Gerry L’Étang

Gerry L’Étang is a lecturer in anthropology at the University of the French West Indies and French Guiana (Martinique campus) and a member of CRILLASH (Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Literature, Language, Art and Human Sciences). His work concerns cultural creolisation, diasporic Hinduism, Islam in southern India, aesthetics, addiction and Haiti.

His recent publications include Drive : l’errance ensorcelée (HC Éditions, 2009), La peinture en Martinique (HC Éditions, 2007), and L’Inde dans les arts de la Guadeloupe et de la Martinique. Héritages et innovations (Ibis Rouge, 2004).

From the Field

Haiti after the earthquake: camps, shanty towns and housing shortages

Gerry L’Étang & translated by Oliver Waine - 2 May 2012
In Haiti, in the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake, public squares became the sites of makeshift camps to provide...

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Terrains

Haïti après la catastrophe : camps, bidonvilles et crise du logement

Gerry L’Étang - 21 December 2011
En Haïti, les places publiques sont devenues, après le tremblement de terre de 2010, des lieux de campements...

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