Research in social anthropology

Vincent Battesti

Saudi Arabia

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Cultivating the Desert: Agronomic and Social Analysis of the Farming Systems in the Oasis of al-‘Ulā, Saudi Arabia

Report on oasis agriculture from al-‘Ulā AS project, currently under writing

Book in progress: The living heritage of an undervalued agrobiodiversity : an analytical survey of practices and categorization of date palms in al-‘Ulā oasis, Saudi Arabia

Book of al-‘Ulā DPA project, work in progress.

The living heritage of an undervalued agrobiodiversity: An analytical survey of practices and categorization of date palms in al-‘Ulā oasis, Saudi Arabia

A book in progress by al-’Ulā DPA Project

Digging deeper into the impacts of different soil water systems on the date palm root architecture and associated fungal communities

Art. (in English) in progress

Varietal diversity and cultivation practices of the date palm in the AlUla oasis

Chap. in English in AlUla : Wonder of Arabia (2023), Vincent Battesti & Muriel Gros-Balthazard.

From Holocene Agroecosystems to Contemporary Oasis Patterns: Archaeological Keys and Perspectives on the Past

Lecture (in French) given as part of the workshop “Paleo-environment: Past climates, landscape dynamics, and human-environment interactions in the (…)

Harvesting the Biocultural in Palm Groves…? Collection and Ethnobotany of the Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.)

Lecture (in French) given at the Herbarium, National Botanical Collection, National Museum of Natural History, Jardin des Plantes, on April 30, (…)

Strontium isotope evidence for Pre-Islamic cotton cultivation in Arabia

New! Art. in English. In Frontiers in Earth Science journal.

Fourth-year Report—Dec. 2023. Anthropological survey of al-‘Ulā community and its oasis system

Annual Report 2023 — Unveiling al-‘Ulā: Deepening Understanding of Anthropological Dynamics

Fourth-year Report—Dec. 2023. Ethnographic, genetic, and morphometric analyses of the date palm agrobiodiversity in al-‘Ulā oasis

Annual Report 2023

Emergence and evolution of date palm cultivation in Northwestern Arabia

Lecture (in English) given for the international conference “Human-Environment Interactions in Ancient Arabia” (HEIAA), at the University of (…)

Emergence and evolution of date palm cultivation in Northwestern Arabia

Lecture (in English) given for the international conference “Human-Environment Interactions in Ancient Arabia” (HEIAA), at the University of (…)

Job offer at the CNRS: Technician for heritage collections at the Muséum national d’histoire naturelle

Position starting: February 1, 2024. Application deadline: Nov. 23, 2023.

Perceptions and practices of the environment, oasis and desert contrasts (Sahara and Arabia)

Art. in French. submitted to… Parcours anthropologiques journal.

The oasis of al-‘Ulā between two waves of change

Ed. book of al-‘Ulā AS project, work in progress.

Comparison of the agricultural area of Muġayrā’ (al-‘Ulā, KSA) between 1972, 1986 and 2023

Testing the JuxtaposeJS slider tool.

Bedouins and Sedentaries today in al-‘Ulā (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia): al-diyār and al-Dīra in the rear-view mirror

Art. (in English) in Arabian Humanities journal.

Bédouins et Sédentaires aujourd’hui à al-‘Ulā (Royaume d’Arabie saoudite), al-diyār et al-Dīra dans le rétroviseur

Art. in French in Arabian Humanities in 2023, Vincent Battesti & Léo Marty

Publication of the first anthropological and social study on al-‘Ulā

Bedouins and Sedentaries today in al-‘Ulâ (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia): al-diyâr and al-Dîra in the rear-view mirror | Art. in English in Arabian (…)

Working list of named types of date palms cultivated in al-‘Ulā oasis (KSA)

Research report 2023 (in English).

Comparison of al-‘Ulā oasis valley (KSA) between 1965 and 2023

Testing the JuxtaposeJS slider tool.

Sampling date palms in al-’Ulā (Saudi Arabia)

Video of ethnobotanical/genetic fieldwork.

Position Agricultural Engineer (M/F): 6 months at al-‘Ulā in Saudi Arabia

Start date: February 1, 2023. Application deadline: January 23, 2023.

What lies behind a fruit crop variety name? A case study of the barnī date palm from al-‘Ulā oasis, Saudi Arabia

Art. in Plants, People, Planet journal, vol. 5 (1), Jan. 2023, p. 82-97

Third-year Report—Dec. 2022. Anthropological survey of al-‘Ulā community and its oasis system

Annual Report 2022

Third-year Report—Nov. 2022. Ethnographic, genetic, and morphometric analyses of the date palm agrobiodiversity in al-‘Ulā oasis

Annual Report 2022

Investigating the date palms of a three thousand year old oasis

What lies behind fruit crops variety names? The date palm as a case study

Lecture (in English) with Muriel Gros-Balthazard given for the EUNOPS (European Network of Palm Scientists) Conference, October 2022, Geneva (…)

Project participants to al-‘Ulā DPA Project

Addition and convergence of scientific expertise for a research on the agrobiodiversity of date palms and their history in al-‘Ulā oasis in Saudi (…)

Perceptions and practices of its environment, contrasted in the oases and in the desert (Sahara, Arabia)

Lecture (in French/English) given for the workshop “The contour of the senses. Subjectivities, representations and sensitive experience of (…)

Project participants to al-‘Ulā AS Project

Addition and convergence of scientific expertise for a research on al-’Ulā oasis in Saudi Arabia.

On the field for al-‘Ulā-AS: Dr. Joëlle Brochier-Puig

March 2022 Social geography of water and irrigation in al-‘Ulā

Postdoctoral contract offer: Ecological knowledge and know-how of communities in al-‘Ulā oasis region, Saudi Arabia

Effective date: April 1st, 2022. Application deadline: March 24th, 2022 Date passed, but if interested, contact me.

Urban Anthropology: The MENA Region (Middle East and North Africa)

Chap. with Nicolas Puig (2021) for The International Encyclopedia of Anthropology

A Timelapse Landsat of al-‘Ulā 1985-2020

The changes in exploiting the environment in the region of al-‘Ulā, KSA

Second-year Report—Sept. 2021. Anthropological survey of al-‘Ulā community and its oasis system

Annual Report 2021

Second-year Report—Sept. 2021. Ethnographic, genetic, and morphometric analyses of the date palm agrobiodiversity in al-‘Ulā oasis

Annual Report 2021

Is Barnī, a date palm cultivated in the oasis of al-‘Ulā, a true-to-type cultivar or an ethnovariety? Arguments from ethnographic and genetic data

Report (2021) (in English)

First-year Report—Sept. 2020. Ethnographic, genetic, and morphometric analyses of the date palm agrobiodiversity in al-‘Ulā oasis

Annual Report 2020

First-year Report—Sept. 2020. Anthropological survey of al-‘Ulā community and its oasis system

Annual Report 2020

Date palm genetic and diversity: The case of al-‘Ulā oasis

Research Report 2020.

Anthropological issues of the communities of al-‘Ulā oasis: Scientific and synthesis note

Report: — New —

Origins and diversity of the Date Palm in al-‘Ulā Oasis, Saudi Arabia: a multidisciplinary approach combining Genomics, Ethnobotany and Archaeobiology

Unfinished doctoral thesis (Feb. 2020-Sept. 2021): Matthieu Breil

PhD/ CNRS Doctoral contract offer: Origins and diversity of the Date Palm in al-‘Ulā Oasis, Saudi Arabia: a multidisciplinary approach combining Genomics, Ethnobotany and Archaeobiology

Effective date: February 1st, 2020. Application deadline: January 13th, 2020

The functioning of an oasian community, and its relations toward the environment: al-‘Ulā oasis

Doctoral thesis (Nov. 2019-April 2024): Léo Marty

Doctoral contract offer: Functioning of an oasis community in Saudi Arabia and its relationship to the environment: al-‘Ulā oasis

Effective date: November 1, 2019. Application deadline: October 9, 2019

Mapping and Interpreting Bibliographic Knowledge, The Oasis of al-‘Ulā in Saudi Arabia

Master thesis 1st year, Muséum national d’histoire naturelle, by Doria Bellache (dir. Vincent Battesti)

Photographs taken during a first fieldwork reconnaissance mission in al-‘Ulā (KSA). April 2019

See al-‘Ulā oasis, Saudi Arabia.