Science Panel Discussion presentation: A Data Sharing Story

Mercè Crosas, PhD, is Director of Product Development for the Institute for Qualitative Social Science at Harvard University. She discussed utilizing the Dataverse Network centralized repository for projects at Harvard

Des lançados aux expatriés :1 « l’Ethnie2 Blanche »3 entre les fleuves Sénégal et Casamance

The region located between the Senegal and the Casamance rivers hasa long history of the presence of Western white men. Although thecharacters and situations modeled by the ‘White Ethnic Group’ overtime have been very varied, there are characteristics that are repeated,continuities associated with the ambiguity of social status, genderrelations or economic specializations, on the boundary between both local and global levels. The paper explores the durability of a culturalboundary, suggesting avenues of research from the figure of lançados.The analysis shows indications, repeated parallels between the effects ofvariations in boundary conditions on the collective ‘White’, swaying betweenmaintaining their identity and integrating into indigenous communities.The author believes that a long-term perspective would help understandthe current articulation of contingents of cooperation volunteerswho come to the region, an understanding that could be extrapolated toother areas on the continent