The concept of race and field experience in the nineteenth century: Science, indigenous agency, and the vacillations of a French naturalist in Oceania [L'idee de race et l'exprience sur le terrain au XIXe sicle: Science, action indigene et vacillations d'un naturaliste francais en oceanie

Douglas, Bronwen2015-12-131622-468Xhttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/84973This paper does not consider «race» as an exclusively abstract concept. Rather, formal racial thinking is conceived as an historical product of the relationship between fluid metropolitan theorizing about human differences - itself rooted in praxis - anKeywords: Encounters; Fieldwork; French naturalists; History; History of race; Indigenous agency; Jean-René constant quoy; OceaniaThe concept of race and field experience in the nineteenth century: Science, indigenous agency, and the vacillations of a French naturalist in Oceania [L'idee de race et l'exprience sur le terrain au XIXe sicle: Science, action indigene et vacillations d'un naturaliste francais en oceanie200910.3917/rhsh.021.01752016-02-24