Denis Blondin (born 1947 in

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) is a Canadian (

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)

anthropologist An anthropologist is a scientist engaged in the practice of anthropology. Anthropologists study aspects of humans within past and present societies. Social anthropology, cultural anthropology and philosophical anthropology study the norms, values ...

and writer. Blondin received a

Master of Arts A Master of Arts ( or ''Artium Magister''; abbreviated MA or AM) is the holder of a master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The degree is usually contrasted with that of Master of Science. Those admitted to the degree have ...

from

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in 1975, during which he worked on

ethnographic Ethnography is a branch of anthropology and the systematic study of individual cultures. It explores cultural phenomena from the point of view of the subject of the study. Ethnography is also a type of social research that involves examining ...

research on the lower north shore of the

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, in Quebec, Canada. He was a professor of anthropology at the

Collège François-Xavier-Garneau In France, secondary education is in two stages: * ''Collèges'' () cater for the first four years of secondary education from the ages of 11 to 14. * ''Lycées'' () provide a three-year course of further secondary education for students between ...

from 1975 until 2006. Blondin has worked on issues of

racism Racism is the belief that groups of humans possess different behavioral traits corresponding to inherited attributes and can be divided based on the superiority of one Race (human categorization), race or ethnicity over another. It may also me ...

and the fisheries of

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. As part of his research he examined the transmission of racism through educational texts in Quebec elementary and secondary education.

Bibliography

* ''La mort de l'argent : essai d'anthropologie naïve'' (2003) * ''Les deux espèces humaines : autopsie du racisme ordinaire'' (1995) * ''Pescadores artesanales en un medio urbano : Chacarita'' (1992) * ''L'apprentissage du racisme dans les manuels scolaires'' (1990) * ''Les fondements cognitifs du racisme transmis dans les manuels scolaires du Québec'', (1989) * ''Les gens de la terre et les gens de la mer : histoire économique de la Basse-Côte-Nord'' (1982) * ''Groupes domestiques, adoption et parrainage sur la Moyenne-Côte-Nord du Saint-Laurent'' (1975, MS thesis) * ''La structure occupationnelle de la Moyenne-Côte-Nord'' (1973) * ''Kégaska : étude communautaire'' (1970)

References

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