INTERVIEW WITH PHILIPPE DESCOLA

Authors

• Philippe Descola Collège de France
• Aleksis Toro University of Helsinki

Abstract

Professor Philippe Descola visited Finland in October 2015 to deliver the Edward Westermarck Memorial Lecture during the biennial conference of the Finnish Anthropological Society, which had the theme, Landscapes, Sociality, and Materiality. In connection with the conference and his Westermarck lecture entitled 'Landscape as Transfiguration', Professor Descola granted the following interview, discussing some of the main interests and themes that have informed his research career. The interview was conducted by Aleksis Toro.