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حماية التراث الليبي من خلال تقوية الرابط بين المجتع و تاريخه

الحلقة 154: حماية التراث الليبي من خلال تقوية الرابط  بين المجتع و تاريخه

في هذا البودكاست، يتحدث خليفة البشباش ،باحث في تاريخ ليبيا، عن المجلة الإلكترونية والمطبوعة  History of Libya التي اسسها والتي تعد بمثابة مشروع تاريخي توثيقي وثقافي، يشرف عليه مجموعة من الشباب اللذين يقومون بجمع المعلومات حول التراث والتاريخ الليبي و عرضها بطريقة مبسطة و ميسرة للقارئ بالرغم من نقص المعلومات الدقيقة والموثوقة حول هذه المواضيع داخل الوطن وصعوبة اقتنائها من خارجه.

يسلط خليفة البشباش الضوء على اهمية حماية التاريخ والتراث الليبي المادي و اللامادي من خلال ضمها الى قوائم التراث في الهيئات الوطنية و الدولية المعنية بالامر مثل IASESCO و UNESCO 

ورغم أن درجة اهتمام الشعب بالتراث تختلف، فمن الواجب حمايتها على كل المستويات – تنظيميا وقانونيا واجتماعيا وتعليميا – لأنها تساهم في تكوين الهوية الجامعة.  لذلك تسعى هذه المجلة لإثراء المحتوى الفكري والعلمي والثقافي، و رفع مستوى الوعي لدى المجتمع  فيما يخص التاريخ و الإرث الإنساني و الذاكرة الوطنية في ليبيا، و فتح نوافذ على ماضي هذه الأرض لتقليص الفارق المعرفي و تقوية الرابط بين المجتع و موروثه بغية المحافضة عليه

تم تسجيل هذه الحلقة من طرف مركزالدراسات المغاربية بتونسCEMAT  في 28 سبتمبر 2022 في إطار The 2022 AIMS Humanities and Arts Conference on Libya

Rencontre avec Ahmed Mahiou autour de son ouvrage: Au fil du temps et des événements, Mémoires.

Episode 153: Rencontre avec Ahmed Mahiou autour de son ouvrage: Au fil du temps et des événements, Mémoires.

Dans ce podcast, Pr. Ahmed Mahiou, ancien doyen de la Faculté de Droit d’Alger, ancien directeur de l’IREMAM, ancien président de la Commission pour le Droit international, et ancien juge ad hoc à la Cour internationale de Justice, présente son dernier ouvrage Au fil du temps et des événements, Mémoires.

« Bien que j'aie lu un certain nombre de mémoires de personnages historiques connus ou de personnes privées, parfois inconnues, l'idée d'écrire mes Mémoires n'a germé que très tardivement. Jusqu'à la fin de la décennie 2010, je ne voyais pas de raison particulière d'en écrire. C'est l'enchaînement de quelques circonstances qui ont finalement fait naître l'envie, puis le besoin de les écrire, en privilégiant l'approche du témoin des événements vécus et commentés.

Le lecteur constatera que je parle essentiellement de mon itinéraire professionnel, avec le parcours de l'élève, l'étudiant, l'enseignant, le diplomate, l'arbitre international, le législateur international, le juge international et enfin le retraité provençal. C'est la trame ou le plan qui sera retenu. Il ne m'apparaissait pas utile ou opportun d'évoquer outre mesure les rapports familiaux ou amicaux qui ont jalonné cet itinéraire dont, cependant, quelques brefs éléments sont mentionnés dans les deux premiers chapitres.

Quelques autres éléments apparaîtront également, dans d'autres chapitres, mais juste dans la mesure où ils s'avèrent nécessaires pour la compréhension de ce qui est évoqué et écrit. En revanche, il m'a semblé utile et opportun de témoigner sur des faits et événements auxquels j'ai été mêlé, en les relatant de la manière la plus objective possible et, surtout, en les éclairant par la façon dont je les ai vécus au moment de leur déroulement, pour approuver ou désapprouver.

Cela permet, directement ou indirectement, de contribuer à enrichir la connaissance d'épisodes de l'histoire interne et externe de l'Algérie, pays auquel je reste profondément attaché, quelles que soient les diverses contingences du moment ».

(Texte tiré de la 4ème de couverture : Mahiou, Ahmed, 2022. Au fil du temps et des événements, Mémoires, Éditions Barzakh, Alger.)

Les débats de cette rencontre on été modérés par Manssour Kedidir, docteur en sciences politiques.

Cette conférence a été co-organisée par le Centre d'Études Maghrébines en Algérie (CEMA) et le  Centre de Recherche Scientifique et Technique en Anthropologie Sociale et Culturelle (CRASC). Elle a eu lieu le 24 octobre 2022 et a été suivie d’une vente dédicace.

Retrouvez également l'episode de Ahmed Mahiou sur Le Maghreb Aujourd'hui.

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). 

Making Space(s) for Arts and Culture in Libya

Episode 152: Making Space(s) for Arts and Culture in Libya

In this episode, Hadia Gana, founder of Bayt Ali Gana, and Faraj Alsileeni, Cultural Manager at Tanarout Organization for Libyan Creativity, share their experiences opening community spaces for art and culture in Libya. Providing two generations of perspective, the speakers find commonalities in their trials and successes. While budget remains an elusive problem and support from governing institutions can be fickle, both Gana and Alsileeni have found strength in building community networks including within their own families. Above all, the leaders seek strategies for sustainability. Reflecting on Libya’s past and present, they raise the questions: To what extent could traditional tribal systems be integrated into this new burgeoning cultural sphere? How to convince the public that art can be a powerful tool for change? And amidst the current political uncertainty, what are the spaces in which ongoing cultural education can take place?

Faraj Alsileeni is the Cultural Manager of Tanarout Organization for Libyan Creativity, an arts and cultural center in Benghazi, Libya. Opened in 2015, Tanarout offers exhibitions, theater performances, workshops, a book circle, a cinema club, and an open arts space for the community. Alsileeni is also a Resource Center Officer for Civil Society at ACTED Libya. He is an active cinema blogger and cinema researcher, recently presenting his first paper, “The Libyan in the Others Screen,” at the cultural policies symposium of Axiology magazine at the Libyan International University. He is a fellow researcher with Network for Arab Alternative Screens.

Hadia Gana is a pottery artist and founder of Gana House for Arts, a cultural space in Tripoli that includes an archive and museum of Ali Gana’s art works and art research. Hadia was appointed in late 2018 as a Board Member at the Old City of Tripoli Administration Bureau that manages the restoration and rehabilitation of the heritage site, including public and private cultural spaces. 

This podcast is part of "Libya Studies" lecture series and was recorded at Centre d'Études Maghrébines à Tunis (CEMAT) on October 9, 2022 at Bait Al Hikma in Tunis, as part of the 2022 AIMS Arts & Humanities Conference on Libya. 

We thank Hisham Errish, a music composer and an Oud soloist, for his interpretation of “ One Song of Libya ” in the introduction and conclusion of this podcast.

 

Posted by: Hayet Yebbous Bensaid, Librarian, Outreach Coordinator, Content Curator (CEMA).

En hommage à feu Rachid Sidi Boumedine (Décédé le 07 novembre 2022): Céramiques d’Alger, toute une histoire

Episode 151: En hommage à feu Rachid Sidi Boumedine (Décédé le 07 novembre 2022): Céramiques d'Alger, toute une histoire

Dans ce podcast, feu Rachid Sidi Boumedine, sociologue et urbaniste à l'Université d'Alger a présenté son dernier ouvrage intitulé Céramiques d'Alger, toute une histoire.

« Le travail de Rachid Sidi Boumedine vient après un parcours assez diversifié et des écrits sur l’urbanisme et est assez novateur dans la mesure où il ne s’attache pas outre mesure à la technique de fabrication du carreau de céramique, même s’il trace l’évolution dans divers pays, mais au cheminement de cet objet venu de toutes parts pour élire à jamais domicile chez nous et faire partie de notre histoire.

Son travail ne revient pas à figer la présentation de ces carreaux sous forme d’un catalogue comme il en existe tant, mais consiste à intégrer leur utilisation dans la décoration des habitations et palais dans le contexte économique et social de l’époque, à savoir la période qui va du XVIIe au  XIXe siècle inclus.

Et la nomenklatura du régime ottoman, les grands négociants et les raïs qui commandaient la flotte étaient assez riches pour acquérir ces carreaux coûteux  pour décorer leurs demeures et leurs palais, créant au passage une «façon de faire» et un «goût» dominant et donnant aux constructions de la Casbah cette beauté et ce charme si particulier, devenus notre patrimoine. »

(Texte tiré de la 4ème de couverture : Sidi Boumedine, Rachid, 2021. Céramiques d'Alger, toute une histoire, ANEP Éditions, Alger.)

Les débats de cette rencontre on été modérés par Djilali Tahraoui, architecte-enseignant et directeur de la Revue de l’Urbanisme, de l’Architecture et de la Construction MADINATI.

Cette conférence a été organisée par Centre d'Études Maghrébines en Algérie (CEMA) en collaboration avec le Centre de Recherche en Anthropologie Sociale et Culturelle (CRASC), l’Université des Sciences et de la Technologie d’Oran (USTO) et la Revue de l’Urbanisme, de l’Architecture et de la Construction  (MADINATI). Elle a eu lieu le 10 janvier 2022 et a été suivie d’une vente dédicace.

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). 

A Critical Analysis of Heritage Preservation in Libya

Episode 150: A Critical Analysis of Heritage Preservation in Libya

In this podcast, AIMS Cultural Heritage Fellow Reem Furjani discusses her research in the Old City of Tripoli, the field of critical heritage studies and her work bridging scholarly research and practice. Cultural heritage studies is a burgeoning academic field that seeks to contribute and expand classic work on heritage practices by introducing bottom-up approaches to preservation theory and practice. Reem’s work specifically integrates the involvement, thoughts and practices of inhabitants in preserving sites and spaces. In this approach, heritage moves beyond a static condition and instead becomes a living, and dynamic area of focus. Furjani eloquently condenses this academic field into approachable terms, thereby putting her own work in critical heritage studies into practice. The debate on heritage is not and should not be approached as something exclusive and limited to a field of technical experts, but as an inclusive movement that takes into consideration those living and experiencing heritage every day. Furjani integrates examples and experiences from her own work, specifically her various projects in the Old city of Tripoli, throughout this talk.

Reem Furjani is a cultural activist and researcher focused on critical heritage studies and cultural democracy. She is the founder and director of Scene, a non-profit that protects cultural heritage in Tripoli. She is completing her PhD and holds a Masters Degree in Architecture from Cardiff University. Furjani was the AIMS Libya Cultural Heritage Fellow and is currently a fellow at the Oxford Center for Islamic Studies.

This podcast is part of "Libya Studies" series and was recorded at Centre d'Études Maghrébines à Tunis (CEMAT) on April 26, 2022 with Neely Egan, the CEMAT Cultural History of Tourism Researcher. 

We thank Dr. Jonathan Glasser, Cultural Anthropologist at au College of William & Mary, for his istikhbar in sika on viola for the introduction and conclusion of this podcast.

 

Edited & Posted by: Hayet Lansari, Librarian, Outreach Coordinator, Content Curator (CEMA).

Roman Dougga (Thougga), Heritage Preservation in an Antique City

Episode 149: Roman Dougga (Thougga)

Heritage Preservation in an Antique City

Dougga (Thugga) is one the best-preserved Roman towns in North Africa and it is just an hour and a half away from the capital Tunis in the governorate of Jendouba. Because of its excellent preservation and its position as a popular tourist attraction, Dougga serves as a wonderful example and experience of one of the many spaces of cultural heritage in Tunisia.

In this podcast, Prof. Mounir Khélifa guides listeners through the basic history of Dougga and contextualizes broader discussions of cultural heritage in Tunisia. In his analysis of this specific ancient Roman site, he outlines what Tunisians need to prioritize as they move forward in their journey of preserving cultural heritage. Seeing as though Tunisia has a long and beautiful history it is up to individuals as well as the government and private organizations to protect and celebrate Tunisia’s culture. 

As a former professor and now director of the School for International Training study abroad program in Tunisia, Prof. Khélifa is well practiced in condensing thousands of years of history for listeners that are new to Tunisia. He works diligently to make sure his students understand Tunisia at a historical and political level by connecting multiple lines of thought. 

Mounir Khelifa studied English at the Sorbonne and Yale where he received his MA and PhD. A professor of English language and literature at Tunis University he has taught for more than three decades poetry, poetics, literary theory and comparative literature. In addition to teaching, he has also been a director of English graduate studies and a senior advisor in the cabinet of the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, responsible for international cooperation and curricular reform. In 2012, he was made a lifetime member of the Tunisian Academy for the Arts, Letters, and Science.

This episode is part of « Cultural Heritage Conservation in the Maghrib » lecture series organized by the Centre d'Études Maghrébines à Tunis (CEMAT). It was recorded at the CEMAT on April 19, 2022 with Neely Egan, the CEMAT Cultural History of Tourism Fellow. 

To see related slides please visit our website: www.themaghribpodcast.com

We thank Dr. Jonathan Glasser, Cultural Anthropologist at au College of William & Mary, for his istikhbar in sika on viola for the introduction and conclusion of this podcast.

 

Posted by: Hayet Lansari, Librarian, Outreach Coordinator, Content Curator (CEMA).

Cultural Preservation in the Medina of Tunis: A Conversation with Leila Ben Gacem

Episode 148: Cultural Preservation in the Medina of Tunis: A Conversation with Leila Ben Gacem

In this podcast, Leila Ben Gacem discusses her projects in the Tunis medina working to preserve physical spaces as well as support, promote and protect local artisans. Her work includes but is not limited to Dar Ben Gacem guest house, Mdiniti (the medina’s first economic interest group), and Dar el Harka (creative industry hub).

Dar Ben Gacem encapsulates her work on physical space in the medina. Starting in 2007 Ben Gacem began the process of renovating a dilapidated, historic building. During this first project, the renovations faced many difficulties including ambiguous governmental regulations and of course a revolution after which social dynamics shifted significantly. Finally in 2013, the first Dar Ben Gacem opened as a boutique hotel in the medina of Tunis, followed by a second Dar renovation project shortly thereafter. Together these two hotels have opened their doors to countless guests from all over the world and hosted events with artisans, chefs and startups. 

Mdiniti, a more recent effort, is an economic initiative that represents 17 different start-ups, artisans and businesses that all have the same goal: revitalizing and celebrating the culture of the Tunis medina. As individuals, these representatives would not have much sway, but as a conglomerate, their collective voices can influence change at a higher level. 

This work on reviving cultural heritage is not isolated. Ben Gacem explains that the problems her organizations face are a product of more complex issues, including how the increase in the high school dropout rate trickles down and affects efforts to revitalize the medina. By addressing these hurdles as a part of her programming with Dar el Harka, a coworking space that encourages student involvement and provides study spaces, Ben Gacem ends up revitalizing more than just spaces in the medina. 

This podcast sheds light on a thoughtful and diligent leader in the medina of Tunis. Leila Ben Gacem’s initiatives prove that efforts are forever being made, not without a struggle, to preserve the history and culture of Tunis. 

Leila Ben-Gacem is a social entrepreneur, Ashoka Fellow, founder of Blue Fish, a consultancy that designs and implements projects to improve the economic dynamics of heritage to improve its resilience. Leila also founded Dar el Harka, a creative industry hub; Dar Ben Gacem, a Boutique Hotel and cultural catalyst in the medina of Tunis. Leila is also a founder and president of Mdinti, Medina’s first economic interest group, and member of the organization committee of UltraMirage El Djerid. Leila is an elected city council member at Beni Khalled. Before switching careers, Leila held various positions at multinational corporations and has a BS in Biomedical Engineering.

This episode is part of « Cultural Heritage Conservation in the Maghrib » lecture series organized by the Centre d'Études Maghrébines à Tunis (CEMAT). It was recorded at Dar Ben Gacem on Friday April 15, 2022 with Neely Egan, the CEMAT Cultural History of Tourism Fellow. 

 

We thank our friend Ignacio Villalón for his guitar performance for the introduction and conclusion of this podcast. 

 

Posted by: Hayet Lansari, Librarian, Outreach Coordinator, Content Curator (CEMA).

A History of Franco-Muslim Education in Morocco and in Northwest Africa

Episode 147: A History of Franco-Muslim Education in Morocco and in Northwest Afric

Between the 1850s and 1950s, colonial schools called médersas combined elements of French and Islamic educational traditions. First created in Algeria in 1850, the schools spread to the West African colonies of Senegal, French Soudan (today Mali), and Mauritania. The place of Morocco in this history is the subject of this discussion. In the 1910s, early in the protectorate period, the French established two “collèges musulmans,” the Collège Moulay Idriss in Fes and the Collège Moulay Youssef in Rabat. These were similar to the médersas in their curriculum and institutional framework; several of their directors had experience running médersas in Algeria and Senegal. In a field that remains deeply structured by national borders and by the notion of a “Saharan Divide” between North and West Africa, this research reveals close connections between societies usually considered in isolation.

Dr. Samuel Anderson is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor of History at Pomona College in Claremont, California. He received a PhD in African History from the University of California, Los Angeles, in 2018. His research focuses on education, race, and religion in northwest African Muslim societies under colonial rule. His current project examines the médersas, so-called “Franco-Muslim” schools, that combined Islamic and European curricula in a French effort to colonize Islamic schooling and the Muslim elite in the Maghrib and West Africa. He has conducted research on this topic in Algeria, Mauritania, Senegal, France, and now Morocco, with the support of the American Institute for Maghrib Studies (AIMS), the Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC), and other organizations. Portions of this project have been published in the journals Islamic Africa and History in Africa.

This episode was recorded on July 22st, 2022 at the Tangier American Legation Institute for Moroccan Studies (TALIM). 

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The Worlds of Safia Farhat

Episode 146: The Worlds of Safia Farhat

 

In this podcast, the visual artist Slim Gomri speaks about his role in preserving the artistic legacy of Tunisian fibre artist Safia Farhat (1924-2004). Having worked for a number of years at the Abdallah and Safia Farhat Foundation in Radès, near Tunis, Gomri has been involved in the programming of both the Centre des arts vivants and the Safia Farhat Museum in Radès. Established by Safia Farhat in 1982, the Centre des arts vivants offers residencies for artists and workshops in calligraphy, ceramics, textiles, photography, etching, and painting. The Safia Farhat Museum, which opened in 2016, displays Farhat's works, hosts a group exhibition once a year, and organizes film screenings. 

Slim Gomri is a visual artist based in Tunis. His photobook Vie de pêcheurs (2021) is inspired by the artist’s contact with the world of fishermen in different towns along the Tunisian coast. He is currently preparing a film on the fibre artist Safia Farhat, one of the most recognizable artists in Tunisian modern art.

This podcast is part of the Modern Art in the Maghrib series and was recorded on September 22, 2022, by the Centre d'Études Maghrébines à Tunis (CEMAT).

We thank Dr. Jonathan Glasser, Cultural Anthropologist at au College of William & Mary, for his istikhbar in sika on viola for the introduction and conclusion of this podcast.

Edited and Posted by: Hayet Lansari, Librarian, Outreach Coordinator, Content Curator (CEMA).

Landscape and Identity in Medieval Morocco

Episode 145: Landscape and Identity in Medieval Morocco 

In this podcast, Dr. Abbey Stockstill asks the question why does Marrakesh look the way that it does? The 'Red City' is the topic of her forthcoming book, in which she discusses the medieval city’s relationship with its founding dynasties, the local landscape, and Berber politics in the eleventh and twelfth centuries. As the notion of what it meant to be 'Berber' was being defined, the city of Marrakesh emerged as a metropolis that actively engaged the multivalent identities of Almoravids and Almohad dynasties. Rather than taking individual monuments in isolation, Dr. Stockstill’s work looks at how those monuments worked with each other and the local landscape to create a stage for these identities to be expressed. What emerges is a city that is both paradigmatic in its structure, yet innovative in its social and historical context.

Dr. Abbey Stockstill received her Ph.D. in the History of Art & Architecture from Harvard University (2018), and is currently an assistant professor of Islamic art and architecture at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. She has contributed essays to academic journals such as Muqarnas and Hésperis-Tamuda, as well as to a number of edited volumes. She is also an assistant editor for the International Journal of Islamic Architecture, and serves on various committees within the International Center for Medieval Art and the Historians of Islamic Art Association. 

This episode was recorded on July 21st, 2022 at the Tangier American Legation Institute for Moroccan Studies (TALIM). 

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Contemporary Art in Tunisia

Episode 144: Contemporary Art in Tunisia

As part of the AIMS Contemporary Art Fellowship, Ignacio Villalón conducted research into the contemporary art scene in Tunisia, exploring private and public cultural institutions, sources of funding, questions of language, and ongoing challenges. This project culminated in a report, written for academic and non-academic audiences alike. In this podcast, Villalón summarises the main findings of his research, focusing on a few select phenomena in the Tunisian art scene. 

Ignacio Villalón is a writer, researcher, and journalist with a focus on politics and culture in the Mediterranean region. He received his Master's degree in History from the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, for which he conducted research on emigration (hijra) in early 20th century Algeria. As AIMS Contemporary Arts Fellow, he carried out research on the arts scene in Tunisia. He has published articles in "Le Quotidien d'Oran" and "Africa is a Country." Ignacio is currently CAORC Social Sciences Fellow.

This interview was recorded on May 13, 2022, via Zoom and led by Katarzyna Falecka, Lecturer in Art History at Newcastle University and Project Coordinator at the Centre d'Études Maghrébines à Tunis (CEMAT)

To see related slides, please visit our website:  www.themaghribpodcast.com

 

We thank our friend Ignacio Villalón, AIMS contemporary art follow for his guitar performance of A vava Inouva of Idir for the introduction and conclusion of this podcast. 

 

Edited and Posted by: Hayet Lansari, Librarian, Outreach Coordinator, Content Curator (CEMA).

The ”Lush Garden” of Andalusian Music

Episode 143: The "Lush Garden" of Andalusian Music

 

In this podcast, Dr. Carl Davila explores the Andalusian music tradition of Morocco, known as al-ala, through the written song collections, such as the famous Kunnash al-Ha'ik. By examining the literary record, embodied in around 40 handwritten manuscripts found in libraries across Europe and North Africa, we can come to understand the evolution of the repertoire over the past two and a half centuries. Of special interest here is a little-known work called al-Rawdat al-Ghanna' fi Usul al-Ghina' ("The Lush Garden for the Principles of Song'') of which there are just three surviving copies — including one in the Bibliothèque Nationale in Rabat. In this podcast we will explore such questions as: Who wrote this work, and when? What is actually in it? And perhaps most significant: Where does it fit in the history of the written repertoire of Andalusian music?

 

Dr. Carl Davila holds a PhD in Arabic Studies from Yale University (2006). He lived in Fez off and on for nearly three years in the early 2000s and has visited Morocco frequently since then. Being the first scholar to write extensively in English on the Andalusian music in Morocco, he has published two monographs and numerous articles on the cultural, historical and literary aspects of this grand musical tradition. At the moment, he is developing a book series with E.J. Brill that will present English translations and commentary for all eleven nubas in the modern and historical repertoires. He is currently Associate Professor of History at the State University of New York in Brockport.

 

This episode was recorded on April 21st, 2022 at the Tangier American Legation Institute for Moroccan Studies (TALIM). 

To see related slides, please visit our website : www.themaghribpodcast.com

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Entretien avec Farah Khelil au sujet de son projet Effet de Serre.

Episode 142: Entretien avec Farah Khelil au sujet de son projet Effet de Serre

Dans ce podcast, Farah Khelil parle de l’inspiration et du raisonnement derrière le projet Effet de Serre et revient sur la dualité et la tension entre tradition et modernité à travers une analogie botanique originale. D’une part, ce projet évoque le palmier, arbre symbolique de la tradition coranique, d’autre part l’eucalyptus, symbole de l’empreinte des colons. D’après elle, la plupart des milieux naturels apparaissent en réalité dessinés par l’action humaine. 

Avec  Effet de Serre, Khelil sort des structures d’exposition et réinvente une autre expérience de rencontre avec ses œuvres, s’interrogeant sur le rôle de l’artiste et la place du public. Partant de la relation existante entre les palmiers et les serres botaniques qui les ont souvent accueillis dans des visées d’acclimatation ou d’ornementation elle décide dans une esthétique du don de financer la restauration de la serre du Parc du Belvédère où elle met en place l’installation. Ceci en espérant qu’au-delà de la présentation de ses recherches et de la publication elle redynamise cette zone du parc.

Farah Khelil est née en 1980 à Carthage, en Tunisie. Après des études aux Beaux-Arts de Tunis, elle s’installe en France où elle obtient un doctorat de l’École des arts de la Sorbonne en 2014. Artiste essentiellement conceptuelle, elle recompose des textes, des images et des objets dans des agencements protéiformes qui en reconfigurent le sens. Empruntant des techniques et des matériaux divers, ses œuvres mettent en forme une réflexion sur le rapport de l’art à l’écriture, au langage et à l’information.

Cet entretien, enregistré le 07 avril 2022 au Centre d'Études Maghrébines à Tunis (CEMAT) a été mené par Ignacio Villalón, boursier en histoire de l’art contemporain au CEMAT.

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 Lansari, Bibliothécaire / Chargée de la diffusion des activités scientifiques (CEMA).

Thoughts on State-Building, Decolonization, Gender, and Tunisia: Insights from the Global 1960s

Episode 141: Thoughts on State-Building, Decolonization, Gender, and Tunisia: Insights from the Global 1960s

In this conversation, Amy Kallander reflects on how the work of Tunisian scholars on trade unions, feminism, and patriarchy informed her approach to thinking critically about state-building in the first decades after independence. Placing ideas about gender and women’s rights in relation to broader debates about cultural decolonization, transnational political movements, pan-Arab and Maghribi intellectual projects and the power dynamics of the Cold War era offers insights on thinking intersectionally and local articulations of global phenomena. Drawing from her new book Tunisia’s Modern Woman: Nation-Building and State Feminism in the Global 1960s she gestures towards the importance of women in the realms of diplomacy, economic development, and intellectual life, as well as in social and cultural domains. As a way of placing women into standard histories of the era, gender analysis points towards the necessity of considering class, regional, and other disparities.

 

Amy Kallander  is Associate Professor of History and Affiliated faculty with Women’s and Gender Studies at Syracuse University, NY, USA. A scholar of early modern and modern Middle East history, she is the author of Tunisia’s Modern Woman: Nation-Building and State Feminism in the Global 1960s (Cambridge 2021) and Women, Gender, and the Palace Household in Ottoman Tunisia (Texas 2013). These works place gender in relation to social history and political power, population politics, fashion, consumerism, and love. She has authored articles and book chapters exploring the role of social media in Tunisian social movements, postcolonial and transnational relations with France, has appeared in the International Journal of Middle East Studies, Middle East Report Online, Arab Media & Society, French Politics, Culture and Society and Nouri Gana ed. The Tunisian Revolution: Contexts, Architects, Prospects (Edinburgh 2013).

 

This interview was recorded on March 24, 2022, via Zoom by the Centre d'Études Maghrébines à Tunis (CEMAT) and was led by CEMAT Director, Dr Laryssa Chomiak.

 

Nous remercions Mr. Souheib Zallazi, (Étudiant au CFT, Tunisie) et Mr. Malek Saadani (Étudiant à l'ULT, Tunisie), pour leur interprétation de « al-Ardh Ardhi » de Sabri Mesbah, pour l'introduction et la conclusion de ce podcast. Souheib au mélodica et Malek à la guitare.

 

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Modern Art and Architecture in Morocco in the Aftershock of the 1960 Agadir Earthquake

Episode 140: Modern Art and Architecture in Morocco in the Aftershock of the 1960 Agadir Earthquake

On February 29, 1960, an earthquake leveled much of the southern Moroccan coastal city of Agadir. Over the next decade, a new Agadir would be built in an avant-garde brutalist architectural style, representing a concrete example of Morocco’s newly independent future. And yet, this future is haunted by the trauma and violence of the past, by way of both the earthquake as well as colonialism. The literal and figurative aftershocks of the earthquake would go on to impact, in ways that are often obscured, various facets of life all around Morocco and beyond, especially with regards to visual and material culture. This raises the questions about the entanglements of human actors with non-human forces when it comes to histories of modernism, decolonization, and nation-building.

 

Riad Kherdeen studies global modern art and architecture, with a focus on the region of West Asia/Middle East and North Africa (MENA). He is working on a doctoral dissertation project on modernist art and architecture in Morocco related to the Agadir earthquake of 1960 titled “Spectral Modernisms: Decolonial Aesthetics and Haunting in the Aftershock of Morocco’s Agadir Earthquake (1960)." His interests fall within three main clusters of study: the first is in comparative and planetary modernisms via postcolonial studies and critical theory; the second is in the study of perception, including aesthetics, phenomenology, psychoanalytic theory, cognitive psychology, and neuroscience; and the third is in materialisms, ranging from the micro scale with technical studies of visual and material cultural production, including techniques, processes, technologies, and materials/conservation science, to the macro scale including Marxist/historical materialism, new materialism, ecocriticism, and systems theory. Riad holds a B.A. in Art History and a minor in Chemistry from New York University (2013) and an M.A. in the History of Art and Archaeology from the Institute of Fine Arts (2016). His M.A. thesis “Masdar City: Oriental City of the Twenty-First Century,” advised by Jean-Louis Cohen, looks at the urban design and architecture of Masdar City in the United Arab Emirates as a new iteration of the “Orientalized” city within a genealogy of recent urbanism in the Arab world, one that still succumbs to the imagined representations of the region created by European imperialism yet embraces those stereotypes to construct new narratives about its people and its nascent nation. Previously, Riad has held positions at the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Art Genome Project at Artsy.

 

This episode was recorded on November 19th, 2021 at the Tangier American Legation Institute for Moroccan Studies (TALIM). 

 

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From Palestine to North Africa and Back: Transnational Solidarity in the Arts in the 1970s

Episode 139: From Palestine to North Africa and Back: Transnational Solidarity in the Arts in the 1970s

The International Art Exhibition for Palestine opened in Beirut in 1978 with nearly 200 artists from 30 countries. For over a decade, Rasha Salti and Kristine Khouri led a research project to uncover the history of this and other art collections/museums built in solidarity with political causes, and map networks of artists, intellectuals and activists that extended from these projects. The Moroccan chapter revealed links and practices from publications like Souffles, to proximity of the PLO’s office to writers and artists, and the work and interventions by artists bringing work to public space and out of the galleries. 

Kristine Khouri is a researcher whose background is in Arab cultural history and art history. Her interests began in the history of arts circulation, exhibition and infrastructure in the Middle East and North Africa as well as archives, practices in and with them, and knowledge dissemination. In the past few years, she has been focused on critical engagement with digital archives, and issues that emerge from them including rights, access, and language. She co-led, with Rasha Salti, the Past Disquiet research project unearthing the histories of exhibitions and museums in exile, and transnational solidarity in the arts in the 1970s. Kristine is currently a board member of the Arab Image Foundation in Beirut.

This episode is part of the Modern Art in the Maghrib series, and was recorded on March 3, 2022, via Zoom.  This is part of a larger Council of American Overseas Research Centers program organized by the Centre d'Études Maghrébines à 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.

We thank the duo Ÿuma for use of their song, "Smek", from their album Chura for the introduction and conclusion of this podcast.

 

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رمي النفيات بالوسط الحضري: اغتراب في المجال ام عوز في التحضر؟

Episode 138: رمي النفيات بالوسط الحضري: اغتراب في المجال ام عوز في التحضر؟

في إطار التحقيق الميداني الأنثروبولوجي، الخاص بالنفايات المنزلية والتحولات الحضرية، اختار الاستاذ مختار مروفل العمل على تحليل الذهنيات والكيفيات ذات الصلة بالبقايا والآثار، وهذا حتى نفهم الكيفية التي على أساسها ينموا ويتطور المجتمع. إن الذات القمامية -Homo Détritus-، البنت الشرعية لاقتصاد السوق إنما تحيا على الاستهلاك والرمي المزمنين، اللذين غدا بمثابة الرياضة اليومية التي يمارسها الإنسان المعاصر بنهم وشره شديدين، الذات القمامية الجزائرية لا تشذ عن هذا المعنى، لذلك اظهر الاستاذ مروفل وبشكل متزامن من خلال الملاحظات المحكية كيفيات وأنماط تنظيم المجموعات الملاَحظَة، لعلاقاتها مع المتبقيات الناتجة عن الأنشطة سواء كانت إنتاجية أم بيولوجية، علاقة نجدها مسجلة ضمن التململ في الانتماء إلى الفضاء العمومي وأيضا في التذمر والاستياء المعبر عنه، عبر الرمي العفوي للنفايات الذي غدا أسلوبا من أساليب الاحتجاج على إدارة الشأن العام

مختار مروفل أستاذ التعليم العالي بقسم العلوم الاجتماعية والأنثروبولوجية، جامعة وهران 2. يرأس فرقة بحث بمخبر الفلسفة، العلوم والتنمية. منشوراته العلمية، "في التغير المناخي وأثره علىالنظام البيئي: قراءة تقيمية لأهم ما ورد في التقرير السنوي للمعهد الفرنسي للعلاقات الدولية حولالمناخ سنة 2016". مجلة حوليات جامعة الجزائر. وبحث بعنوان "عن الوحشنة في العلم الاستعماريبالجزائر: قراءة في المسار ونقد للطروحات والأفكار" مجلة أفاق وأفكار 2020. بحث آخر "على هامشدورية العالم الإسلامي والمتوسطي: مجتمعات الجبل والإصلاح الديني بأرض الإسلام، قراءة تحليلية فيالتحول الديني بالجزائر: مجلة المواقف للبحوث والدراسات في المجتمع.2021، الذات القمامية والتحولالبيئي: نحو قراءة نقدية للنفايات وللجدل التقنوا ثقافي الخاص بالمعالجة والتعامل مع البواقي، مجلةالمستقبل العربي العدد 513 تشرين الثاني / نوفمبر 2021

تم تسجيل هذه الحلقة في 15 فبراير 2022 في اطار اليوم الدراسي "التحديات الاجتماعية للبيئة" الذي نظمه مركز الدراسات المغاربية في الجزائر و وحدة البحث في العلوم الاجتماعية و الصحة 

 

 . الاستاذ كريم وراس, استاذ في جامعة وهران 2 ونائب مدير في مركز الدراسات المغاربية في الجزائر,ادار المناقشة 

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

 

Réalisation et montage: Hayet Lansari, Bibliothécaire / Chargée de la diffusion des activités scientifiques (CEMA). 

 

La pollution atmosphérique, un risque majeur en Algérie

Episode 137: La pollution atmosphérique, un risque majeur en Algérie

Dans ce podcast, Dr. Farid Rahal présente une communication portant sur la pollution atmosphérique, un phénomène considéré par le législateur algérien comme un risque majeur, en raison de son impact fortement négatif sur la santé des citoyens et sur l’environnement. Pour évaluer ce risque, le système APOMOS (Air Pollution Monitoring System) a été développé ce qui a permis de mesurer en continu, les concentrations des principaux polluants atmosphériques. Une chaine de modélisation a été également développé en vue d'établir des simulations et des prévisions de la qualité de l’air en milieu urbain.

Dr. Farid Rahal est Maitre de conférences au Département d'Architecture de l'Université des Sciences et Technologies d'Oran Mohamed Boudiaf en Algérie. Il enseigne aux étudiants en architecture, la modélisation et la géomatique. Ses activités de recherche sont menées au laboratoire des sciences, de la technologie et du génie des procédés au sein de la même université.

L'axe principal de ses recherches concerne la qualité de l'air. Il a travaillé sur les inventaires d'émissions, la modélisation météorologique, la modélisation de la dispersion des polluants et la surveillance de la qualité de l'air par le biais de capteurs électrochimiques. Il a également travaillé sur les risques urbains et environnementaux ainsi que sur le traitement et l’analyse des images satellitaires afin d’évaluer l'étalement urbain et la nature des sols. Il s’agit notamment des sols argileux à fort potentiel de retrait-gonflement.

Dr Farid Rahal est l'auteur de plusieurs articles sur l’architecture paramétrique.

Cet épisode a été enregistré le 15 février 2022 à l’occasion de la journée d'étude Les enjeux sociaux de l’environnement, organisée par l'Unité de Recherche en Sciences Sociales et Santé (GRAS) et le Centre d'Études Maghrébines en Algérie (CEMA). Pr. Karim Ouaras, Université d’Oran 2 / CEMA a modéré le débat.

pour consulter les diaporamas associés à ce podcast veuillez visiter notre site web: www.themaghribpodcats.com  

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.

 

Réalisation et montage: Hayet Lansari, Bibliothécaire / Chargée de la diffusion des activités scientifiques (CEMA). 

 

Hygiène publique et citoyenneté : un lien indissociable

Episode 136: Hygiène publique et citoyenneté : un lien indissociable

Dans ce Podcast, Pr. Mohamed Mebtoul, Professeur de sociologie à l’Université d’Oran 2 et directeur-fondateur du Groupe de Recherche en Anthropologie de la Santé (GRAS) devenue Unité de recherche en sciences sociales et santé, revient sur le sujet de l’hygiène publique et son rapport avec la citoyenneté en examinant les sens attribués à l’absence récurrente de l’hygiène publique dans la majorité des villes algériennes. Pour étayer son propos, il a mis en lumière la banalisation de la saleté dans les espaces sociaux (quartiers, recoins des rues,  marchés, etc.) qui sont d’abord caractérisés par leur matérialité, leurs objets contenus, qui, loin d’être neutres, obligent à opérer le lien avec les dynamiques sociales et politiques qui se déploient dans ces différents  milieux (Remy, 2015).

Cet épisode a été enregistré le 15 février 2022 à l’occasion de la journée d'étude Les enjeux sociaux de l’environnement, organisée par l'Unité de Recherche en Sciences Sociales et Santé (GRAS) et le Centre d'Études Maghrébines en Algérie (CEMA). Pr. Karim Ouaras, Université d’Oran 2 / CEMA a modéré le débat.

Nous remercions infiniment Mohammed Boukhoudmi d'avoir interprété un morceau musical de Elli Mektoub Mektoub, pour les besoins de ce podcast.

Réalisation et montage: Hayet Lansari, Bibliothécaire / Chargée de la diffusion des activités scientifiques (CEMA). 

Durabilité et résilience urbaines face aux risques majeurs: outils et méthodes

Episode 135: Durabilité et résilience urbaines face aux risques majeurs:  outils et méthodes

Dans ce podcast, Pr. Mahi Tabet-Aoul aborde la question de l'environnement en mettant l'accent sur les outils et les méthodes nécessaires pour la durabilité et la résilience urbaines face aux risques majeurs. La résilience urbaine consiste, selon lui, à optimiser le fonctionnement des structures et réseaux du système urbain pour permettre une gestion urbaine durable et une réponse optimale aux impacts des risques majeurs. Il s’agit, à partir d’un diagnostic objectif de l’état actuel du système urbain, d’identifier de nouvelles mesures et actions permettant d’améliorer les interactions et les synergies entre les structures et réseaux urbains. La résilience sert aussi à amortir les perturbations et dysfonctionnements qui risquent d’altérer la pérennité du système urbain, tout en minimisant les impacts des risques majeurs sur la population urbaine, les biens et les infrastructures de base, et assurant la continuité des activités socioéconomiques urbaines.

Pr. Mahi Tabet-Aoul est diplômé  des Universités de Strasbourg et de Paris-Sorbonne (DEA en Géophysique). Il est ingénieur des Télécommunications (École Normale Sup-Télécom, Paris) et de la Météorologie (École Normale Sup-Météo, Paris). Il s’est spécialisé dans le domaine de l’atmosphère (Universités de Fort-Collins et Miami USA). Pr. Mahi Tabet-Aoul a été le premier directeur de l'Institut Hydrométéorologique de Formation et de Recherches d’Oran. Il a participé à de nombreuses rencontres internationales, notamment en qualité d'expert invité au colloque sur la Planète Terres (Paris- 1989) et aux Conférences des parties de la Convention Cadre sur le Changement Climatique (2001-2006). Il est membre du groupe intergouvernemental sur l’évolution du climat (IPCC/GIEC) et est l'auteur de plusieurs communications scientifiques. Il a présidé des groupes de travail de l’Organisation Mondiale de la Météorologie (OMM).

Professeur associé à l’Université de Laval (Québec-Canada) en 2008, il est co-auteur de la publication Méditerra 2009 (Sciences Po, Plan Bleu et Ciheam-Paris). Il a été chercheur au CRASC et coordonnateur de la revue Société, environnement et Santé.

Il est également l’auteur de plusieurs ouvrages sur le changement climatique, l’environnement, l’agriculture, le développement durable et le bioclimat au Maghreb.

Cet épisode a été enregistré le 15 février 2022 à l’occasion de la journée d'étude Les enjeux sociaux de l’environnement, organisée par l'Unité de Recherche en Sciences Sociales et Santé (GRAS) et le Centre d'Études Maghrébines en Algérie(CEMA). Les mots d’introduction de cette journée d'étude ont été prononcés par Pr. Karim Ouaras, Université d’Oran 2/CEMA, Pr. Mohamed Mebtoul, GRAS et Mr. Mahi Tabet-Aoul, GRAS.

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 Lansari, Bibliothécaire / Chargée de la diffusion des activités scientifiques (CEMA).