Nicolas Puig is a Researcher in anthropology at IRD
Research themes: Arab urbanity, culture and social order in Arab towns, musical forms, marginality and modernity in Egypt and Lebanon, anthropology of Palestinian communities in Lebanon
Issues: Identity, social and cultural dynamics in Arab countries against the background of analysis of normalization, differentiation and urban segregation processes; musical and cultural practices, particularly in their social and political dimensions; urban cultures and collective definitions of deviance and morality
Management, in collaboration with Kamel Dorai, of Marginal urbanity, migrants, refugees and outcasts in Near-Eastern cities programme (IRD, CNRS, IFPO). 2006-2008
Member of two research teams: Globalization, music and dance: circulation, transformations, power and ASILES: The bodies of victims, study space – Refugees, disaster victims and illegal workers, from experience to testimony
Member of the Editorial Board of the journal Autrepart (IRD, Presses de Sciences-Po)
Main publications and more information on french version of this page.