A talk (in Spanish but you can enable english subtitles) about Saharan caravans I gave last 12th January in Ceuta.
More information on caravans: www.projectqafila.com
takafes /
Next week-end we will talk about colonialism héritage in Moroccan cities. Exhibitions, round tables and tour guide in Fez (Morocco). I will specifically speak about the city of Tetouan and what we can learn from that process, in order to do not make the same mistakes in contemporary Moroccan cities.
It is an event organise by TAKAFES. More information on their website:
http://takafes.ma/fr/tables-rondes-lespace-urbain-en-pleine-mutation-3eme-edition-des-journees-de-lheritage-colonial-des-villes-marocaines-a-fes/
gran vía de ceuta /
Hoy hay que "celebrar" el inicio de las obras en la calle Gran Vía, en la calle Jaúdenes y en la plaza de África de Ceuta, un nuevo ejemplo de la imposición de la tecnocracia sobre las ideas y del oscurantismo frente a la transparencia en las obras públicas. Para más información pinchad en la imagen:
caravanas saharianas (announcement) /
La semana que viene hablaremos de las caravanas del desierto del Sáhara, de su importancia a lo largo de la historia (para África y para Europa), del estado actual de las rutas caravaneras y de los nómadas que aún las recorren, del futuro de estas vías de comunicación (tanto materiales como inmateriales)...
Será el viernes 12 de enero a las 17h30, en el aula nº10 del campus de la Universidad de Granada en Ceuta, dentro del programa del Aula Permanente de Formación Abierta. El acceso será libre.
beyond qafila thania at final kibrit event /
In the framework of Kibrit final event, we showed a work in progress exhibition on Beyond Qafila Thania, with some sketches and pictures, as well as a sound installation, by Amado Alfadni, M'barek Bouhchichi, Pau Cata, Carlos Perez and Heidi Vogels. It was at Le 18 in Marrakech.
eau, terre et patrimoine /
I have participated in a journey at the Water Museum in Marrakech, organised by LMI MediTer, in the framework of the School of Researchers and PhD Students.
vídeo de la discusión sobre el pgou de ceuta /
Y este es el vídeo de las jornadas sobre la ecomía de Ceuta organizadas por el Instituto de Estudios Ceutíes y en el que abordamos la Revisión del Plan General de Ordenación Urbana.
jornadas sobre la economía de ceuta. pgou /
El próximo jueves 30, a las 19h, hablaremos del Plan General de Ordenación Urbana de Ceuta en la Biblioteca Publica de Ceuta, dentro de las "Jornadas sobre la economía de Ceuta, presente y futuro" organizadas por el Instituto De Estudios Ceutíes.
Intentaremos hacer pedagogía sobre la importancia de este documento para el futuro de Ceuta y de cómo una no-revisión o un planeamiento mediocre pueden llevar a la decadencia y a la ruina a toda una ciudad (Gobierno de Ceuta).
La mesa redonda podrá seguirse en directo a través del perfil de Facebook de la Biblioteca Publica de Ceuta
crossings _ round table on beyond qafila thania /
With researcher Pau Cata, architect Carlos Perez Marin and artists Amado Alfadni, Heidi Vogels and M'barek Bouhchichi (Beyond Qafila Thania project), moderated by Francesca Masoero
This round table, co-organised by Le 18, CeRCCa and Marsad Drâa as part of the Kibrit programme, aims at crossing perspectives and experiences between Qanat and Beyond Qafila Thania, a research project focused on the space of the desert and a caravan residency initiative in southern Morocco, initiated by Platform HARAKAT.
The round table took place at Le 18, in the framework of Qanat, one of the Kibrit’s projects.
sidi bou othmane /
Abandoned water tank and a dam built during the Almohad dynasty (12th century) in Sidi Bou Othmane, near Marrakech. Amazing space and incredible construction made in rammed earth.
zawya sidi salah /
The only place we could visit in the Ktaoua palm grove (it was a matter of time), was the zawya of Sidi Saleh, maybe the one which is best preserved and most populated.
amezrou /
I really wanted my friends to visit the ksar of Amezrou in Zagora, the first I studied with my students of the Architecture School of Tetouan in 2013. We also had the chance to meet Antoine Bouillon, a French sociologist living near the ksar, thanks to whom I have learnt a lot of things related to the history of the region. We observed the restauration works (finally), in clouding the synagogue.
tinzouline /
Another ksar, that gives the name to one of the 6 palm groves of the Drâa valley, is Tinzouline, which has a kasbah with a fantastic courtyard, opposing the idea of rammed earth construction to heaviness.
oulad othmane and tinmasla /
The second stay was in Oulad Othmane Kasbah, another imposant place, where we had the occasion of talking to the owner, Abdel Majid, who told us the story of his family, the old cadi of the kasbah, with some interesting revelations about the slaves, the main research topic of Amado Alfadni.
tinmasla
The ksar of Tinmasla (with the zawya of the same name) is among the 5 most important spiritual centres in Zagora. This fact has a reflection in the architecture, because the number of marabouts and also the mosque with its minaret. There were only 5 minarets in the valley, today, only three left...
tamnougalt /
The first stop of our study trip (in the framework of Beyond Qafila Thania and Qanat, organised by Marsad Drâa+CeRCCa+Le 18), was Tamnougalt, a ksar with a kasbah used by one of the most important caids of the region and a place where caravans payed taxes. Besides the Museum of Caid's Kasbah is quite impressive and an excellent place to stay as the researches and artists (Amado Alfadni, Pau Cara, Francesca Masoero, Leire Vergara and Heidi Vogels) could experience.
We also had the opportunity of visiting another ksar, Takatarte.
