Vincent Debaene

historian

Vincent Debaene is a French historian of science known for his work on the intersections of anthropology, literature, and the history of knowledge. In his influential book 'L’Adieu au voyage' (2010), he introduced the concept of the 'two books of the ethnographer,' exploring how anthropologists often produce both a scientific monograph and a literary supplement upon returning from their fieldwork. Debaene's scholarship illuminates the ways in which narrative and ethnography can intertwine, reflecting on the broader implications of colonialism and cultural representation.