Anthropologist and philosopher of techniques, contractual researcher, doctorate in anthropology at EHESS, Christine Bergé led a seminar International College of Philosophy / EHESS and works on advanced technologies (hospital environment: resuscitation, surgery; nuclear environment: deconstruction of power plants ), technologies for the construction of the human mind (memory, will, cognitive prostheses). She is currently deepening an anthropological reflection on body techniques in relation to the skin and extreme situations. She has published around fifteen books including Héros de la guérison. Thérapies alternatives aux USA (Seuil 2005), La vie entre chien et loup, Hôpital Lariboisière à Paris (Jauze, 2007), L’Odyssée de la mémoire (La Découverte, 2010), Superphénix; Déconstruction d’un mythe (La Découverte, 2010), La Peau. Totem et Tabou (Murmure, 2015), Petite Histoire de l’écorchement (T1, Limite et Trangression, 2016 ; T2, Guerre et Peau, 2019).