Dr. Guy MASSART
E-mail: Guy_massart_us@yahoo.com
Website: www.ulg.ac.be/lac/alter_egaux/
Social Anthropologist
Professional experience
20 years of professional life combining academic research in the social sciences, social anthropology, communication sciences and sociology and programme development in the NGO sector.
Key competences
- Conception and coordination of learning processes for programming.
Extended experience in Research and in Monitoring & Evaluation for the development of empirically and culturally grounded programmes with / for children and youth. Experience in managing research and evaluation teams. Experimental diffusion of knowledge for a diversity of publics;
- Good interpersonal skills with diverse stakeholders, experience in building up hybrid networks (researchers, artists, development agents, …);
- Research interests as a social anthropologist: the uses and effects of identities (gender, youth, childhood), in daily lives and their connection to social change. Experienced ethnographer in Europe and Africa;
- Research and training in Africa and Europe. Training and conception of training programmes both for social science researchers as well as for development practitioners.
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BORN: 20/5/1964 - Liège Belgium
NATIONALITY: Belgian.
CIVIL STATUS: Married, three children
EDUCATION:
2003 "Qualification de maître de conférences" (Qualified as lecturer) from the CNU (National University Council - France) in the Information and Communication Sciences section.
2002 PhD Communication Sciences. - France
Ecole Normale Supérieure - Lettres et Sciences Humaines -Lyon (ENS-Lsh)
Title: "Communication and Postmodernity: an ethnographical approach to the pragmatics of identities in the Portuguese-speaking African countries of the Cape Verde Islands and Mozambique.". Mention: Très Honorable avec Félicitations.
91-92 M.A. Social Anthropology - UK University of London. School of Oriental and African Studies (S.O.A.S.).
Dissertation: “"Life Histories and Stories about Women from the life of Cape Verdean Urbans: An anthropological Story Telling".
83-87 M.A. Sociology - Belgium
Université Catholique de Louvain (U.C.L.).
Thesis: "L'Afrique et son développement, problèmes d'Européens... ?",
82-83 High School Scottsbluff, NE - USA
LANGUAGES :
LANGUAGES READING SPEAKING WRITING
French (native language)
English 5 5 4
Portuguese 5 5 5
Capverdean creole 5 5 5
Dutch 3 2 1
COUNTRIES VISITED FOR PROFESSIONAL PURPOSES:
Albania (2003), Angola (2000), Austria (1993-4), Belgium, Bangladesh (2006), Benin (2006, 2008), Brazil (1995), Burkina Faso (2007, 2008), Chad (2004), Republic of Cape-Verde (1988-1991, 1992-1994, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009), Democratic Republic of Congo (2003), Finland (1996), Guinea (2005, 2006, 2008), Guinea Bissau (2005, 2006, 2007), Ireland (1996), Niger (2005, 2006), Mali (1985, 1986,1989, 2007, 2008), Mozambique (1997- 1999, 2004), Netherlands, Senegal (1985, 1987, 1990, 2005-08), Sierra Leone (2006, 2007), United Kingdom (1991-92), Zimbabwe (1998-99).
COMPUTER LITERACY:
Word processing / Qualitative Data analysis / Spreadsheets/ Internet user/ Website maintenance/ Image editing
MEMBERSHIPS:
• Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (Codesria)
• Euro-African Association for the Anthropology of Social Change and Development - APAD
• GT ASA – http://www.gt-asa.org – Founding member, Private Business, applied anthropology.
CURRENT POSITION:
International Consultant and Professor of anthropology at the Mindelo, Escola Internacional de Arte- M_EIA, Cape Verde.
CAREER INFORMATION - Development sector
Sep. 2008- Oct. 2008 GUINEA
Consultant – Anthropologist, PSI Guinea. Adviser in the production of a 45 min itinerant live show to engage fulah villages in dialogue and reflection on FGM. Tasks: Implement the methodology securing a collective authorship (9 actors), Make sure that academic interpretations of excision in Guinea are taken into account by the authors, plan follow-up activities for the different age groups.
Feb. 2005- July 2008 WEST-AFRICA
Regional Research and Evaluation Specialist, Plan International, West Africa Regional Office. Developping a research function on childhood and youth. Research for policy and advocacy. Research Design, fund raising, coordination of research, network building. Supervisor of 5 full time researchers and M&E specialists, average budget of 600.000 USD per year.
October 2003- Dec. 2004 Programme officer for the Belgian NGO – SongES. (www.songes.be)
Project design, fundraising, design and implementation of monitoring and evaluation processes of child-centred organisations NGOs and networks fighting against HIV/ AIDS.
July-August 2003 ALBANIA
Consultant. Evaluation and participative planning of an Albanian NGO, NPF. For UNICEF and Direction du Développement et de la Coopération Suisse.
Oct. 2002- june 2003 BELGIUM
Production of an ethnographical website. "Alter-égaux". www.ulg.ac.be/lac/alter_egaux/ .
March 2003 BELGIUM
Coordinator for the University of Liège - Development Management post-graduate degree - Faculty of Management and Social Sciences) of the residential seminar "Fonctions et conditions de l'expertise en développement".
November 2000 ANGOLA
Consultant for UNOPS. Monitoring mission of a project aiming at the development of small fisheries sector in the northern region of Angola.
Employer: UNOPS: Rome Office.
July-September 2000 ANGOLA
Consultant for UNOPS. Assessment of a rural rehabilitation program in the northern provinces (Northern Region food crops Development Project).
Employer: UNOPS: Rome Office.
August 99 MOZAMBIQUE
Consultant for the Austrian Co-operation and Rádio Moçambique. Drawing up of the terms of reference for the evaluation of a programme of promotion of native languages on the national Mozambican radio station.
April 97- June 99 MOZAMBIQUE – Chimoio, Manica province.
Programme Officer for Mozambique of the Belgian NGO FOS (Fonds voor OntwikkelingsSamenwerking). General objective of the programme: empowerment of CBO, trade Unions and NGOs.
Feb.- Dec 1996 BELGIUM
Consultant / researcher Project evaluation. Continuous monitoring of a consortium of European companies involved in the implementation of broadband telematics services for SMEs. Laboratoire d'Etudes sur les Nouvelles Technologies de l'Information, la Communication et les Industries Culturelles (LENTIC).
Oct. 1992- Jan. 94 Consultant- intermittent residence in CAPE VERDE AND BELGIUM
- Counselling on the decentralisation of the Austrian co-operation activities in a rural district of Cape Verde and development of the civil society organisations (Employer: Austrian Co-operation).
- Assessment of the "rural development" programme and proposals for its renovation Santa Cruz. (Employer: Austrian Co-operation).
- Identification and promotion of productive initiatives in a rural municipality - Santa Cruz. Including the production of a video displaying the vigour of local initiatives. (Employer: Austrian Co-operation)
- Recycling of extension staff- Rapid participatory assessment, participatory planning, training of rural producers (Employer: FAO)
- Survey analysis (Employer: Secretariado de Estado da Promoção Social)
Sept 89- Sept 1991 REPUBLIC OF CAPE VERDE
Co-ordinator of rural community development project, for the Non Governmental Organisation CITI-Habitat (Vocation: diffusion of adapted technologies), Praia, Cape Verde.
CAREER INFORMATION- Research
To date Research on the mobility of Children and Youth in West Africa for a consortium of Child centrered agencies: UNICEF, Save the Children, BIT, Terre des Hommes, Plan International, IOM.
February 2009 Seminar at the University of Cape Verde (Uni-CV) : “Keys for the study of popular art expressions” 6 hours, MA in Social Sciences. Praia, Cape Verde.
Feb. 2005-July 2008 Coordination of two main west-african research on the daily experiences of youth and children and on the mobility of youth and children for Plan International. Participation in various international conferences in Ethiopia, Belgium, the UK, Nigeria on the daily experiences of west African children.
May 2004-Feb 2005 Study of the impacts of cultural tourism on medium sized European towns, elaboration of methodological tools for the monotring of impacts. Part of the European project – PICTURE.
May 2004 Training of young professionals in international cooperation : analysis of African case studies.
2002-2003 Guest speaker
• " Les usages de la culture. Pièges et ressources". Etats généraux de l'interculturalité en Wallonie: l'unité dans la diversité. Namur 12/03
• "Pouvoirs et expériences. Jeux d'identités au Cap-Vert". State University of Liège. Les rencontres du CEDEM- Cycle de Conférence sur les migrations 10/03.
• "Ethnographie des mondes contemporains" . State University of Liège. Department of Social Sciences. 11/02
• "Identités ou identifications dans la perspective d'une anthropologie de la communication". Programme "Ethnopsychiatrie et migrations" of the 'Centre d'Etudes et de Documentation Sociales de Liège'. 10/02
• "L'expertise dans les évaluations de projet de développement rural" lecture for the seminar "Conditions et fonctions de l’expertise en développement" 4/02
Aug.-Sept. 2002 REPUBLIC OF CAPE VERDE
Ethnographical field research in Santiago, São Vicente, Sal.
July-December 99 MOZAMBIQUE - Manica Province
Ethnographical field research in a rural area focusing on social change, gender identities, religion and power relations.
Febuary 98 UNITED KINGDOM
Visiting reseacher. University of Manchester. Department of sociology. Research focus: Ethnomethodology and Wittgenstein. Referees: Dr. Rod Watson and Dr. Wes Sharrock.
July- Dec 1995 BRAZIL
Research Grant from the Rockefeller Foundation. Research on the identities of young Africans (Cape-Verdeans, Mozambicans, Angolans) living in Rio de Janeiro. Invited researcher of the "Race and Ethnicity Program" of the Institute of Philosophy and Social Sciences (IFCS). Universidade Federal de Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ).
Feb.- June 1995 BELGIUM
Researcher: Research on the ethnical identities and the "border-crossers'" networks in the EUREGIO. Centre d'Etudes de l'Ethnicité et des Migrations (CEDEM) Politology. Liège State University -ULG.
Feb. 94 - Jan.95 BELGIUM
Associated to the "Laboratoire d'Anthropologie de la Communication". Researcher. University of Liège.
Sept. 91- Sept. 92 UNITED KINGDOM
M.A. In Social Anthropology at School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS). University of London- UK.
Aug. 88 - Aug.90 REPUBLIC OF CAPE VERDE
Researcher in sociology, co-founder of the "Centro de Investigação Social" Praia, Republic of Cape Verde. And teaching research methods and techniques in the social sciences, responsible for field research, Instituto Amilcar Cabral de Praia, Cape Verde.
BELGIUM
Sept. July. 1987-88 Researcher at the "Centre Tricontinental" under the direction of the Pr. F. Houtart. Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium. Catholic University of Louvain (UCL)
MALI
Between 85-89 Three working visits (4.5 months). Field study for the sociology dissertation in the Dogon country, on the strategies of the actors (Populations, extensionists, technicians, ...) of development endeavours in a rural village.
U.S.A.
82-83 Exchange student (A.F.S.).
