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 fabricat...
Dec 21, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 151
Episode 150: 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 involvemen...
Dec 01, 2022•29 min•Ep. 150
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 thr...
Nov 10, 2022•16 min•Ep. 149
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. Start...
Oct 27, 2022•14 min•Ep. 148
Episode 147: A History of Franco-Muslim Education in Morocco and in Northwest Africa 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 “col...
Oct 06, 2022•16 min•Ep. 147
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 ...
Sep 29, 2022•13 min•Ep. 146
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...
Sep 22, 2022•17 min•Ep. 145
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 Tunis...
Jun 02, 2022•32 min•Ep. 144
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...
May 19, 2022•20 min•Ep. 143
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 apparaiss...
May 15, 2022•36 min•Ep. 142
Episode 141: State-Building and Women in Tunisia 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 Col...
May 05, 2022•33 min•Ep. 141
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 li...
Apr 21, 2022•31 min•Ep. 140
Episode 139: Artistic Flows From the Levant to North Africa 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 an...
Apr 14, 2022•48 min•Ep. 139
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 ا...
Apr 07, 2022•18 min•Ep. 138
Episode 137: Entretien avec Dr. Farid Rahal 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...
Mar 31, 2022•16 min•Ep. 137
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 éta...
Mar 24, 2022•26 min•Ep. 136
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...
Mar 20, 2022•44 min•Ep. 135
Episode 134: En hommage à feu Omar Carlier (Décédé le 22 octobre 2021): Fabriquer une élite intellectuelle en situation coloniale. Le cas de l’hypokhâgne d’Alger 1929-1961 Dans ce podcast, feu Omar Carlier, Professeur émérite d’Histoire à l’ Université Paris VII et Chercheur associé au Centre de Recherche en Anthropologie Sociale et Culturelle , Professeur à l’Université d’Oran de 1969 à 1993, a exposé pour la première fois son travail de recherche en cours, dédié à l’histoire de l’Hypokhâgne d’...
Feb 14, 2022•1 hr 36 min•Ep. 134
Episode 133: Museums, Cultural Infrastructures, and Multiple Publics in Morocco In this podcast, Katarzyna Pieprzak discusses her work on museums and experimental museology in Morocco. She proposes an expanded understanding of the museum, attending equally to physical museum sites, the ephemeral outdoor museum, as well as to the “discursive museum”. In doing so, Pieprzak explores how individuals and communities envision the role of museums in their personal and collective lives. What are their e...
Jan 27, 2022•31 min•Ep. 133
Episode 132: Queens Of Words: Moroccan Women Zajal Poets In this podcast, Catherine Cartier speaks about Queens Of Words: Moroccan Women Zajal Poets. Zajal, which flourished in 14th century Andalusia, is a genre of poetry composed in spoken Arabic—Moroccan Arabic/Darija in this case. The genre reemerged in postcolonial Morocco, when it was largely published in newspapers. The recent history of zajal may appear male dominated: the 1992 edition of Afaq, the Journal of the Moroccan Writer’s Union, ...
Jan 20, 2022•14 min•Ep. 132
Episode 131: Roots And Traces Of Contemporary Cultural Life In Tangier In this discussion at Youmein 2021: Roots and Traces, anthropologist George Bajalia and journalist Aida Alami explore the roots and traces of contemporary cultural life in Tangier, especially as they relate to northern Morocco’s border regions. From questions of diversity and difference to the roots of present debates around representation, responsibility, and justice, Youmein 2021: Roots and Traces was an open-ended artistic...
Sep 30, 2021•28 min•Ep. 131
Episode 130: Writing on Kingdom Walls: Practices, Narratives and Visual Politics of Graffiti and Street Art in Jordan and Morocco Soufiane’s focus is a comparative study on cultural practices and narratives related to art production and its entanglement with resistance and visual politics in North Africa and the Middle East. By working on Morocco and Jordan, he mainly focus on wall-writings, street art, and graffiti in order to understand what wall expressions do , the extent to which they have ...
Sep 09, 2021•21 min•Ep. 130
Episode 129: L’école de médecine de Kairouan dans l’histoire de la médecine arabe médiévale : repères historiographiques Dans ce podcast, qui prend la forme d’un retour historiographique, Dr. Meyssa Ben Saad présente l’école médicale de Kairouan, ses fondateurs, ses innovations et les traces qu’elle a laissé dans la longue histoire de la médecine. De la médecine arabe médiévale, l’histoire a surtout retenu des grands noms comme Rāzī (865-925) et Ibn Sīnā (980-1037), ou encore Abul Qāsim al-Zahrā...
Jul 29, 2021•48 min•Ep. 129
Episode 128: Protecting Morocco´s Rarest Forests The high mountains of Talassemtane National Park protect some of the rarest trees and animals in Morocco and North Africa. Forest fires can have negative as well as positive effects on conserving these unique ecosystems. Research ranging from satellite images to tree-ring analysis is being applied to help forest managers protect the forest and adapt to changing climate. Dr. Peter Fulé is a professor in the School of Forestry at Northern Arizona Un...
Jul 08, 2021•19 min•Ep. 128
Episode 31: Oran et ses expressions culturelles Dans cet entretien-podcast accordé à Karim Ouaras , Pr. Hadj Miliani raconte la ville d’Oran et ses diverses expressions culturelles à l’ère contemporaine. Le choix de consacrer ce 31ème podcast à Oran n’est pas anodin car ce chiffre revoie au code de la wilaya d'Oran. Cette coïncidence numérique nous a paru une occasion de nous pencher sur le champ culturel oranais et de solliciter Pr. Hadj Miliani pour en parler. Ce podcast se veut donc un aperçu...
Jul 02, 2021•1 hr 37 min•Season 1Ep. 31
Episode 127: Digitalisation des manuscrits arabes. Cas d’études : Les manuscrits traitant de la religion musulmane Constituant une ressource appréciable pour les sciences humaines et sociales, les manuscrits berbères écrits en caractères arabes sont répartis un peu partout dans les pays du Maghreb. Un bon nombre de ces manuscrits se trouve dans des bibliothèques publiques mais beaucoup d’autres appartiennent à des particuliers. La journée d’étude organisée par le Centre d'Études Maghrébines en A...
Jul 01, 2021•17 min•Ep. 127
Episode 126: Al-Harf as a site of Negotiating Modernism and Unity The articulation of the Arabic letter in modern art in the Arab world has been a popular topic of discussion. The letter served 20th century artists on multiple levels and allowed for contradictory arguments. The letter became part of a more complex discourse of signs that drew on a collective and historical memory of difference, rupture and continuity. It disrupted and subverted the rhetoric of regional separation and promoted un...
Jun 24, 2021•54 min•Ep. 126
Episode 125: Curating Modern Art from North Africa and West Asia: Methodological Conundrums and Contentions of Language In this podcast, Suheyla Takesh addresses the methodological challenges in studying modernism in the non-West and the question of language and terminology for discussing developments that conceptually preside outside established art-historical frameworks. Focusing on two exhibitions as case studies: Taking Shape: Abstraction from the Arab World, 1950s–1980s (Grey Art Gallery, 2...
Jun 17, 2021•31 min•Ep. 125
Episode 124: Berrechid 81. Retour sur une expérience collective à la lisière de l'art et de la psychiatrie Dans ce podcast, Abdeslam Ziou Ziou revient sur la naissance et la disparition d’une expérience originale consistant à adopter une approche humaine de la psychiatrie en mobilisant d’autres acteurs dans le processus des soins mentaux. Berrechid 1981. Au début de l'été chaud de 1981, une activité inhabituelle eut lieu à l'Hôpital psychiatrique de Berrechid. Peintres, écrivains, réalisateurs e...
Jun 03, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 124
Episode 123: Rencontre avec Denis Martinez, artiste plasticien et pédagogue. Un parcours en partage Dans ce podcast, l'artiste plasticien et pédagogue, Denis Martinez, revient sur sa trajectoire dans le domaine de l’art et partage avec nous les grands moments de sa longue carrière artistique à travers la présentation du film documentaire intitulé « Denis Martinez, un homme en libertés », que le cinéaste Claude Hirsh lui a consacré en 2013. Né le 30 novembre 1941 à Mars-el-Hadjadj, prés d'Oran e...
May 27, 2021•55 min•Ep. 123
