Revue en ligne : ateliers.revues.org/2902International audienceMaking the Griaule collection available to researchers of the societies or regions observed would have a doubly beneficial effect on research - it would allow a better comprehension of archived data, especially by taking into account the significance of informants or the local context in producing this data - and it would also allow researchers to examine for themselves their history and culture, by using the photographs and writings in this collection. Originally produced thanks to collaboration between foreign researchers and their hosts or local informants, the ethnographical archives are not so much a heritage to be restituted as research matter or a source of information to...