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Jean-Marie Gibbal et al., « Position de l'enquête anthropologique en milieu urbain africain. », Cahiers d'Études africaines, ID : 10.3406/cea.1981.2297
J.-M. Gibbal, E. Le Bris, A. Marie, A. Osmont, G. Salem—The Position of the Anthropologie al Approach in an African Urban Environment. The practical experience of a multidisciplinary team working on family de-structuration and group formation in African towns has led to the conclusion that an anthropological, rather than sociological, approach is best fitted for the study of a number of urban situations. The anthropologist is, however, confronted with a variety of methodological, theoretical, and practical (as well as ethical) problems often quite different from those encountered in rural field work. This paper is an attempt to define these problems without setting forth any actual solution.