Cornwall to Paris via Wahran. Researcher of multi-lingual & religious urban relations @cambridge_uni wīn tsafīr, troh t3aya u twalli...
Mar 20, 2019 • 12 tweets • 3 min read
1/10 Anthropology & Algeria 🇩🇿 some notes, that is, a thread from (outside of) the field**, or should the--privileged & de-centred--zmigré** grandchild speak***?
*Ref. Rabinow (1977)
**Often derogatory way to refer to diaspora Algerians
***Ref. Spivak (1988)
2/10 French imperial anthropology (travelogues, folklore specialists, philologists etc) helped shape Algeria from the outside. From mid 19C, they sought to classify, appropriate & dominate locally observed cultural forms & differences: clothes, customs, & languages.
