Vanina BOUTÉ

Statutory researcher from 2012 to 2014

Vanina Bouté is an Associate Professor at the Sociology Departement, University of Picardie (Amiens). She’s conducting anthropological fieldwork in Northern Laos since 2000. Her book entitled “En miroir du pouvoir : les Phounoy du Nord Laos : ethnogenèse et dynamiques d’intégrations” (Mirroring the power : The Phounoy of Northern Laos, ethnogenesis and dynamics of integration, 2011) concentrates on the social changes among a highlander border-guard group in Northern Laos, from the colonial context to the post-colonial period. Her current research is focused on migration and dynamic of change among highlanders living in the borders of Northern Laos.