Daniela Merolla
Directrice du LACNAD, Langues et Cultures du Nord de l'Afrique et Diasporas, une unité de recherche de l'INALCO.
Director of LACNAD, Langues et Cultures du Nord de l'Afrique et Diasporas, a research unit of INALCO.
Research area: North Africa (Berbers / Imazighen), Algeria, Morocco), West Africa, and African immigrant communities in Europe.
Daniela Merolla developed and directs the Verba Africana series that publishes video recordings of oral performances, on CDRom's, DVD’s and the Internet, for documentation, research, and the e-learning of African oral languages and literatures. See
http://www.verbafricana.org/
Page institutionnelle: https://www-contribution.inalco.fr/annuaire-enseignement-recherche/merolla-daniela
Phone: 0031653548431
Address: Daniela Merolla
Professeure de littérature et art berbères - LACNAD
Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales (INALCO)
Sorbonne Paris Cité
Director of LACNAD, Langues et Cultures du Nord de l'Afrique et Diasporas, a research unit of INALCO.
Research area: North Africa (Berbers / Imazighen), Algeria, Morocco), West Africa, and African immigrant communities in Europe.
Daniela Merolla developed and directs the Verba Africana series that publishes video recordings of oral performances, on CDRom's, DVD’s and the Internet, for documentation, research, and the e-learning of African oral languages and literatures. See
http://www.verbafricana.org/
Page institutionnelle: https://www-contribution.inalco.fr/annuaire-enseignement-recherche/merolla-daniela
Phone: 0031653548431
Address: Daniela Merolla
Professeure de littérature et art berbères - LACNAD
Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales (INALCO)
Sorbonne Paris Cité
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Books by Daniela Merolla
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/713265
Starting from the premise that the humanities are still in urgent need of being decolonized and deprovincialized, this forum, titled "The Rise and Decline of 'Colonial Humanities,'" offers insights into the development of the humanities disciplines in what are often referred to as "area studies" (a field itself subject to criticism) since the beginning of the nineteenth century. The forum's perspective on "colonial humanities" acknowledges the violence perpetuated in the name of Euro-American humanities and calls for an in-depth and sustained investigation into the construction of racism and prejudice across our fields. Case studies focus on the "local" development of philology in Turkey (Leezenberg), on critical "coauthorship" with local scholars in literary and historical studies (Berber/Amazigh studies) in Algeria (Merolla), and on the need for increased criticality and self-awareness in the fast-changing field of lexicography (Sear and Turin). The forum is rounded out with a commentary and reflection by Shamil Jeppie.
Cette journée d’étude se propose d’explorer le rapport entre le cinéma amazigh et les autres médias, comme l’oralité, l’écriture et notamment la télévision et Internet.
Lien d'inscription pour le webinaire :
Mardi 30 mars - 9h50 -12h30 et 14h00 -17h15
Lien: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_hqoyWTDhQgKCp-WT7R3aTA
Mercredi 31 mars 2021 - 9h30-12h45
Lien: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8DiPVKSBS2KyZ4YQ3_Plkw
Les liens d'accès au zoom seront envoyés automatiquement aux personnes inscrites.
Le webinaire autorise la venue de participants (public) non conférenciers. Le public peut donc interagir via la tchat et des Q. et R. sans partage de vidéo et son pour éviter de surcharger la connexion.
contact among the Amazigh (Berber) communities in North Africa
and diasporic locations, reinforcing pre-existent forms of
transnationalism and deterritorialisation. The Internet, however,
reinforces local identities as well. This article claims that historical
memory and visual and verbal art interact with the social and
political discourses on Amazigh/Berber websites, producing local,
transregional, and transnational forms of identity. The issue is
explored by examining Berber websites’ production of ‘heritage’
and artistic innovation linked to the criticism of national historical
constructions and of ‘globalising’ approaches to the Maghreb. The
online reactions to the label ‘Arab Spring’ and the artistic and
political discourses of the online project ‘New World Embassy of
Azawad’ are appraised as examples of interrelating political,
artistic and identity dynamics. A second issue concerns the
interpretation of Amazigh cultural and political discourse. The
question is whether Amazigh websites create contradictory
discourses to be interpreted in terms of new ‘mythologies’ or of
‘strategic essentialism’.
IN: The Face of Africa. Essays in honour of Ton Dietz, Wouter van Beek, Jos Damen, Dick Foeken (sou la dir.), pp. 215-235. http://www.ascleiden.nl/news/face-africa-essays-honour-ton-dietz
relatively parallel tracks: the first were usually included within the scope of
research on the Arab world and the Middle East, while the ‘rest’ of Africa was
approached and studied as a world comparatively homogeneous and different
from North Africa. This articleaims at presenting the criticism of divisive conceptions in
African studies and the reflections from a field that has a marginal position in
both African research and Middle Eastern research: Berber/Amazigh literary Studies.
This timely and necessary collection also examines to what extent digital documents can be and have been institutionalised in archives and museums, how digital heritage can remain free from co-option by hegemonic groups, and the roles that exist for community voices.
A valuable contribution to a fast-developing field, this book is required reading for scholars and students in the fields of heritage, anthropology, linguistics, history and the emerging disciplines of multi-media documentation and analysis, as well as those working in the field of literature, folklore, and African studies. It is also important reading for museum and archive curators.
Papers by Daniela Merolla
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/713265
Starting from the premise that the humanities are still in urgent need of being decolonized and deprovincialized, this forum, titled "The Rise and Decline of 'Colonial Humanities,'" offers insights into the development of the humanities disciplines in what are often referred to as "area studies" (a field itself subject to criticism) since the beginning of the nineteenth century. The forum's perspective on "colonial humanities" acknowledges the violence perpetuated in the name of Euro-American humanities and calls for an in-depth and sustained investigation into the construction of racism and prejudice across our fields. Case studies focus on the "local" development of philology in Turkey (Leezenberg), on critical "coauthorship" with local scholars in literary and historical studies (Berber/Amazigh studies) in Algeria (Merolla), and on the need for increased criticality and self-awareness in the fast-changing field of lexicography (Sear and Turin). The forum is rounded out with a commentary and reflection by Shamil Jeppie.
Cette journée d’étude se propose d’explorer le rapport entre le cinéma amazigh et les autres médias, comme l’oralité, l’écriture et notamment la télévision et Internet.
Lien d'inscription pour le webinaire :
Mardi 30 mars - 9h50 -12h30 et 14h00 -17h15
Lien: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_hqoyWTDhQgKCp-WT7R3aTA
Mercredi 31 mars 2021 - 9h30-12h45
Lien: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8DiPVKSBS2KyZ4YQ3_Plkw
Les liens d'accès au zoom seront envoyés automatiquement aux personnes inscrites.
Le webinaire autorise la venue de participants (public) non conférenciers. Le public peut donc interagir via la tchat et des Q. et R. sans partage de vidéo et son pour éviter de surcharger la connexion.
contact among the Amazigh (Berber) communities in North Africa
and diasporic locations, reinforcing pre-existent forms of
transnationalism and deterritorialisation. The Internet, however,
reinforces local identities as well. This article claims that historical
memory and visual and verbal art interact with the social and
political discourses on Amazigh/Berber websites, producing local,
transregional, and transnational forms of identity. The issue is
explored by examining Berber websites’ production of ‘heritage’
and artistic innovation linked to the criticism of national historical
constructions and of ‘globalising’ approaches to the Maghreb. The
online reactions to the label ‘Arab Spring’ and the artistic and
political discourses of the online project ‘New World Embassy of
Azawad’ are appraised as examples of interrelating political,
artistic and identity dynamics. A second issue concerns the
interpretation of Amazigh cultural and political discourse. The
question is whether Amazigh websites create contradictory
discourses to be interpreted in terms of new ‘mythologies’ or of
‘strategic essentialism’.
IN: The Face of Africa. Essays in honour of Ton Dietz, Wouter van Beek, Jos Damen, Dick Foeken (sou la dir.), pp. 215-235. http://www.ascleiden.nl/news/face-africa-essays-honour-ton-dietz
relatively parallel tracks: the first were usually included within the scope of
research on the Arab world and the Middle East, while the ‘rest’ of Africa was
approached and studied as a world comparatively homogeneous and different
from North Africa. This articleaims at presenting the criticism of divisive conceptions in
African studies and the reflections from a field that has a marginal position in
both African research and Middle Eastern research: Berber/Amazigh literary Studies.
This timely and necessary collection also examines to what extent digital documents can be and have been institutionalised in archives and museums, how digital heritage can remain free from co-option by hegemonic groups, and the roles that exist for community voices.
A valuable contribution to a fast-developing field, this book is required reading for scholars and students in the fields of heritage, anthropology, linguistics, history and the emerging disciplines of multi-media documentation and analysis, as well as those working in the field of literature, folklore, and African studies. It is also important reading for museum and archive curators.
relatively parallel tracks: the first were usually included within the scope of
research on the Arab world and the Middle East, while the ‘rest’ of Africa was
approached and studied as a world comparatively homogeneous and different from North Africa. Such a north/south division still shapes current studies, as shown, for example, in the substantial number of papers that focus on
Sub-Saharan Africa at the European Conferences on African Studies of the
AEGIS (Africa-Europe Group for Interdisciplinary Studies) and at the annual
meetings of the African Studies Association based in the USA.
This article aims at presenting the criticism of divisive conceptions in
African studies and the reflections from a field that has a marginal position in
both African research and Middle Eastern research: Berber/Amazigh literary studies
‘Sharing knowledge’, however, involves theoretical and methodological challenges. In particular, the practice and theory of academic partnership needs to be thoroughly interrogated when we consider the tensions that traverse the scientific endeavour on the cooperation between researchers, technicians and people from local communities. Our project suggests that scholars be more aware of the complex nature of their responsibility with regard to storytellers, audience(s) and their three-sided interaction, both scientifically and ethically, than has been previously advocated and attempted.
Le cinéma amazigh et les autres médias - WEBINAIR
Troisième rencontre sur le cinéma berbère organisée par le LACNAD, Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales, Paris
Ces deux journées d’étude se proposent d’explorer le rapport entre le cinéma amazigh et les autres médias, comme l’oralité, l’écriture et notamment la télévision et Internet.
INALCO - National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilizations, Paris
65, Rue des Grands Moulins, Room 5.08
This is the second meeting on Berber cinema organized at INALCO. In the first conference, we discussed the state of the arts and presented the narrative analyses of famous films. Selected papers from the first symposium are in publication (Karthala 2019). This second meeting aims to identify and analyze the elements of the mise-en-scène of Amazigh films (images, colors, framing, sound and other audiovisual elements), to try to understand how the films reach (or try to reach) their narrative purpose through its audio-visual elements and composition
We will have the honor to have among us Mrs. Djamila Amzal, actress and director.
Proposals must be sent to Daniela Merolla ([email protected]) and Ouzna Ouaksel ([email protected]) no later than April 30, 2019.
International conference, June 11, 2019
INALCO - National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilizations, Paris
65, Rue des Grands Moulins, Room 5.08
This is the second meeting on Berber cinema organized at INALCO. In the first conference, we discussed the state of the arts and presented the narrative analyses of famous films. Selected papers from the first symposium are in publication (Karthala 2019). This second meeting aims to identify and analyze the elements of the mise-en-scène of Amazigh films (images, colors, framing, sound and other audiovisual elements), to try to understand how the films reach (or try to reach) their narrative purpose through its audio-visual elements and composition
We will have the honor to have among us Mrs. Djamila Amzal, actress and director.
Proposals must be sent to Daniela Merolla ([email protected]) and Ouzna Ouaksel ([email protected]) no later than April 30, 2019.