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Timpoko Helène Kienon-Kabore

Timpoko Helène Kienon-Kabore is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Timpoko Helène Kienon-Kabore rather than just read about it. In short: 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 was president of the Association of Archaeologists of West Africa from 2010 to 2014.

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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 was president of the Association of Archaeologists of West Africa from 2010 to 2014.

Career 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. She was appointed Head of the Archaeology Department of ISAD (Institute of Anthropological Sciences for Development in 2015. 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. Her research focuses on metallurgical analysis. She has published on the origins and development of metalwork in Burkina Faso and in Côte d'Ivoire. Her particular expertise lies in the analysis of the history of technology of African societies south of the Sahara. She has explored how important it is to take indigenous knowledge of metal-production is for understanding the past. In addition she has studied and published on population and palaeoenvironment in Senegal. Kienon-Kabore is an advisor on Archaeological Heritage at the Ministry of Culture and Francophonie of Côte d'Ivoire. As part of her work there she organised ‘A celebration of 100 years of Ivorian archeology’, which was held in 2016, and‘Ivorian Archaeology Week’, held for the first time in 2019. She is also a Committee Member for the Association of Archaeologists of West Africa, and was president from 2010 to 2014. As of 2020 she was also a member of the steering committee of Scientific Advisors to Governments of the INSA (International Network for Government Science Advice), which works across francophone Africa. She was a member of the Scientific Committee for the Symposium on Modern Heritage of Africa – MoHoA, which was held in Cape Town in 2021. She is also a member of the Advisory for the journal Revue de l’Environnement et de la Biodiversité-Programme d’Appui Stratégique à la Recherche Scientifique (REB-PASRES).

Impact Writing for the TrowelBlazers website, archaeologist Stephanie Wynne-Jones described how: "Professor Kiénon-Kaboré's dynamism cannot be overstated. As well as using her position to train and promote Ivorian students and archaeology, she pursues an international research agenda. Her work on iron-working in Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast has added significantly to our understanding of the development of specialist iron-working centers across West Africa in the second millennium AD. She remains a pioneer in her field, admired by her students for her commitment to the archaeology of the region."

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

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In research: Timpoko Helène Kienon-Kabore appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
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In the classroom: Timpoko Helène Kienon-Kabore is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 20th-century archaeologists, 20th-century women scientists, 21st-century archaeologists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
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