About
With a background in political science, museology, and social anthropology, Saskia Cousin Kouton is a professor of sociology at Sophiapol, part of Paris Nanterre University. Her research focuses on the economics of otherness (tourism, cooperation, restitution, museums).
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The Bo of the Agoojiée / The amulets of the Amazons. The return of a forgotten “matrimoine”?
- By Saskia Cousin,
- Sara Tassi
- and Madina Yêhouétomé
In Politique africaine (2022/1 No 165)
From UNESCO to the Villages of Touraine: The Political, Institutional, and Identity Issues in Cultural Tourism
In Autrepart (2006/4 No 40)
From Adventurers to Campers: Transformations of Tourism
- By Saskia Cousin,
- Sylvain Pattieu,
- Sylvain Venayre,
- et al.
In Esprit (2016/7 July August)
Restitution from the Perspective of Return
Multisituated Epistemologies
In Cahiers d’études africaines (2023/3 No 251-252)
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Restitution from the Perspective of Return
Multisituated Epistemologies
In Cahiers d’études africaines (2023/3 No 251-252)
Agoojiée! Or Gu’s Sabers. Economies of (Non-)Restitution (Benin)
- By Saskia Cousin,
- Sara Tassi
- and Madina Yêhouétomé
In Cahiers d’études africaines (2023/3 No 251-252)
Conversation with Nora Philippe about the Documentary Film Restitution? Africa’s Fight for Its Art
- By Nora Philippe,
- Saskia Cousin
- and Anne Doquet
In Cahiers d’études africaines (2023/3 No 251-252)
Conversation with Maboula Soumahoro. Restitution, Returns and Diasporas
In Cahiers d’études africaines (2023/3 No 251-252)
The Bo of the Agoojiée / The amulets of the Amazons. The return of a forgotten “matrimoine”?
- By Saskia Cousin,
- Sara Tassi
- and Madina Yêhouétomé
In Politique africaine (2022/1 No 165)
Le Samaritain, the Slum that Strove to Become a Village
In CLARA (2019/1 n° 6 / Hors-série)
“The Savor of Ògún”
Vodun & Contemporary Art in Benin
- By Saskia Cousin
- and Théodore Dakpogan
In Cahiers d’études africaines (2016/3 No 223)
From Adventurers to Campers: Transformations of Tourism
- By Saskia Cousin,
- Sylvain Pattieu,
- Sylvain Venayre,
- et al.
In Esprit (2016/7 July August)
The Festival, the Sacred Grove, and UNESCO
The Political Reasoning of Cultural Tourism in Osogbo, Nigeria
- By Saskia Cousin
- and Jean-Luc Martineau
In Cahiers d’études africaines (2009/1 No 193-194)
UNESCO and the Doctrine of Cultural Tourism
Genealogy of “Good” Tourism
In Civilisations (2008/1 57-1)