Episodios
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Episode 197: Scribal Networks and Diplomatic Knowledge Production across North Africa
What did trans-Maghribi society look like on the eve of colonialism? Who travelled across these spaces and for what reasons? This interview is an early exploration into Dr. Kitlasâ second project, which proposes a more attentive engagement with the history of a dynamic and multifaceted eighteenth-century trans-maghrib society. Spanning Tunis to Tangier, this project examines the networks of traders, Sufis, consuls, translators, and court advisors that embedded themselves in Maghribi locales outside their home cities and, in doing so, took part in producing a distinct trans-maghrib socio-cultural sphere. Building on his first monograph that focuses on the layers of diplomatic practice in Morocco, this interview thinks through ways to expand these networks and the knowledge production attached to them across localities in the wider Maghrib. The project questions the historiographical focus on north-south movements, and in its place adds a new east-west perspective that transcends stubborn political divides and sheds light on the ways in which a dynamic cultural and intellectual sphere developed, spread, and was sustained across the Ottoman/Moroccan Maghrib.
Peter Kitlas is currently an Assistant Professor of History at the American University of Beirut. His research focuses on the intellectual and cultural history in eighteenth-century North Africa as told through Arabic and Ottoman-Turkish sources. Exploring the intersection of scribal practice and diplomatic knowledge production in Morocco, his first monograph rethinks the influence of Islamic thought on Mediterranean conceptualizations of diplomacy. Peter has served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Morocco and conducted research in North Africa, Spain, Croatia and Turkey through the support of fellowships from SSRC and Fulbright-Hays. His written work has been published in The Journal of Early Modern History, Mediterranean Studies Journal, The Journal of North African Studies, and The Encyclopedia of Islam Three.
This episode was recorded via Zoom on the 25th of October, 2023, at the Centre dâĂtudes MaghrĂ©bines Ă Tunis (CEMAT) s with Luke Scalone, CEMAT ChargĂ© de Programmes.
We thank our friend Ignacio VillalĂłn for his guitar performance for the introduction and conclusion of this podcast.
Production and editing: Lena Krause, AIMS Resident Fellow at the Centre dâEtudes MaghrĂ©bines Ă Tunis.
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Episode 196: Entretien avec lâĂ©conomiste Benabbou Senouci
Le projet « Archives dâhistoire orale de la production intellectuelle maghrĂ©bine », co-organisĂ© par lâInstitut AmĂ©ricain dâĂtudes MaghrĂ©bines (AIMS) et lâObservatoire de la souverainetĂ© Alimentaire et de lâEnvironnement (OSAE), vise Ă documenter les trajectoires de vie, les formations intellectuelles et les luttes politiques de plusieurs gĂ©nĂ©rations de femmes et d'hommes nord-africains qui ont contribuĂ© Ă la crĂ©ation de la culture Ă©crite et parlĂ©e dans cette partie du monde. Les entretiens sont rĂ©alisĂ©s avec des Ă©conomistes, planificateurs, nutritionnistes, architectes, sociologues ruraux et d'autres chercheurs algĂ©riens, marocains et tunisiens. Il s'agit de la toute premiĂšre initiative au Maghreb visant Ă crĂ©er des archives Ă©crites, orales et filmĂ©es du travail intellectuel de gĂ©nĂ©rations qui se sont battues pour construire leurs sociĂ©tĂ©s. Elle innove en rassemblant ces voix et en les portant Ă la connaissance d'un large public afin de mieux faire connaĂźtre les premiers aux seconds et de dĂ©mocratiser l'accĂšs au savoir dans notre rĂ©gion.
Dans ce podcast, enregistrĂ© en fĂ©vrier 2023, Habib Ayeb, professeur Ă©mĂ©rite de gĂ©ographie Ă lâUniversitĂ© de Paris 8, s'entretient avec Pr. Benabbou Senouci, Ăconomiste algĂ©rien. Professeur Ă lâĂcole SupĂ©rieure dâĂconomie d'Oran. Coordinateur de lâĂ©quipe de recherche « Ănergie, environnement et problĂ©matique du dĂ©veloppement durable dans le Maghreb», membre du Laboratoire de recherche sur les Ă©conomies euro-mĂ©diterranĂ©ennes «LAREEM » / UniversitĂ© dâOran.
Equipe :
Habib Ayeb, GĂ©ographe, OSAE
Max Ajl, Sociologue, OSAE
Ernest Riva, OSAE
Image : Leila Saadna
Post-production : BenoĂźt Kalka
Veuillez trouver lâinterview en pdf et la vidĂ©o sur ce lien.
Nous remercions notre ami Ignacio Villalón, doctorant à l'Université de CrÚte/Institute for Mediterranean Studies, pour sa prestation à la guitare pour l'introduction et la conclusion de ce podcast.Montage: Hayet Yebbous Bensaid, Bibliothécaire / Chargée de la diffusion des activités scientifiques (CEMA).
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Episode 195: Current Issues in Africa Today
In this lecture, Dr. Fadhel Kaboub identifies the political and economic dynamics between the Global North and South since the wave of African independence in mid-20th century, by which the former has continued its colonial methods of resource extraction, steering the economies of the latter towards dependence on European and American technology and financing. By drawing on examples of large-scale agricultural and energy projects in Ethiopia, Namibia, and Uganda, Dr. Kaboub outlines the process by which African, Latin American, and Middle Eastern resources are captured by foreign energy companies. As Dr. Kaboub explains, poor countries are prevented from developing a domestic manufacturing base, rendering them dependent on companies from the industrialized economies of the Global North, which both produce the technology necessary for resource-harvesting and conduct post-extraction processing or refinement. As such, economies of the Global South are intentionally prevented from industrializing and are instead encouraged to invest heavily in primary resources for subsequent extraction by actors from the Global North. In the final part of his presentation, Dr. Kaboub dedicates his attention to the âcarbon creditâ scheme, by which large Western energy companies purchase the right to pollute, which they offset by preventing pollution (read: industrialization) in the Global South, in what amounts to painting an environmentally-friendly veneer over the same colonial process.
Fadhel Kaboub is an associate professor of economics at Denison University, and the president of the Global Institute for Sustainable Prosperity. He is the author of Global South Perspectives on substack. He is also a member of the Independent Expert Group on Just Transition and Development, an expert group member with the Global Solidarity Levies Task Force, a member of the Earth4All 21st Century Transformational Economics Commission, a Steering Committee member with the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative, and a member of the Independent Expert Group on Just Transition Finance. He has recently served as Under-Secretary-General for Financing for Development at the Organisation of Southern Cooperation in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Dr. Kaboub is an expert on designing public policies to enhance monetary and economic sovereignty in the Global South, build resilience, and promote equitable and sustainable prosperity. His recent work focuses on Just Transition, Climate Finance, and transforming the global trade, finance, and investment architecture. His most recent co-authored publication is Just Transition: A Climate, Energy, and Development Vision for Africa (May 2023). He has held a number of research affiliations with the Levy Economics Institute (NY), the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University (MA), the Economic Research Forum (Cairo), Power Shift Africa (Nairobi), African Forum on Climate Change, Energy and Development (Abuja), and the Center for Strategic Studies on the Maghreb (Tunis). You can follow him on LinkedIn, X/Twitter, Bluesky, YouTube, and TikTok @FadhelKaboub.
This podcast was recorded on the 9th of March 2024, at the Centre dâĂtudes MaghrĂ©bines Ă Tunis (CEMAT) with Dr. Max Ajl, Senior Fellow at the Department of Conflict and Development Studies, Ghent University, researcher with the Observatoire de la SouverainetĂ© Alimentaire et lâEnvironnement (OSAE), and research fellow at the Merian Center for Advanced Studies in the Maghreb (MECAM).
We thank Mr. Souheib Zallazi, (student at CFT, Tunisia) and Mr. Malek Saadani (student at ULT, Tunisia), for their interpretation of âel Ardh Ardhiâ of Sabri Mesbah, performed for the introduction and conclusion of this podcast. Souheib on melodica and Malek on guitar.
Production and editing: Lena Krause, AIMS Resident Fellow at the Centre dâĂtudes MaghrĂ©bines Ă Tunis (CEMAT).
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Episode 194: Entretien avec le politologue et sociologue marocain Mohamed Tozy
Le projet «Archives dâhistoire orale de la production intellectuelle maghrĂ©bine», co-organisĂ© par lâInstitut AmĂ©ricain dâĂtudes MaghrĂ©bines (AIMS) et lâObservatoire de la souverainetĂ© Alimentaire et de lâEnvironnement (OSAE), vise Ă documenter les trajectoires de vie, les formations intellectuelles et les luttes politiques de plusieurs gĂ©nĂ©rations de femmes et d'hommes nord-africains qui ont contribuĂ© Ă la crĂ©ation de la culture Ă©crite et parlĂ©e dans cette partie du monde. Les entretiens sont rĂ©alisĂ©s avec des Ă©conomistes, planificateurs, nutritionnistes, architectes, sociologues ruraux et d'autres chercheurs algĂ©riens, marocains et tunisiens. Il s'agit de la toute premiĂšre initiative au Maghreb visant Ă crĂ©er des archives Ă©crites, orales et filmĂ©es du travail intellectuel de gĂ©nĂ©rations qui se sont battues pour construire leurs sociĂ©tĂ©s. Elle innove en rassemblant ces voix et en les portant Ă la connaissance d'un large public afin de mieux faire connaĂźtre les premiers aux seconds et de dĂ©mocratiser l'accĂšs au savoir dans notre rĂ©gion.
Dans ce podcast, enregistrĂ© en fĂ©vrier 2022, Habib Ayeb, professeur Ă©mĂ©rite de gĂ©ographie Ă lâUniversitĂ© de Paris 8, s'entretient avec le professeur de sciences politiques et sociologie marocain Mohamed Tozy, Professeur Ă la FacultĂ© de Droit de Casablanca, Co-directeur du MESOPOLHIS, une UnitĂ© Mixte de Recherche (UMR), Ă Aix-en-Provence.
Ăquipe:
Habib Ayeb, GĂ©ographe, OSAE
Max Ajl, Sociologue, OSAE
Ernest Riva, OSAE
Image: Ernest Riva
Post-production: Ernest Riva
DĂ©couvrez la vidĂ©o et lâinterview en pdf
Nous remercions notre ami Ignacio Villalón, doctorant à l'Université de CrÚte/Institute for Mediterranean Studies, pour sa prestation à la guitare pour l'introduction et la conclusion de ce podcast.
Montage : Lena Krause, BoursiĂšre RĂ©sidente au Centre dâĂtudes MaghrĂ©bines Ă Tunis (CEMAT).
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Episode 193: Entretien avec l'économiste tunisien Azzam Mahjoub (Décédé le 8 décembre 2022)
Le projet « Archives dâhistoire orale de la production intellectuelle maghrĂ©bine », co-organisĂ© par lâInstitut AmĂ©ricain dâĂtudes MaghrĂ©bines (AIMS) et lâObservatoire de la souverainetĂ© Alimentaire et de lâEnvironnement (OSAE), vise Ă documenter les trajectoires de vie, les formations intellectuelles et les luttes politiques de plusieurs gĂ©nĂ©rations de femmes et d'hommes nord-africains qui ont contribuĂ© Ă la crĂ©ation de la culture Ă©crite et parlĂ©e dans cette partie du monde. Les entretiens sont rĂ©alisĂ©s avec des Ă©conomistes, planificateurs, nutritionnistes, architectes, sociologues ruraux et d'autres chercheurs algĂ©riens, marocains et tunisiens. Il s'agit de la toute premiĂšre initiative au Maghreb visant Ă crĂ©er des archives Ă©crites, orales et filmĂ©es du travail intellectuel de gĂ©nĂ©rations qui se sont battues pour construire leurs sociĂ©tĂ©s. Elle innove en rassemblant ces voix et en les portant Ă la connaissance d'un large public afin de mieux faire connaĂźtre les premiers aux seconds et de dĂ©mocratiser l'accĂšs au savoir dans notre rĂ©gion.
Dans ce podcast, enregistrĂ© en Tunisie en avril 2021 , Habib Ayeb, professeur Ă©mĂ©rite de gĂ©ographie Ă lâUniversitĂ© de Paris 8, s'entretient avec lâĂ©conomiste tunisien Azzam Mahjoub, Ex-Professeur Ă la FacultĂ© des sciences Ă©conomiques et de gestion de Tunis et professeur Ă©mĂ©rite Ă lâUniversitĂ© de Tunis El Manar, qui nous a quittĂ© le 8 dĂ©cembre 2022.
Equipe :
Habib Ayeb, GĂ©ographe, OSAE
Max Ajl, Sociologue, OSAE
Ernest Riva, OSAE
Image : Leila Saadna
Post-production : BenoĂźt Kalka
Veuillez trouver lâinterview en pdf et la vidĂ©o sur ce lien.
Nous remercions Dr. Jonathan Glasser, anthropologue culturel au College of William & Mary, pour son istikhbar in sika à l'alto pour l'introduction et la conclusion de ce podcast. Montage: Hayet Yebbous Bensaid, Bibliothécaire / Chargée de la diffusion des activités scientifiques (CEMA). -
Episode 192: Entretien avec l'économiste algérien Omar Bessaoud
Le projet « Archives dâhistoire orale de la production intellectuelle maghrĂ©bine », co-organisĂ© par lâInstitut AmĂ©ricain dâĂtudes MaghrĂ©bines (AIMS) et lâObservatoire de la souverainetĂ© Alimentaire et de lâEnvironnement (OSAE), vise Ă documenter les trajectoires de vie, les formations intellectuelles et les luttes politiques de plusieurs gĂ©nĂ©rations de femmes et d'hommes nord-africains qui ont contribuĂ© Ă la crĂ©ation de la culture Ă©crite et parlĂ©e dans cette partie du monde. Les entretiens sont rĂ©alisĂ©s avec des Ă©conomistes, planificateurs, nutritionnistes, architectes, sociologues ruraux et d'autres chercheurs algĂ©riens, marocains et tunisiens. Il s'agit de la toute premiĂšre initiative au Maghreb visant Ă crĂ©er des archives Ă©crites, orales et filmĂ©es du travail intellectuel de gĂ©nĂ©rations qui se sont battues pour construire leurs sociĂ©tĂ©s. Elle innove en rassemblant ces voix et en les portant Ă la connaissance d'un large public afin de mieux faire connaĂźtre les premiers aux seconds et de dĂ©mocratiser l'accĂšs au savoir dans notre rĂ©gion.
Dans ce podcast, enregistrĂ© en fĂ©vrier 2023, Habib Ayeb, professeur Ă©mĂ©rite de gĂ©ographie Ă lâUniversitĂ© de Paris 8, s'entretient avec Pr. Omar Bessaoud, Economiste algeÌrien, professeur et chercheur aÌ lâInstitut Agronomique MeÌditerraneÌen de Montpellier (IAM), France.
Equipe :
Habib Ayeb, GĂ©ographe, OSAE
Max Ajl, Sociologue, OSAE
Ernest Riva, OSAE
Image : Leila Saadna
Post-production : BenoĂźt Kalka
Veuillez trouver lâinterview en pdf et la vidĂ©o sur ce lien.
Nous remercions notre ami Ignacio Villalón, étudiant en master à l'EHESS, pour sa prestation à la guitare pour l'introduction et la conclusion de ce podcast.Montage: Hayet Yebbous Bensaid, Bibliothécaire / Chargée de la diffusion des activités scientifiques (CEMA).
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Episode 191: Digitizing Ibadi Libraries in Jerba and the Jebel Nafusa
In this podcast, Paul Love talks about his work digitizing Ibadi libraries and collections in Djerba and the Jebel Nafusa (northwest Libya). Through these projects, Love evokes broad debates within critical cultural heritage studies. He discusses challenges in terms of preservation and conservation, such as preventing human misuse and regulating human activity in relation to historical manuscripts and other documentation, while sharing anecdotes of successful projects that illuminate the relationships that can be built through these efforts. Throughout the podcast, he raises questions about who gains from digitizing resources, the strengths and challenges of "democratizing" information, and larger directions in digital humanities.
Paul Love is Associate Professor of North African, Middle Eastern, and Islamic History at Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane (Morocco). He is also currently director of the Mohammed VI Library at the same institution. His research interests revolve around the history of Ibadi Muslim communities in Northern Africa, especially the social history of manuscripts and libraries. For the past several years, he has also worked in collaboration with colleagues in Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, and France to document and to protect manuscript collections across the region.
This podcast was recorded via Zoom on the 5th of September 2023, at the Centre d'Ătudes MaghrĂ©bines Ă Tunis (CEMAT).
We thank Hisham Errish, a music composer and an Oud soloist, for his interpretation of âWhen the Desert Singsâ in the introduction and conclusion of this podcast.
Production and editing: Lena Krause, AIMS Resident Fellow at the Centre dâĂtudes MaghrĂ©bines Ă Tunis (CEMAT).
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Episode 190: Entretien avec l'anthropologue et sociologue marocain Hassan Rachik
Le projet «Archives dâhistoire orale de la production intellectuelle maghrĂ©bine», co-organisĂ© par lâInstitut AmĂ©ricain dâĂtudes MaghrĂ©bines (AIMS) et lâObservatoire de la souverainetĂ© Alimentaire et de lâEnvironnement (OSAE), vise Ă documenter les trajectoires de vie, les formations intellectuelles et les luttes politiques de plusieurs gĂ©nĂ©rations de femmes et d'hommes nord-africains qui ont contribuĂ© Ă la crĂ©ation de la culture Ă©crite et parlĂ©e dans cette partie du monde. Les entretiens sont rĂ©alisĂ©s avec des Ă©conomistes, planificateurs, nutritionnistes, architectes, sociologues ruraux et d'autres chercheurs algĂ©riens, marocains et tunisiens. Il s'agit de la toute premiĂšre initiative au Maghreb visant Ă crĂ©er des archives Ă©crites, orales et filmĂ©es du travail intellectuel de gĂ©nĂ©rations qui se sont battues pour construire leurs sociĂ©tĂ©s. Elle innove en rassemblant ces voix et en les portant Ă la connaissance d'un large public afin de mieux faire connaĂźtre les premiers aux seconds et de dĂ©mocratiser l'accĂšs au savoir dans notre rĂ©gion.
Dans ce podcast, enregistrĂ© en fĂ©vrier 2022, Habib Ayeb, professeur Ă©mĂ©rite de gĂ©ographie Ă lâUniversitĂ© de Paris 8, s'entretient avec Pr. Hassan Rachik, Anthropologue et Sociologue marocain ex. Professeur aÌ la retraite aÌ l'UniversiteÌ Hassan II Casablanca. Maroc.
Ăquipe:
Habib Ayeb, GĂ©ographe, OSAE
Max Ajl, Sociologue, OSAE
Ernest Riva, OSAE
Image: Ernest Riva
Post-production: Ernest Riva
DĂ©couvrez la vidĂ©o et lâinterview en pdf.
Nous remercions Dr. Tamara Turner, Ethnomusicologue et chercheur au Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Centre for History of Emotions, pour son interprétation de Sidna Boulal du répertoire Hausa du Diwan (Hausa Sug)
Montage: Hayet Yebbous Bensaid, Bibliothécaire / Chargée de la diffusion des activités scientifiques (CEMA).
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Episode 189: Memory as Inheritance: North African Jewish Heritage Through Documentary Film
In this podcast, Margaux Fitoussi and Cléo Cohen discuss two of their films, El Hara (2017) and Que Dieu te protÚge/Rabbi Maak (2021), respectively. Each film asks questions about senses of home, heritage, memory, and displacement among Jewish North Africans. In the interview, Fitoussi and Cohen, who both come from North African Jewish families, discuss their personal relationships with their Jewish, Arab, French, and American identities. Albert Memmi, a prominent Tunisian Jewish author, influenced both filmmakers, as his writings articulate the complexity of Jewish North African identity in relation to class, colonialism, postcoloniality, ambivalence, and exile.
Margaux Fitoussi is a visual anthropologist. Her work has screened at Film Society of Lincoln Center in New York, Directorâs Note, MusĂ©e dâart et dâhistoire duJudaĂŻsme in Paris, Cultural PinacothĂšque in Rio de Janeiro and SĂŁo Paulo, and SAVVY Contemporary in Berlin. Her translations have been published by AUC Press and Liverpool University Press. Before beginning her doctorate in anthropology at Columbia University, she studied religion at Harvard University and history at UC Berkeley.
ClĂ©o Cohen was born in 1993. She studied literature at the Ecole Normale SupĂ©rieure de la rue dâUlm and at the Sorbonne. In 2017, she was a student at the Ecole documentaire de Lussas where she directed her first short documentary, Avant le depart (26â), which was selected at several festivals in France and internationally. Her first feature length film, Que Dieu te protĂšge (77â), produced by Petit Ă Petit Production, was selected in several international festivals including CINEMED, IDFA, Traces de vie, JFF, CINEMAMED, CineJue Barcelone, Kaleidoskop FF, and the Festival du Film d'Auteur de Rabat, and won prizes at DOKLEIPZIG (Prix Interreligieux) and MIZNA ARAB FILM FESTIVAL (Prix du public). The film was broadcast on France 3 (lâHeure d). She is the author of several radiodocumentaries produced by France Culture including the series "Juive-arabe : comment je me suis rĂ©conciliĂ©e" (Jewish-Arab: How I Reconciled with Myself) (LSD, The Documentary Series), broadcast in May 2022.
This podcast was recorded via Zoom on the 18th of September 2023 with Luke Scalone, CEMAT Chargé de Programmes.
We thank Mr. Souheib Zallazi, (student at CFT, Tunisia) and Mr. Malek Saadani (student at ULT, Tunisia), for their interpretation of el Ardh Ardhi of Sabri Mesbah, performed for the introduction and conclusion of this podcast. Souheib on melodica and Malek on guitar.
Production and editing: Lena Krause, AIMS Resident Fellow at the Centre dâĂtudes MaghrĂ©bines Ă Tunis (CEMAT).
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Episode 188: Entretien avec le sociologue et historien algérien Hassan Remaoun
Le projet « Archives dâhistoire orale de la production intellectuelle maghrĂ©bine », co-organisĂ© par lâInstitut AmĂ©ricain dâĂtudes MaghrĂ©bines (AIMS) et lâObservatoire de la souverainetĂ© Alimentaire et de lâEnvironnement (OSAE), vise Ă documenter les trajectoires de vie, les formations intellectuelles et les luttes politiques de plusieurs gĂ©nĂ©rations de femmes et d'hommes nord-africains qui ont contribuĂ© Ă la crĂ©ation de la culture Ă©crite et parlĂ©e dans cette partie du monde. Les entretiens sont rĂ©alisĂ©s avec des Ă©conomistes, planificateurs, nutritionnistes, architectes, sociologues ruraux et d'autres chercheurs algĂ©riens, marocains et tunisiens. Il s'agit de la toute premiĂšre initiative au Maghreb visant Ă crĂ©er des archives Ă©crites, orales et filmĂ©es du travail intellectuel de gĂ©nĂ©rations qui se sont battues pour construire leurs sociĂ©tĂ©s. Elle innove en rassemblant ces voix et en les portant Ă la connaissance d'un large public afin de mieux faire connaĂźtre les premiers aux seconds et de dĂ©mocratiser l'accĂšs au savoir dans notre rĂ©gion.
Dans ce podcast, enregistrĂ© en fĂ©vrier 2022, Habib Ayeb, professeur Ă©mĂ©rite de gĂ©ographie Ă lâUniversitĂ© de Paris 8, s'entretient avec Pr. Hassan Remaoun, sociologue et historien, Professeur retraitĂ© de lâUniversitĂ© dâOran 2 et chercheur associĂ© au CRASC.
Ăquipe :
Habib Ayeb, GĂ©ographe, OSAE
Max Ajl, Sociologue, OSAE
Ernest Riva, OSAE
Image : Leila Saadn
Post-production : BenoĂźt Kalka
Veuillez trouver la vidĂ©o et lâinterview en pdf sur ce lien.
Nous remercions Dr. Tamara Turner, Ethnomusicologue et chercheur au Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Centre for History of Emotions, pour son interprétation de Sidna Ali du répertoire du Diwan.
Montage: Hayet Yebbous Bensaid, Bibliothécaire / Chargée de la diffusion des activités scientifiques (CEMA).
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Episode 187: Artist talk with Nassim Azarzar on âAll Things Flowâ (2023), âBonne Routeâ (2018-present), and other projects
Nassim Azarzar is an artist and graphic designer researching visual and popular imaginaries in Morocco by exploring their different forms, occurrences, and representation tools. In 2023, Azarzar took part in the project School of Casablanca, initiated by the KW Institute for Contemporary Art (Berlin) and ThinkArt (Casablanca), which draws from the legacy of the Casablanca Art School and its innovative pedagogical methods, modernist aesthetics, and exhibition strategies in 1960s Morocco. During the early 1960s, a group of artists, including Belkahia, ChabĂąa, Hamidi, Maraini, and Melehi, joined the Casablanca Art School faculty and restructured its curriculum. They also formed a collective called the School of Casablanca and shared similar aesthetic and conceptual concerns. Azararâs installation, All Things Flow (2023), created a sonic and visual timeline of the Moroccan Modernist School of Casablanca group, inviting viewers into a meditative reflection on their history. Taking this work as a starting point for our conversation, in the podcast, we discuss various directions in Azarzarâs practice and potential parallels between his practice and the works of artists from the School of Casablanca.
Nassim Azarzar (@nazarzar) is an artist and graphic designer who lives and works between Paris and Rabat. For several years, he has been developing an ongoing project called «Bonne route» dealing with ornamental practices of trucks transporting goods between the port cities of Tangier, Casablanca, Agadir, and the Moroccan villages of the Atlas, and the Rif. Azarzarâs aesthetic research revolves around decorative arts, painting, drawing, sculpture, graphic design, and experimental cinema. Before joining QANAT (a collective of artists and researchers exploring the political and poetic dimensions of water) in 2019, Azarzar co-founded and initiated multiple creative endeavors, among them: Atelier Superplus (@atelier_superplus), a design studio operating between Paris, Bristol, and Tangier in 2014; Think Tanger (@thinktanger), a platform dedicated to the exploration of the city of Tangier and its extensions at the urban and visual levels in 2016; and Atelier Kissaria (@tanger.print.club) in 2017 focused on experimental printing practices.
This interview was led by Beya Othmani, CAORC/Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship in Modern Art History, and was recorded on January 7, 2024 via Zoom as part of the Modern Art in the Maghrib series. This is part of a larger Council of American Overseas Research Centers program organized by the Centre d'Ătudes MaghrĂ©bines Ă Tunis (CEMAT) and financed by the Andrew Mellon Foundation that seeks to collaborate with local institutions for a greater awareness of art historical research in north Africa.
To see related slides please visit our website: www.themaghribpodcast.comWe thank our friend Ignacio VillalĂłn for his guitar performance for the introduction and conclusion of this podcast.
Production and editing: Lena Krause, AIMS Resident Fellow at the Centre dâĂtudes MaghrĂ©bines Ă Tunis (CEMAT).
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Episode 186: Old Marvels, New Approaches: The Revitalization of BalÄgha in Moroccan Literary Studies
The science of balÄgha is an Arabic scholarly discipline dealing with poetics and rhetoric, one that dates back to at least the 10th century C.E. Scholars of balÄgha have long studied how poets convey intellectual and emotional content to listeners by using tools such as vivid imagery, sound play, and stylistic variation. Meanwhile, the relationship between Arabic balÄgha and the Greek rhetorical tradition beginning with Aristotle has always been complicated, with some thinkers seeing the Greek emphasis on persuasive oratory as a welcome addition to Arabic-Islamic ideas about the power of language and speech, and others attempting to defend the Arabic language sciences against external influence.
In the 19th and 20th centuries, balÄgha was often viewed by progressive writers and thinkers as anachronistic. Its study thus tended to be confined to traditional Islamic institutions and seen as relevant only to particular âpremodernâ Arabic-Islamic texts. But recent decades have seen a renewed dedication to the continued vitality and value of a type of balÄgha study called âThe New BalÄghaâ that draws on Greek, Arabic, and hybrid conceptual tools. For those involved in this movement, balÄgha comes to name a set of ideas about how people connect through language: how they become open to new ideas, empathetic to the struggles of those around them, and sensitive to the powers of linguistic beauty and subtlety. This scholarly movement has come to be particularly associated with Morocco, and especially with Abdelmalek Essaadi University in Tetouan, where its best-known practitioner and advocate, Dr. Mohamed Mechbal, teaches.
Betty Rosen is a final-year PhD candidate in the Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures and the Designated Emphasis Program in Critical Theory at the University of California, Berkeley. Originally from Cleveland, OH, she earned her A.B. in Comparative Literature Magna Cum Laude from Harvard College in 2012, as well as completing an MA in Arabic Literature at SOAS (University of London) in 2013. She was also a CASA Fellow at the American University of Cairo during the 2017-18 academic year. Betty specializes in Arabic and Hebrew poetics and theories of language, both medieval and modern. Her dissertation, entitled Language Marvels: Al-BadÄ«â In and Beyond Arabic-Islamic Poetics, focuses primarily on the conceptions of al-badÄ«ââthe âmarvelous creativity of languageââdeveloped in writings by Muslim and Jewish Arabophone writers in Egypt during the Mamluk Period (13th-15th centuries). The dissertation also asks how certain 19th-century thinkers mobilized Mamluk-era ideas about language, poetics, and creativity to envision alternative forms of Arab âmodernity.â Bettyâs research interests also extend into the 20th and 21st centuries, particularly the ways in which contemporary Arab scholars mobilize and reimagine older ideas about the Arabic linguistic and poetic tradition. In her free time, she plays viola, writes creatively, and works on an ongoing Arabic-to-English fiction translation project.
This episode was recorded on June 22, 2023 at the Tangier American Legation Institute for Moroccan Studies (TALIM).
Recorded and edited by: Abdelbaar Mounadi Idrissi, Outreach Director, TALIM
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Episode 185: Agricultural Modernization in the MENA Region
The agrarian and food crisis in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) have re-emerged vigorously to the attention of global development agencies and governments in coincidence with the Russia-Ukraine war. The food crisis has been interpreted through a number of tropes, including Malthusian, environmentally determinist, security and development economics approaches. Within the dominant mainstream discourse, the MENA region is often depicted as a homogenous geographical area characterized by dryness, infertile lands and poor water resources. How did imperialism, colonialism and the Cold War influence the MENA food systems? What were the effects of agrarian modernizations, trade liberalization and neoliberalism on the agricultural systems in the region? These are some questions that this presentation tries to answer using a geographical and historical-comparative analysis, through a food regimes lens. Understanding contemporary social relations dynamics cannot be limited to the recent period. Agriculture and food in the MENA region are anchored in the history of power relations ruled by flows of capital and the shaping of ecological transformations during the longue durée of capitalism and its corresponding modes of control and regulation.
Giuliano Martiniello is Associate Professor of Political Science and Political Economy at the Faculy of Law, Political and Social Sciences, Université Internationale de Rabat and Adjunct Associate Professor at the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, American University of Beirut. Prior to joining UIR, he was Assistant Professor at the American University of Beirut (2015-2020), Research Fellow at the Makerere Institute of Social Research, Makerere University (2011-2015), and Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the Centre for Civil Society, University of KwaZulu-Natal (2012-2013). He got his PhD in Politics at the School of Politics and International Studies of the University of Leeds (2011). He is broadly interested in the political economy, political sociology and political ecology of agrarian and environmental change. His research interests include land regimes, food and farming systems, large-scale land enclosures and contract farming, conservation and deforestation, rural social conflicts and agrarian movements in Africa and the Middle East. He has published articles in a number of top-ranking international journals such as World Development, Journal of Peasant Studies, Journal of Agrarian Change, Geoforum, Land Use Policy, Food Secuirty, Globalizations, Agrarian South: a Journal of Political Economy; Third World Quarterly, Review of African Political Economy, among others. He is Contributing Editor of the Review of African Political Economy and Associate Editor of Agrarian South: A Journal of Political Economy. He is co-editor of the book Uganda: The Dynamics of Neoliberal Transformation, London, Zed Books (2018).
This episode is part of the CAORC and Carnegie Corporation of New York program "The Maghrib From the Peripheries: Property, Natural Resources and Social Actors in the Maghrib". It was recorded via zoom on the 19th of October, 2023 by the American Institute for Maghrib Studies (AIMS).
Edited by Hayet Yebbous Bensaid, Librarian, Outreach Coordinator, Content Curator (CEMA).
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Episode 184: Activating Ruins and Performing Power in Colonial Carthage
In the decades leading up to, and during, the French Protectorate (1881â1956), the excavation of ruins became a critical component of a colonialist modernizing practice that saw North Africaâs ancient imperial and early Christian pasts as tangible justification for European dominance. Sites were not only unearthed, but their ruins were consolidated, restored, activated, and fabricated as backdrops for highly staged and politically significant events, and thus the enactment of Franceâs âcivilizing mission.â
This conversation considers several case studies that illustrate the exploitation of ruins in the operation of the colonialist imagination and power relationships. Based on archival and on-site research, it explores the use of Carthageâs Roman theatre by the Carthage Institute for a series of drama festivals in the early 1900s, as well as the Catholic Churchâs 1930 International Eucharistic Congress, elements of which were scattered across the ruin-rich cityâs many sites. These events, which aimed to add legitimacy to the French and Catholic presence by emphasizing continuity and revival, involved excavation and restoration work, as well as the participation of set designers and artists who took considerable liberties in their contributions to the eventsâ mĂ©lange of site-specific history and ephemeral fantasy. Together these cases illuminate the intersection of archaeology, politics, and architecture, as well as the academy, the colonialist Church and state, and several creative fields in bringing ruins from the orientalist imagination to the real world of French-occupied Tunisia.
Daniel E. Coslett is an assistant professor of architectural history at Drexel University (Philadelphia, USA) and was a 2005â06 Fulbright student researcher in Tunisia. A scholar of colonial and postcolonial built environments in North Africa and the wider Mediterranean region, his work addresses intersections of architecture, heritage, archaeology, and tourism. Coslett has published several edited volumes and book chapters on colonial architecture, global built environments, and heritage, as well as articles in publications including the Journal of North African Studies, the International Journal of Islamic Architecture, and Public Historian. He is an active member of the Society of Architectural Historians and an assistant editor for the International Journal of Islamic Architecture.
This episode was recorded on the 3rd of august, 2023 by the Centre d'Ătudes MaghrĂ©bines Ă Tunis (CEMAT).
Posted by Hayet Lansari, Librarian, Outreach Coordinator, Content Curator (CEMA).
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Episode 183: Ătre Ă©tranger dans l'AlgĂ©rie indĂ©pendante, 1962-1979
Dans ce podcast, Laura Orban, doctorante en histoire, Ă©voque la question de lâexpĂ©rience dâextranĂ©itĂ© en AlgĂ©rie de 1962 Ă la fin des annĂ©es 1970. Ă lâIndĂ©pendance, tandis quâune majoritĂ© des Français dâAlgĂ©rie quitte leur terre natale ou de vie pour la mĂ©tropole, dâautres choisissent de rester. Ils sont rejoints des semaines, des mois ou des annĂ©es plus tard par un ensemble hĂ©tĂ©rogĂšne de personnes venues de tous les continents pour sâinstaller en AlgĂ©rie nouvelle. Ils sont coopĂ©rants, militants rĂ©volutionnaires en exil, conjoints de citoyens algĂ©riens, entre autres. Comment se dĂ©finit et par quoi se caractĂ©rise lâexpĂ©rience sociale, politique et administrative de ces Ă©trangers en AlgĂ©rie dans les annĂ©es 1960 et 1970 ? Qui se perçoit et est perçu comme Ă©tranger par les AlgĂ©riens ainsi que par les autres Ă©trangers ? Ce podcast se propose de raconter une histoire post-coloniale et transnationale Ă partir des trajectoires des individus qui lâhabitent.
Laura Orban est doctorante en histoire Ă lâUniversitĂ© Paris 8 Vincennes â Saint-Denis, sous la direction de Malika Rahal et Youssef El Chazli. Elle est membre de lâInstitut dâHistoire du Temps PrĂ©sent (IHTP) et membre associĂ©e du Laboratoire ThĂ©orie du politique (Cresppa-LabToP). Elle est Ă©galement chargĂ©e de cours Ă lâUniversitĂ© Paris 8.
Cet Ă©pisode a Ă©tĂ© enregistrĂ© le 04 mars 2024 par le Centre d'Ătudes MaghrĂ©bines en AlgĂ©rie (CEMA).
Dr. Amar Mohand Amer, historien et chercheur au CRASC, a présidé cet évÚnement et a modéré le débat.
Pour consulter les diaporamas associés à ce podcast, veuillez visiter notre site web: www.themaghribpodcast.com Nous remercions notre ami Ignacio Villalón pour sa prestation à la guitare pour l'introduction et la conclusion de ce podcast. Réalisation et montage: Hayet Yebbous Bensaid, Bibliothécaire / Chargée de la diffusion des activités scientifiques (CEMA). -
Episode 182: Le cinĂ©ma Tunisien post-rĂ©volutionnaire : une vue dâensemble, un regard intĂ©rieur
Dans ce podcast, Chiraz Latiri, ancienne Ministre des Affaires Culturelles en Tunisie, directrice du Centre National du CinĂ©ma et de lâImage (CNCI) entre 2017 et 2019, et professeure-chercheure en Informatique Ă lâUniversitĂ© de la Manouba, fait le bilan de lâĂ©volution de lâindustrie du cinĂ©ma Tunisien depuis la rĂ©volution 2011.
Forte de son engagement dans le service public en faveur de lâenseignement, de lâart et de la culture en Tunisie, Latiri Ă©voque les succĂšs et obstacles qui marquent lâindustrie, tant en termes de libertĂ© dâexpression, de reconnaissance aux festivals internationaux, de formation, de financement, de distribution, dâadministration, de rĂ©forme, que de partenariats internationaux.
Elle nous transmet sa passion, ses aspirations et ses inquiĂ©tudes pour lâavenir de ce secteur et des nouvelles gĂ©nĂ©rations de cinĂ©astes tunisiens.
Cet episode a Ă©tĂ© enregistrĂ© via Zoom le 01 juin 2023 par le Centre d'Ătudes MaghrĂ©bines Ă Tunis (CEMAT).
Posté par: Hayet Yebbous Bensaid, Bibliothécaire / Chargée de la diffusion des activités scientifiques (CEMA).
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Episode 181: Entretien avec le sociologue ruraliste marocain Mohamed Mehdi
Le projet « Archives dâhistoire orale de la production intellectuelle maghrĂ©bine », co-organisĂ© par lâInstitut AmĂ©ricain dâĂtudes MaghrĂ©bines (AIMS) et lâObservatoire de la souverainetĂ© Alimentaire et de lâEnvironnement (OSAE), vise Ă documenter les trajectoires de vie, les formations intellectuelles et les luttes politiques de plusieurs gĂ©nĂ©rations de femmes et d'hommes nord-africains qui ont contribuĂ© Ă la crĂ©ation de la culture Ă©crite et parlĂ©e dans cette partie du monde. Les entretiens sont rĂ©alisĂ©s avec des Ă©conomistes, planificateurs, nutritionnistes, architectes, sociologues ruraux et d'autres chercheurs algĂ©riens, marocains et tunisiens. Il s'agit de la toute premiĂšre initiative au Maghreb visant Ă crĂ©er des archives Ă©crites, orales et filmĂ©es du travail intellectuel de gĂ©nĂ©rations qui se sont battues pour construire leurs sociĂ©tĂ©s. Elle innove en rassemblant ces voix et en les portant Ă la connaissance d'un large public afin de mieux faire connaĂźtre les premiers aux seconds et de dĂ©mocratiser l'accĂšs au savoir dans notre rĂ©gion.
Dans ce podcast, Habib Ayeb, professeur Ă©mĂ©rite de gĂ©ographie Ă lâUniversitĂ© de Paris 8, s'entretient avec Mohamed Mehdi, sociologue ruraliste marocain, ex. Professeur Ă l'Ăcole SupĂ©rieure d'Agriculture MeknĂšs - Maroc.
Cet épisode a été enregistré au Maroc en février 2020.
Ăquipe :
Habib Ayeb, Géographe, Univerité de Paris 8
Max Ajl, Sociologue, chercheur post-doc Ă lâUniversitĂ© de Ghent et au Merian Centre for Advanced Studies in the Maghreb
Image : Ernest Riva
Post-production : Ernest Riva
Veuillez trouver la vidĂ©o, lâinterview en pdf ainsi que les images associĂ©es sur ce lien.
Nous remercions Dr. Tamara Turner, Ethnomusicologue et chercheur au Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Centre for History of Emotions, pour son interprétation de Sidna Ali du répertoire du Diwan
Posté par: Hayet Yebbous Bensaid, Bibliothécaire / Chargée de la diffusion des activités scientifiques (CEMA).
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Episode 180: A Short History of the Tunisian Film Industry
One of the earliest decisions of the new Tunisian government after Independence was to create the Secretary of State for Cultural Affairs and Information and with it, allot a budget for cinema. The meaning of âcinemaâ as both art and industry has morphed and been subject for debate continuously since then, especially as it constituted a mode for defining a national identity and for Tunisia to integrate into the complex networks of the international film scene.
Professor Mounir KhĂ©lifa, the AIMS History of Tunisian Film Fellow, discusses his research, delving into these contours and dynamics and outlining the foundations of a structure that in many ways still impacts the industry today. His findings are presented in detail in the âHistory of Tunisian Cinemaâ report.
This episode was recorded on the 23rd of June, 2023 by the Centre d'Ătudes MaghrĂ©bines Ă Tunis (CEMAT)
Other podcasts by Mounir Khalifa:
Episode 149: Roman Dougga (Thougga): Heritage Preservation in an Antique City.
Episode 67: William Wordsworth and the French Revolution.
Episode 51: Why William Wordsworth is needed today.
Posted by Hayet Lansari, Librarian, Outreach Coordinator, Content Curator (CEMA).
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Episode 179: Aux origines du MALG. TĂ©moignage dâun compagnon de Boussouf
Rares sont les « Malgaches », les membres du fameux MALG (MinistĂšre de lâArmement et des Liaisons gĂ©nĂ©rales) crĂ©Ă© en 1960 par Abdelhafid Boussouf, qui ont livrĂ© leur tĂ©moignage Ă©crit. Abderrahmane Berrouane, dit Saphar, est de ceux-lĂ . Il lui aura sans doute fallu un certain courage pour oser Ă©crire Ă la premiĂšre personne et tenter de se dĂ©faire des rĂ©flexes de silence et de secret associĂ©s Ă ce groupe rĂ©putĂ© pour son opacitĂ©.
Câest avec une rĂ©elle sincĂ©ritĂ© que lâauteur entreprend de raconter son parcours : enfance Ă Relizane, rĂ©volte devant lâinjustice coloniale, Ă©tudes de Sciences Politiques en France (Toulouse), interrompues en 1956 Ă la suite de lâappel Ă la grĂšve gĂ©nĂ©rale pour rejoindre le maquis. Cette annĂ©e-lĂ , il gagne donc le Maroc et rencontre le charismatique Boussouf, dit Si Mabrouk. Il fera partie de la premiĂšre promotion dâopĂ©rateurs radio, baptisĂ©e « promotion Zabana », effectuera plusieurs missions, au Maroc et en Tunisie, avant de diriger, la DVCR (Direction de la Vigilance et du Contre-Renseignement) et ce jusquâĂ lâIndĂ©pendance.
Abderrahmane Berrouane dĂ©crit chronologiquement la maniĂšre dont furent crĂ©Ă©s les services de renseignement algĂ©riens dans la guerre des ondes de lâinformation menĂ©e contre les Français. Câest lâoccasion pour lui de convoquer des souvenirs trĂšs personnels qui ne manqueront pas de marquer le lecteur : ainsi de sa rencontre avec Si Mabrouk, saisissante ; du rĂ©cit, trĂšs vivant, du recrutement en wilaya V et des conditions du stage de la promotion Zabana ; ou mĂȘme de lâĂ©vocation de son dĂ©sarroi et celui de ses collĂšgues, Ă la Base Didouche, en Libye, lors de la crise GPRA/Ătat-Major en 1962.
Grùce à ces détails et anecdotes, qui situent la guerre à son échelle humaine, ce témoignage contribue à donner un nouvel éclairage sur les arcanes du MALG et à mieux comprendre les ressorts de cette organisation.
Abderrahmane Berrouane est nĂ© Ă Relizane en 1929. En 1956, il rejoint la wilaya V, et en 1958, Boussouf le nomme Ă la tĂȘte de la Direction de la Vigilance et du Contre-Renseignement.
En 1962, il est chargĂ© de lâorganisation dâagences dâAir AlgĂ©rie en Europe. En 1971, il dirige lâAgence touristique algĂ©rienne (ATA), puis, en 1976, lâOrganisme national des congrĂšs et ConfĂ©rences (ONCC). En 1978, il devient conseiller au ministĂ©re du Tourisme jusquâĂ la retraite.
(Extrait de la 4eme de couverture de son ouvrage).
Abderrahmane Berrouane nous a quitté le 30 mai 2019.
Cet Ă©pisode, enregistrĂ© le 04 octobre 2015, a Ă©tĂ© co-organisĂ© par le Centre d'Ătudes MaghrĂ©bines en AlgĂ©rie (CEMA) et le Centre de Recherche en Anthropologie Sociale et Culturelle (CRASC) et sâinscrit dans le cadre du cycle des confĂ©rences « TĂ©moignages sur la guerre de libĂ©ration nationale ».
Mr. Abdallah Belabbes, chercheur au CRASC, a présidé cette rencontre et a modéré le débat.
Nous remercions Dr. Jonathan Glasser, anthropologue culturel au College of William & Mary, pour son istikhbar in sika à l'alto pour l'introduction et la conclusion de ce podcast. Réalisation et montage: Hayet Yebbous Bensaid, Bibliothécaire / Chargée de la diffusion des activités scientifiques (CEMA). -
Episode 178: Les évolutions post-2011 du cinéma tunisien
En 2023, le Centre dâĂtudes MaghrĂ©bines Ă Tunis a lancĂ© une recherche sur le cinĂ©ma tunisien contemporain en tant quâart et industrie. Prenant en compte la crĂ©ation dâun cinĂ©ma dâEtat aprĂšs lâindĂ©pendance ainsi que des impacts de la rĂ©volution de 2011, ce projet a analysĂ© des des acteurs/actrices et des institutions, des tendances thĂ©matiques et artistiques, des Ă©vĂ©nements et espaces, et des succĂšs et challenges quâa vĂ©cu lâindustrie depuis ses dĂ©buts.
Dans ce podcast, Kenza Ben Azouz, chercheuse qui sâintĂ©resse aux Ă©volutions du domaine cinĂ©matographique en contexte tunisien depuis 2011, discute son approche et ses dĂ©couvertes. Elle essayĂ© de comprendre comment traiter de la fluiditĂ© de la dĂ©finition du cinĂ©ma en gĂ©nĂ©ral, et du cinĂ©ma tunisien en particulier ? Quel langage utilisent des membres de lâindustrie en parlant du cinĂ©ma ?
Pour visualiser le processus complexe de la réalisation cinématographique en Tunisie, elle examine la production de sa conception à sa réception afin de montrer les opportunités et les défis des cinéastes à tous les niveaux. Plus globalement, sa recherche évalue la place du cinéma dans la société tunisienne, et la place du film tunisien sur la scÚne internationale.
Les résultats de la recherche sont présentés dans leur intégralité dans le rapport final intitulé « Contemporary Tunisian Cinema. »
Kenza Ben Azouz a Ă©tĂ© la 2022 AIMS Film Fellow. Elle est chercheuse en anthropologie. Avant ce projet, elle a travaillĂ© avec plusieurs associations de dĂ©fense des droits de lâhomme et du dĂ©veloppement (le Haut-Commissariat des Nations unies aux droits de l'homme, HCDH ; Mercy Corps ; Human Rights Watch ; et lâOrganisation de coopĂ©ration et de dĂ©veloppement Ă©conomiques, OCDE) dans lâAfrique de lâOuest, le Maghreb, et le Mashreq. Son travail se concentre sur la violence des hommes contre les femmes, le racisme institutionnel, et les challenges du dĂ©veloppement structurel. Kenza est diplĂŽmĂ©e en sciences politiques et philosophie de lâUniversitĂ© de McGill et a reçu son master en anthropologie sociale de dĂ©veloppement du School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS). Elle a Ă©tĂ© laurĂ©ate de la bourse Allan & Nesta Ferguson Scholarship for African Students en 2018 et de la bourse Finberg Fellowship at Human Rights Watch en 2022. Elle parle arabe, anglais, et français.
Cet Ă©pisode a Ă©tĂ© enregistrĂ© le 08 juin 2023 via Zoom, par le Centre d'Ătudes MaghrĂ©bines Ă Tunis (CEMAT)
Posté par: Hayet Yebbous Bensaid, Bibliothécaire / Chargée de la diffusion des activités scientifiques (CEMA).
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