Timpoko Helène Kienon-Kabore is an archaeologist from Côte d'Ivoire, who is Professor at the Research of Human Society and Science Unit at the Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny. A specialist in historical metallurgy, she is an advisor on archaeological heritage at the Ministry of Culture and Francophonie of Côte d'Ivoire and is a Committee Member for the West African Archaeological Association.

Career

Felix houphouet-boigny university

Kienon-Kabore is Professor at the Research of Human Society and Science Unit at the University Felix Houphouet-Boigny of Cocody in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.[1] Her doctoral thesis entitled 'La métallurgie ancienne du fer au Burkina Faso, province du Bulkiemdé: approche ethnologique, historique, archéologique et métallographique' was awarded by Université de Paris I: Panthéon-Sorbonne in 1998.[2] Her research focuses on metallurgical analysis.[3] She has published on the origins and development of metalwork in Burkina Faso and in Côte d'Ivoire.[4] Her particular expertise lies in the analysis of the history of technology of African societies south of the Sahara.[5] She has explored how important it is to take indigenous knowledge of metal-production is for understanding the past.[6] In addition she has studied and published on population and palaeoenvironment in Senegal.[7]

Kienon-Kabore is an advisor on archaeological heritage at the Ministry of Culture and Francophonie of Côte d'Ivoire.[8] She is also a Committee Member for the West African Archaeological Association[9] and has presented at their conferences.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "International Scholar: Timpoko Hélène Kiénon-Kaboré". Society for the History of Technology (SHOT). 2019-08-14. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  2. ↑ Kienon-Kabore, Timpoko Helène (1998). La métallurgie ancienne du fer au Burkina Faso, province du Bulkiemdé [microform] : approche ethnologique, historique, archéologique et métallographique / (Thesis). Université de Paris I: Panthéon-Sorbonne.
  3. ↑ "Timpoko Hélène Kienon-Kabore". core.tdar.org. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  4. ↑ Serneels, Vincent; Eichhorn, Barbara; Kienon-Kabore, Timpoko Helène; N'Zebo, L.; Ramseyer, D.; Thiombiano-Ilboudo, E.; Yéo, A. "Origine et développement de la métallurgie du fer au Burkina Faso et en Côte d'Ivoire (5).Prospections et sondages dans la région de Yamane (Burkina Faso) et en recherches à Siola 4000 (Côte d'Ivoire)". SLSA Rapport Annuel.
  5. ↑ Kiénon Kabore, Hélène Timpoko (2012-12-01). "Sources et méthodes pour une histoire des techniques métallurgiques anciennes dans les sociétés africaines subsahariennes : le cas de la métallurgie du fer". E-Phaïstos (in French). I (I-2): 28–40. doi:10.4000/ephaistos.403. ISSN 2262-7340.
  6. ↑ Timpoko Helène Kienon-Kabore (2017). "HISTORY OF TRADITIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA". International Journal of Academic Research and Reflection. 5 (5). ISSN 2309-0405.
  7. ↑ Eric Huysecom; Yao Loukou; Anne Mayor; Chrystel Jeanbourquin; Louis Chaix; Benoît Chevrier; Aziz Ballouche; Hamady Bocoum; Ndèye Guèye; Hélène Kiénon-Kaboré; Michel Rasse (2014). "Vallée de la Falémé (Sénégal oriental) et Parc national des îles Eotilé (Côte d'Ivoire): la 16ème année de recherche du programme "Peuplement humain et paléoenvironnement en Afrique"". Jahresbericht SLSA (in French). 2013.
  8. ↑ veraliah (2016-06-10). "Côte d'Ivoire: successful seminar towards publishers organised by BURIDA with IFRRO support". www.ifrro.org. Retrieved 2019-12-04.
  9. ↑ "Mme KIENON-KABORE Timpoko. Hélène". West African Archaeological Association. 2019-05-06. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  10. ↑ "West African Archaeological Association Conference Programme 2017" (PDF). West African Archaeological Association.
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