, Matlab, Boris).

Training in communication:

  • Nonviolent communication - Module 3, Quistinic, France, 3-4th July 2020.

  • Nonviolent communication - Module 2, Quimper, France, 5-6th July 2019.

  • Nonviolent communication - Module 1, Languidic, France, 25-26th February 2017.

  • Excellent presentation, University college London, 29th January 2019.

Other Training:

  • Introduction to R, Center for applied statistics, University college London, 7th October 2019.

  • Introduction to research methods and statistics, Center for applied statistics, University college London, 13-17th May 2019.


Volunteering:

  • Archaeological excavation of Tel Abel Beth Maccah, Israel, July 2013 (one week).

  • Organization of scientific events: Member of the EWEP-11 staff (11th European Workshop on Ecological Psychology), Fréjus, France, 9-12th June 2010.