Pascale HANCART PETITET, PhD

Research Fellow,

Centre de Recherche Culture, Santé,

Sociétés, UPCAM, Aix Marseille III,
France

CONTACT DETAILS

Pascalehp@gmail.com
Mobil: 00 855 92 39 92 73
Http://pascalehpanthropo.blogspot.com

Pasteur Institute, Tel: 00 855 23 426 009 Ext 276

Fax: 00 855 23 725 606
5 Bd Monivong
BP 983 Phnom Penh, Cambodge

SKILLS PROFIL

Anthropological Research: HIV/aids, Reproduction, Medical Systems, India & Cambodia.

International Public Health: Post-emergency Context, Mother and Child Health, Asia and
Africa
Communication: Excellent oral and written skills. Several academic publication and
conference papers presented. Active listening and diplomacy as demonstrated through work
experiences.
Team Working: Demonstrated when working in humanitarian sector and for disciplinary
research group and whilst working in a pressured retail environment for more than 10 years.
Project & Time Management: Successfully planned the most effective use of my time and
resources to manage medical programme assistance in sensitive areas and complete my
research project ahead of schedule whilst submitting papers for publication and
communications.
Computer literacy: Confident user of a wide variety of packages including Microsoft Word,
Access, Excel, Publisher, End Note 10.
Languages: French (Native), English (Fluent), Khmer, Tamil, Portuguese (Basic
Knowledge)

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES

IN THE RESEARCH SECTOR

2007-dec 2009 Post-doctoral research

« HIV Transmission and reproductive health in Cambodia »
Centre de Recherche Culture Santé Sociétés (UPCAM Aix en Provence)
And Pasteur Institute Cambodia (Funds : Anrs & Sidaction)

2002-2007 PhD in Anthropology

« Maternity in South India. Knowledge about birth in the time of Aids » Centre
de Recherche Culture Santé Sociétés (UPCAM Aix en Provence)
And French Institute of Pondicherry, India. (Funds: ANRS & Sidaction)

2001 Research consultant

NOMAD Recherche et Soutien International
Anthropology of Birth in Ladakh

Responsibilities: Identification of research fields, implementation of collaboration with local

institutions, ethnographic data gathering, bibliography compilation and analysis, projects
administrative and financial management, research assistants’ training, writing of scientific
chapters, scientific communications (Cf. Annexe).

IN THE INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH SECTOR

2002 (6months) Programme Director in Afghanistan

Doctors of the World (France)
Maternal and Child Health programme

Responsibilities: Coordination between the Paris headquarter and the field team, liaising with
local health and political authorities, liaising with funding agencies, team management on
three sites (Kabul, Heart, Chagcharan) (11 expats, 6 locals), training of my afghan successor.

1998-2000 Programme Director, Pakistan

Doctors of the World (France)
Pilot Programme aiming at reducing maternal mortality

Responsibilities: Coordination, liaising with authorities, team management (2 expatriates, 16

locals) implementation of coordination comities linking local players, implementation of a local
NGO in charge of pursuing the programme’s activities.

1995-1997 Medical Coordinator, Angola

Doctors of the World (France)
MCH, reconstructive surgery, post-emergency medical assistance.

Responsibilities: Liaising with local health authorities, management of the expatriate medical
team (13 persons) and the Angolan medical team (26 persons), identification, opening and

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implementation of a medical assistance programme dedicated to a district hospital and three
health posts.

1994 (7months) Midwife, Mauritania

Doctors of the World (France)
Medical assistance in a refugee camp

Responsibilities: Management of daily care activities, theoretical and practical training of

midwife and medical assistants.

IN MEDICAL PRACTICE SECTOR

Midwife, Private clinic, Paris and Aix en Provence, France

Midwife, Regional Reference Hospital, Clermont- Ferrand, France

EDUCATION

PhD in Anthropology at CReCSS, UCPAM, France/ Qualified for Senior Lecturer position

Master II Degree « Etudes Approfondies en Anthropologie »

Option Bio-cultural Anthropology. CReCSS, UCPAM, France.

University Degree
Planification de Programmes intégrés en Santé Communautaire
Paris V University, France.

Midwifery Degree. Clermont Ferrand, France.

OTHERS

Member of Board of directors Nomad Recherche Soutien International (www .nomadrsi.org)

Research Associate of the Somatechnics Research Centre Macquarie University NSW 2109
Australia http://www.somatechnics.mq.edu.au

Member of the Network AMADES (www.amades.net)

Since October 2008, Founder and Organizer of the Human Sciences Happy Hours in
Phnom Penh (http://humanscienceshappyhoursinpp.blogspot.com/)

Abstract Reviewer, XVII International AIDS Conference, 3-8 August 2008 in Mexico City,
Mexico.

Abstract Reviewer, 5th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention, to be
held in Cape Town, 19-22 July 2009.

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PUBLICATIONS

Book

Hancart Petitet Pascale. Maternités en Inde du Sud. Des savoirs autour de la naissance au
temps du sida. Edilivre, Paris, 446 pages.

Book chapters

Hancart Petitet Pascale., 2009. Transformations contemporaines des savoirs et pratiques de

Satchadie, matrone à Pondichéry. Dans: P. Cohen (dir) Figures contemporaines de la santé en
Inde.Paris. L’Harmattan. Pp :195-214

Hancart Petitet Pascale ; 2006. Une perspective « intime » sur les soignants. La prévention de
la transmission mère-enfant du VIH dans un hôpital de district en Inde du Sud. Dans: A.
Desgrée du Loû., B. Ferry (eds), Sexualité et procréation confrontées au sida dans les pays du
Sud. Paris, CEPED. Pp : 189-207.

Hancart Petitet Pascale. 2005. Mortalité maternelle au Ladakh : De la santé publique à

l’anthropologie . Dans : L. Pordié (dir.), Panser le monde, penser les médecines. Traditions
médicales et développement, Paris. Karthala. Pp :123-143.

Hancart Petitet Pascale. 2004. Anthropological Perspectives on HIV/AIDS Transmission During

Delivery. Dans: P. Cohen & S. Solomon (dir.) AIDS and Maternity in India. From Public Health
to Social Sciences Perspectives Emerging themes and Debates, Publication du Département de
Sciences Sociales n.8, Institut Français de Pondichéry/ French Institute of Pondicherry. Pp:211-
224.

Articles

Hancart Petitet, Pascale, 2008. Dimension éthique de la recherche en Inde du Sud. A propos
d’une étude anthropologique d’un programme de prévention de la transmission mère-enfant
du VIH. ethnographiques.org, [en ligne]. http://www.ethnographiques.org/

Hancart Petitet Pascale, Nm Samuel, Alice Desclaux,Pragathi Vellore, 2008. VCY SPECIAL
ISSUE : MISSED OPPORTUNITIES FOR HIV PMTCT A CASE STUDY IN SOUTH INDIA. Aids
Care, Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies, 3(02), pp. 120 - 125. DOI:
10.1080/17450120701867538

Hancart Petitet, Pascale ; 2007. Pragathi, Vellore. Ethnographic Views of valaikappu. A

Pregnancy Rite in Tamil Nadu. Indian Anthropologist 37(1), Special Issue on the Ethnography
of Healing (guest editor: L. Pordié).pp : 117-145

Hancart Petitet P. 2007. Actualités de l’approche du conseil en matière de dépistage du VIH

Compte rendu de colloque. Second Annual IS Academy Expert Meeting on HIV/AIDS «

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Rethinking HIV/AIDS Preventive Counselling » Amsterdam,13 – 14 November 2006. La lettre
du CRECSS n°6. http://www.mmsh.univ-aix.fr/crecss/lettre/lettre_6.htm

Hancart Petitet P. 2006. Les femmes dans l'ombre des sciences sociales. Passons aux actes :
compte rendu, XVIe Conférence internationale sur le sida, Toronto, 13-18 août 2006.
Périodique Transcriptase Volume, fascicule 129: 81-82.

Hancart Petitet P. 2006, Toronto : Une impression mitigée ? La lettre du CRECSS n°4.
http://www.mmsh.univ-aix.fr/crecss/lettre/Lettre_CReCSS_4.pdf

Forthcoming

Hancart Petitet. Traitement social de la naissance dans le contexte du sida. Etudes de cas en
Inde du Sud. Sciences Sociales et Santé.

Pordié Laurent & Hancart Petitet Pascale. Birth in Shun Shade: Notes on the role of the amchi
regarding childbirth in rural Zanskar, in L. Pordié (ed.), Healing at the Periphery.
Ethnographies on Tibetan Medicine in India, London & Durham: Duke University Press.

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES

Hancart Petitet Pascale., “They only have to use condoms!” Social aspects of contraceptives
use amongst ARV users in Cambodia International workshop on The Impact of HIV/AIDS and
its Treatment in Asia Chiang Mai, Thailand, 19-21 February 2009.

Hancart Petitet Pascale:” Transmission of HIV, HBV, HCV in health settings. Social and cultural
dimensions of hygiene in Cambodia (ANRS 12 102)”. ANRS South-East Asia Sites Meeting
(Cambodia and Vietnam) and Annual Meeting of ANRS Coordinated Action 12 Institut Pasteur
in Hô Chi Minh Ville, Vietnam 9-12 March 2009.

Hancart Petitet P, Samuel NM, Desclaux A, Pragathi « Sociocultural factors of hiv transmission
during delivery in India. » Abstract n°60 International Conference Aids Impact. Marseille. 1-4th
July 2007.

Hancart Petitet P, Samuel NM, Desclaux A, Pragathi « Missed opportunities for HIV PMTCT: A
case study in South India . Abstract n°61 International Conference Aids Impact Marseille 1-4th
July 2007.

Hancart Petitet P, Desclaux A, Pragathi V “HAART as An Opportunity to Improve HIV PMTCT ?

An Indian Case Study” Abstract N°TUPE0824, XVI International AIDS Conference. Toronto. 13-
18 August, 2006.

The demedicalization of Prevention of the Mother to Child Transmission of HIV With or without
Traditionnal birth Attendants. Poster. International Conference on Aids. 22 October 2005.
Chennai. India.

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The success of Technobirth in India: The Caesarean Section Case. International seminar on
“New Trends of Indian Medicines" French Institute of Pondichéry. 27 Octobre 2005.
Pondicherry. India

Notes on the sanitary, social and political stakes of Traditional Birth Attendant’s training in
India . International Workshop Mirrored Views on Healing Systems in India : Merging Policies,
Politics and Practices. 19th and 20th of April 2004. French Institute of Pondicherry. India.

HIV Transmission and Delivery Care in South India: Theoretical Approach and Practical Issues.
NGO-Academe Research network on AIDS Medicines in Resource Poor Settings. An Inaugural
Expert meeting. October 6th and 7th 2004, Amsterdam School of Social Sciences Research and
University of Amsterdam. Amsterdam.

Acceptabilité et conséquences du conseil et du dépistage volontaire du VIH en consultation

prénatale, Un exemple en Inde du Sud. Colloque International. La santé de la reproduction
confrontée au sida : Enjeux sociaux et comportementaux dans les pays du Sud. Les 22 et 23
novembre 2004. Centre d'Etude de la Population et du Développement, Paris.

Anthropological Perspectives On HIV Mother To Child Transmission, The Example Of Tamil

Nadu (South India). International Workshop, Social Science and AIDS in Southeast Asia:
Inventory of Research Projects, Priorities and Prospects for the Future. November 10-12, 2003.
Chiang Mai, Thailand.

MAIN TEACHING ACTIVITIES

Socio cultural factors OF HIV Mother to child transmission IN INDIA Some insights from South
India . . Master of Art Socio Anthropology. Université Royale de Phnom Penh. Le 21
janvier2008 (3h)

The production of data in anthropology. Types of data and simples principles. Master of Art
Socio Anthropology. Université Royale de Phnom Penh. Le 20 février2008 (3h)

Socio cultural Epidemiology of HIV/ AIDS. A case study in India. International Seminar.
Medical Anthropology as a tool for Public Health. University Heidelberg. 9-11 May2007. (4H)

To be or not to be: The Traditional Birth Attendants and The Prevention of Mother to Child.
Transmission of HIV in South India. Kultur Studier Seminar (Oslo University College and
Vestfold University College Norway.) 13 avril 2005. Pondicherry. India.(3H)

Transmission mère-enfant du Vih en Inde du Sud : Projet, approches théoriques, méthodologie

et résultats préliminaires Séminaire "Anthropologie du sida" diplôme d’université / Certificat
International d’Ecologie Humaine, option Ecologie humaine et santé. Du 24 au 28 mai 2004
Centre de Recherche Cultures, Santé, Sociétés CReCSS/LEHA, Université Aix Marseille (2H).

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