JEAN-PIERRE ROSSIE
Born in Ghent on August 16th, 1940, Belgian nationality. Social Worker, Social Academy of the City of Ghent, Ghent, 1961.
Career 1966-1968 : Research Fellow, Centre pour l'Etude du Monde Musulman Contemporain, Institute of Sociology, University of Brussels, Brussels. 1968-1969 : Research Fellow, Belgian National Foundation for Scientific Research, Brussels. 1969-1970 : Chief educator for adolescent boys, Home Prins Filip, Social Services of the City of Ghent, Ghent. 1970-1978 : Research Fellow, Belgian National Foundation for Scientific Research, Brussels. 1976-1979 : Lecturer, Department of Psychology and Department of International Functions, International Academy of Manternach, Luxemburg. 1980-1986 : Social worker and sociocultural anthropologist in the Social Services for Migrants of the City of Ghent, Ghent. 1987-1990 : Officer for interethnic and intercultural affairs of the City of Ghent, Ghent. 1991-1996 : Research Fellow, Seminar of Applied Epistemology, Faculty of Letters and Philosophy, State University of Ghent, Ghent. 1997 : Staff member, N.C.F.L.-Nordic Center for Research on Toys and Educational Media, Halmstad University, Halmstad, Sweden. Visiting docent Faculté de Psychologie et des Sciences de l'Education , Université de GenËve and Institut de Développement de GenËve, Geneva, Switzerland, January 1975. Faculty of Psychology, University of Belgrade, April 1978. Faculty of Arts, Philosophy Department, University of Malta, La Valette, Malta, April 1990. Faculté des Lettres et des Sciences Humaines, Univerisité Cadi Ayyad, Marrakech, Morocco, 1992-1994. Faculté des Sciences de l'Education, Université Mohamed V, Rabat, Morocco, 1995. Nordic Center for Research on Toys and Educational Media, Halmstad, Sweden, 1997- Fieldwork experience - Senegal, Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire (IFAN), Dakar, Senegal, October 1968-March 1969 : research on the Wolof kingdoms, on the Muslim brotherhoods and on rural development in Senegal. - Tunisia, Tunisian Sahara and Tunis, February-April 1975, October-December 1975, March-May 1977 : research on socialization, play activities, games and toys among the seminomadic Ghrib population and on child protection in contemporary Tunisia; ethnographic and behavioural filming. - Sociocultural research among North African and Turkish migrants in Ghent, Belgium, 1980-1990 and in Emirdag, Turkey, June 1988. - Musée de l'Homme, Paris, France, 1980-1992, several shorter research periods on the collection of Saharan and North African toys of this museum. - Morocco, since 1992 yearly research trips of several months on children's play activities, games and toys, especially in rural areas and popular quarters of cities. Major themes of research and seminars on childhood and intercultural relations - Socialization in Central Africa, North Africa and the Sahara and in North African and Turkish migrant communities in Belgium. - Children in exceptional situations in Africa. - Play activities games and toys in North Africa and the Sahara and in Third World societies in general. - Sociocultural and pedagogical relevance and utility of non-Western ludic heritages. - North African and Saharan ludic heritages and their use for intercultural and peace education. - Social, cultural, social semiotic and communication aspects of games and toys, especially in Africa. - Toy design: reflexions of a sociocultural anthropologist. - Interethnic and intercultural contact and communication. Visual material on play activities, games and toys - Unpublished film of about one hour on relations between children and between adults and children among the Ghrib of the Tunisian Sahara, filmed according to the human-ethological method, 1975. - Unpublished film on the making of a doll by a Ghrib girl, 1975. - Video Homemade Dolls from Morocco: ROSSIE Jean-Pierre, ROSSIE Souad and STERNER BjÆ.rn, 1998, NCFL-Nordic Center for Research on Toys and Educational Media, University of Halmstad, Halmstad, 18 minutes. - Series of slides on play activities, games and toys of the Ghrib children, Tunisian Sahara, 1975-1977. - Series of slides on "Children of the Sahel : playing with selfmade toys" and on "dolls in the Third World", series made for the project - "Carmen et Esteban : un projet sur les enfants de la rue, le gaspillage et le recyclage", 1986, Belgian Comitee for UNICEF, Brussels. - Series of slides on play activities, games and toys of Moroccan children, 1992- . Publications on play activities, games and toys ROSSIE Jean-Pierre et CLAUS Gilbert J.M., 1983, "Imitation de la vie féminine dans les jeux des filles Ghrib (Sahara tunisien)", in Liber Memorialis, Prof. Dr. P.J. Vandenhoute 1913-1978, Seminarie voor Ethnische Kunst, H.I.K.O., Rijksuniversiteit te Gent, Gent, 440 p., p. 331-347, ill. ROSSIE Jean-Pierre, 1984, Games and Toys: Anthropological Research on Their Practical Contribution to Child Development. Aids to Programming Unicef Assistance to Education, Notes. Comments... Child, Family, Community, N.S. 147, March 1984, Unit for Co-operation with UNICEF & W.F.P., Unesco, Paris, 71 p., 64 photos. ROSSIE Jean-Pierre, 1987, "Kinderspel en speelgoed bij de Ghrib uit de noordwestelijkeTunesische Sahara", in 't Trojaanse Hobbelpaard, Jaarboek van het Studiecentrum voor Speelgoed en Volkskunde, Mechelen, vol. III, 192 p., p. 53-84, ill. ROSSIE Jean-Pierre, 1987, "Classification System for a Cross-Cultural Analysis of Play Activities, Games and Toys", in Play and Culture. The Child between the World of Yesterday and the World of Tomorrow, OMEP-Seminar, OMEP-Organisation Mondiale de l'Education Préscolaire/World Organization for Early Childhood Education, Oslo, p. 72-83. ROSSIE Jean-Pierre, 1988, "Games and toys among a Tunisian Sahara population. An example of the Contribution of Anthropological Research to Child Development", in Games and Toys in Early Childhood Education, Unesco-Unicef Cooperative Programmes, Digest 25, Unesco, Paris, 112 p., p. 53-75. ROSSIE Jean-Pierre, 1990, "Jeux et jouets sahariens et nordafricains. Créativité et reproduction socio-culturelle. Réflexions interculturelles et socio-pédagogiques". in L'éducation par le Jeu et l'Environnement, Association Française pour l'éducation par le Jeu, Centre d'études Roland Houdon, Saran, France, n° 38, 2ème trim., p. 3-11 et n° 39, 3e trim., p. 28-33, 12 ill. ROSSIE Jean-Pierre, 1993, Jeux et jouets sahariens et nord-africains. Poupées - Jeux de poupées, Préface de Dominique Champault, International Council for Children's Play, Association Française pour l'éducation par le Jeu, Saran, France, 180 p., 75 ill. ROSSIE Jean-Pierre, 1993, "Children's Play, Generations and Gender with Special Reference to the Ghrib (Tunisian Sahara)", in Gougoulis Cleo, ed., Special Issue on Children's Play, Ethnographica IX, Peloponnesian Folklore Foundation, Athens, 256 p., p.193-201, ill., Greek text with the illustrations p. 57-69. ROSSIE Jean-Pierre, 1993, "Bibliography on Play, Games and Toys in North Africa and the Sahara", in Gougoulis Cleo, ed., Special Issue on Children's Play, Ethnographica IX, Peloponnesian Folklore Foundation, Athens, 256 p. , p. 237-241. ROSSIE Jean-Pierre, 1994, "Jeux et jouets sahariens et nord-africains : de la recherche aux applications socio-pédagogiques" in Actes des Journées Internationales Audiovisuelles sur l'Education Préscolaire, Groupe ATFALE, Faculté des Sciences de l'Education, Université Mohamed V, Rabat, avril, 352 p., p. 48-56, ill. ROSSIE Jean-Pierre, 1994, editor, Play, Communication and Cognition, Communication & Cognition, Volume 27, Number 3, p. 247-374, Communication & Cognition, Ghent, Belgium. ROSSIE Jean-Pierre, 1994, "Symbols and Communication through Children's Dolls. Examples from North Africa and the Sahara", in Rossie Jean-Pierre, ed., Play, Communication and Cognition, Communication & Cognition, Volume 27, Number 3, p. 247-374, Communication & Cognition, Ghent, Belgium, p. 301-320, ill. ROSSIE Jean-Pierre, 1996, "L'animal dans les jeux et jouets touareg", in Tifawt, Périodique de Langue et Culture Amazighes, MeknËs, volume 2, n° 8, printemps, p. 17-19, ill. ROSSIE Jean-Pierre, 1997, "Toy Design: Reflexions of an Anthropologist", in Toy Center- Workshop on Toy Design. August 26-28 1997, Nordic Center for Research on Toys and Educational Media, University of Halmstad, Halmstad, 59 p., p. 28-33. ROSSIE Jean-Pierre, 1999, Toys, Culture and Society. An Anthropological Approach with Reference to North Africa and the Sahara, NCFL-Nordic Center for Research on Toys and Educational Media, University of Halmstad, Halmstad, volume 1: 92 p., volume 2: 13 p. + 107 figures - This publication is available on the WWW-page of NCFL: http://www.hh.se/dep/ncflweb ROSSIE Jean-Pierre, 1999, Saharan and North African Ludic Heritages. Commented Bibliography on Play, Games and Toys, NCFL-Nordic Center for Research on Toys and Educational Media, University of Halmstad, Halmstad, 45 p. (first edition 1997) - This publication is available on the WWW-page of NCFL: http://www.hh.se/dep/ncflweb ROSSIE Jean-Pierre, 1999, Héritages ludiques sahariens et nord-africains. Bibliographie commentée sur les jeux et jouets, NCFL-Nordic Center for Research on Toys and Educational Media, University of Halmstad, Halmstad, 45 p. (1e édition 1997) - Cette publication est disponible sur la WWW-page du NCFL: http://www.hh.se/dep/ncflweb ROSSIE Jean-Pierre, 1999, Saharan and North African Ludic Heritages. Children's Dolls and Doll Play, NCFL-Nordic Center for Research on Toys and Educational Media, University of Halmstad, Halmstad, vol. 1: 170 p., vol. 2: 15 p. + 116 figures - This publication is available on the WWW-page of NCFL: http://www.hh.se/dep/ncflweb ROSSIE Jean-Pierre, 1999, Héritages ludiques sahariens et nord-africains. Poupées d'enfants et jeux de poupées, NCFL-Nordic Center for Research on Toys and Educational Media, University of Halmstad, Halmstad, vol. 1: 182 p., vol. 2: 15 p. + 116 figures - Cette publication est disponible sur la WWW-page du NCFL: http://www.hh.se/dep/ncflweb ROSSIE Jean-Pierre, 2000, "The animal in the Tuareg children's play and toys", Website of Tankra tamazight - La Renaissance Amazighe, (see Civilisation/Tradition), Suresnes, France, March 2000, 6 ill.. ROSSIE Jean-Pierre, 2000, "L'animal dans les jeux et jouets des enfants touaregs", Website de Tankra tamazight - La Renaissance Amazighe, (voir Civilisation/Tradition), Suresnes, France, Mars 2000, 6 ill. Jean-Pierre ROSSIE
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