Centre de recherche et de documentation sur l'Océanie


The Centre de Recherche et de Documentation sur l'Océanie, also known as CREDO is a cross-disciplinary research laboratory in social and cultural anthropology, history and archaeology including researchers and lecturers from three institutions: the CNRS, the EHESS and the University of Provence. Its main focus of research and teaching are the past and contemporary societies of the Pacific, Australia included.

History

The CREDO was created in 1995 as an UMR of the CNRS and the EHESS in Marseilles, France. The principal founders of the CREDO are Pierre Lemonnier and Serge Tcherkézoff, with Maurice Godelier. From the very first year of its creation, its members wanted to be associated to the University of Provence in order to teach and supervise students from both major institutions in the South of France in the Humanities and Social Sciences.
In early March 1999, the CREDO left its original location in the Vieille Charité, hosted by the EHESS, and moved to the Saint-Charles Campus at the University of provence. Next to IRSEA, and a new centre for documentation, the CREDO is now one of the three constituents of the Maison Asie Pacifique.
Previous directors of the Centre were Maurice Godelier and Serge Tcherkézoff. The current director is Laurent Dousset.

Research activities

The CREDO is engaged in a great number of research activities that are currently divided into 6 general themes:
The CREDO hosts its own center for documentation specialized in pacific publications and archival material. Currently, the center has more than 8000 books, and is subscribed to 23 scientific journals. It also owns a certain number of theses, offprints, various collections etc. The online catalog of the collection is accessible from the CREDO webpage

Particular projects

The CREDO is engaged in research and documentary projects, including: