Dr. Brigitte Sébastia

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Sébastia, Brigitte Researcher Telephone: +91-413-2334168, Ext – 118 Fax: +91-413-2339534 E-mail: brigitte.sebastia@ifpindia.org French Institute of Pondicherry, 11 Saint Louis Street, P.O. Box – 33, Pondicherry – 605 001

Research fields:

• Indigenisation of Catholicism in Tamil community
• Management of mental health in medical pluralism
• Siddha medicine
• Nutrition and health

Recent publications:

1. 2009 - Restoring Mental Health in India. Pluralistic Approaches. Pluralistic therapies and concepts. New Delhi, Oxford University Press.

2. 2007 - Les rondes de saint Antoine. Culte, affliction et possession en Inde du Sud. Paris, Aux Lieux d’être, ‘Sous prétexte de médecines’, 350 p.

3. 2002 - Māriyamman-Mariyamman. Catholic Practises and Image of Virgin in Velankanni (Tamil Nadu), Pondicherry, French Institute Pondicherry, ‘Pondy Papers in Social Sciences 27’, 73 p. French version Māriyamman-Mariyamman. Pratiques catholiques et representation de la Vierge à Velankanni (Tamil Nadu).

Curriculum Vitae in PDF format.

Projects:

• Societies and medicines in South Asia - Axis: Past and present innovations in medicine
• Nutrition : Change of foodways and nutrition in India

Links:

• http://www.ethno-info.com/index.php?id=114
• http://ceias.ehess.fr/document.php?id=971