Aïssatou Mbodj

I am Researcher in anthropology at the French CNRS, based at the Institut des mondes africains. I have been working in Mali for the past twenty years, on popular culture, literacy practices and vernacular uses of media and technology. I have also developed a long-term research project with West African residents of migrants’ hostels in Paris. For ReROOT, I’ll supervise the Paris team.

Stefan Le Courant

I am Researcher in anthropology at the French CNRS, based at the Centre d’étude des mouvements sociaux. For my PhD in anthropology (Paris-Nanterre University), I have worked on the everyday life of undocumented migrants living in Paris area. During my post-doc I investigated the local politics developed by the city of Paris during the so-called “migration crisis” that started in 2015.