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In the eighteenth century, the illustrations of natural history treatises betray the complex evolution of the image of the giraffe, divergent, even contrary representations, of an animal which belongs as much to reality as to fantasy. We know it from texts whose contradictions only sharpen curiosity about this fabulous animal that no one had yet seen. The different editions of Buffon's Natural History attest to the author's relentlessness in resolving the difficult question of the animal's horns, but also show the itinerary of a knowledge that is still evolving. It is François Le Vaillant, explorer, naturalist, ornithologist, who has the honor of finally presenting the giraffe to the scholarly community. Conquest of knowledge for the glory of science, certainly, but also intimate possession through the death of the coveted object, his account of hunting offers an unprecedented glimpse of a conquest that turns out to be as literal as scientific, the seed of other conquests to come.
Keywords: sciences naturelles, Natural sciences, Buffon, Buffon, Diderot, Diderot, Francois Le Vaillant, Francois Le Vaillant, girafe, giraffe, Afrique, Africa, Encyclopédie, Encyclopedie, bestiaire, bestiaries, exotisme, exoticism, hunting, chasse, Enlightenment, siècle des Lumières
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The article presents some results of a qualitative study based on semi-structured interviews with multicultural polyglots from different countries. Participants regularly use at least four living languages and have close ties with several countries (family, friends, work, studies, etc.).The study addresses issues related to identity negotiations, distortions in the perception of polyglots’ identity by those around them, the degree of importance given to the recognition of identity as defined by polyglots themselves, the elements retained to define themselves or others, the relationship with the languages used and the role that these languages play in the construction and the definition of identity.
Keywords: polyglot identity, identité de polyglotte, plurilingualism, plurilinguisme, identity negotiations, négociations identitaires
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