LACNAD research projects

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The mission of the Langues et Cultures du Nord de l'Afrique et Diasporas host team (EA 4092) is to study the local languages and cultures of North Africa (Berber, Maghrebian Arabic and Judeo-Maghrebian domains), in their original localizations as well as in diasporas, notably in the western Mediterranean and Europe. Its members work in the fields of linguistics, sociolinguistics, literature and culture (cultural anthropology, history, cultural sociology, arts).

  • History of Berber literary studies (Daniela Merolla) (CRT research leave in 2024 and CNRS delegation in 2025).
     
  • Encyclopédie berbère : the last volumes V - Z are in preparation (https://journals.openedition.org/encyclopedieberbere/)
    Publication director : Salem CHAKER 
    Scientific board - Editorial committee:
    D. Abrous (Inalco) : sociocultural anthropology
    A. Bounfour (Inalco): literature
    H. Claudot-Hawad (Cnrs, Aix): ethnology - anthropology (Tuaregs)
    J.-P. Laporte (Paris): ancient history
    D. Merolla (Inalco, Paris): literature
    A. Mettouchi (Ephe, Paris): linguistics
    K. Naït-Zerrad (Inalco): language and linguistics
    J. Onrubia Pintado (UCLM, Madrid): protohistory
    C. Roubet (Iph, Paris): prehistory

     
  • The electronic series "Verba Africana" www.verbafricana.org
    The central idea of the project that led to the constitution of the Verba Africana series is that textual content and performance are essential to the classification, description and interpretation of oral literatures as well as to the understanding of their aesthetic quality and reception Intonation and gestuality, musical accompaniment, interactions between the poet/storyteller and the audience, clothing and set design, and the context of the performance are essential to the learning of (North)African languages and literatures, and can now be presented at least in part by audiovisual recording, enriching textual and contextual analysis. This is what the Verba Africana series attempts to do through both a textual and audiovisual presentation of performances and research in oral literature.
    Responsibility: Daniela Merolla
     
  • Projet cinéma berbère: A research project that focuses on reflecting on the continuity and specificity of Amazigh films across the different languages of Algeria and Morocco. At the same time, we're trying to "situate" them in relation to Maghreb, African and world cinema. Several publications have resulted from this project (see collective publications below)
    Responsibility: Daniela Merolla
     
  • Patrimonio sociolingüístico en el Magreb: tradición oral y capital cultural, directed by Ángeles Vicente (Universidad de Zaragoza). Project funded by the Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad / Secretaría de Estado de Investigación, Desarrollo e Innovación (España).
     
  • Tunisia's Linguistic Terra Incognita: An Investigation into the Arabic Varieties of Northwestern and Central Tunisia, directed by Veronika Ritt-Benmimoun (Universität Wien). Project funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF): https ://tunocent.acdh.oeaw.ac.at/
     
  • SOCIOFEM - Sociolectos femeninos en el mundo arabófono: especificidad y variación del Magreb al Mashreq led by Ángeles Vicente (Universidad de Zaragoza). Project funded by the Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad / Secretaría de Estado de Investigación, Desarrollo e Innovación (España).