Université catholique de Louvain
Graduate Student, Laboratory for Prospective Anthropology (LAAP)
Thesis Title: “Un mundo sin mascaras y sin cuestionamientos. Une ethnographie microsociale du marché "La Vega Cental de Santiago”, Santiago, Chili
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Olivier Servais
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About
An ethnography about Santiago de Chile's biggest marketplace based on a 5 months intensive fieldwork and a micro-social analysis.
Keywords: informal work, history & memory, anthropology of food, tradition, marketplace, work and workplace.
Academic research references: Sidney Mintz, June Nash, Stuart Plattner, C. Geertz, Max Weber
For the moment I am a PhD prospective student interested in economic anthropology & Latin America and I intend conducting a research on barter marketplaces in Central America.







