CNRS | at Musée de l’Homme, Paris
Exhibition Déserts, Jardins des plantes, Muséum national d’histoire naturelle, à Paris, from April 2, 2025
Interview (in French) for an Instagram video by the Musée de l’Homme, 15 June 2025
TV interview at the Grande Galerie de l’Évolution, on 2 July 2025, broadcast on 12 September 2025, by Clément Tournigand, with Vincent Battesti and Alain Froment
Lecture (in French, with video 🍿) given as part of the “12e Rencontres Recherche & création”, ANR & Festival d’Avignon, at the Cloître Saint-Louis, Avignon, July 11, 2025.
Lecture (in French, with video 🍿) given as part of the “Natures sonores” lecture series and the 2025 Fête de la Nature, at the Jardin des Plantes, Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, on 24 May 2025. Sound piece — best experienced with headphones 🎧!
This platform provides access to a centralized repository of archaeobotanical evidence (macro-remains) from West Asia, focusing on date palms (Phoenix dactylifera L.) and its wild relatives (Phoenix spp.). The data has been gathered from published studies, books, theses, and archaeological reports.
Radio program on RFI, aired on 6 May 2025. Hosted by Caroline Lachowsky, with guests Vincent Battesti, Anthony Herrel, and Denis Larpin. From the iconic Sahara to the polar deserts, via the Gobi and the Atacama… A journey through some of the planet’s most awe-inspiring yet fragile ecosystems. How can humans live in such extreme environments?
Lecture given (in French, with video 🍿) for the conference cycle “Déserts, des espaces en mutation ”, Les rendez-vous culturels du Jardin des plantes, Muséum national d’histoire naturelle, April 3rd, 2025
Edited book (in French) Oct. 2024, V. Battesti, M. Crépy, A. Herrel & A. Lalis (eds.)
Chap. (in French) in the edited book: Déserts, Vivre en milieu extrême, 2024
Social anthropology, ethnoecology and evolutionary biology: new research in the Kingdom’s north-western desert.
Edited Book (in French)Vincent Battesti & Joël Candau (eds.), 2023, Paris, Éditions Pétra, 598 p.
Art. (in English) A. Robin-Soriano et al. in Symbiosis (2025)
Chap. (in French): — in Apprendre les sens, apprendre par les sens : Anthropologie des perceptions sensorielles, edited by Vincent Battesti & Joël Candau (2023).
Art. (in English) in Arabian Humanities journal.
Art. in Plants, People, Planet journal, vol. 5 (1), Jan. 2023, p. 82-97
