Untribing the (Post)-Colonial Spanish Archives: Material Records, Boundary-making and Linguistic Diversity within Northern Morocco’s Berberophones

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https://doi.org/10.3989/chdj.2020.016

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Colonialism, Postcolonialism, Archives, Berbers, Amazigh, Morocco

Abstract


This paper analyses the linguistic diversity among the Berberophones in northern Morocco in the period of the Spanish Protectorate in Morocco (1912–1956). To do this, I focus on the documentary materials kept in digital archives, which allow us to go deeper into the knowledge of how Spaniards may have shown interest in Berberophony. In particular, I centre my analysis on the recognition of linguistic diversity and on the process of recognising linguistic borders enacted in the colonial era. I add some reflections on the persistence of colonial discourses in the postcolonial era.

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2020-12-30

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González Vázquez, A. . (2020). Untribing the (Post)-Colonial Spanish Archives: Material Records, Boundary-making and Linguistic Diversity within Northern Morocco’s Berberophones. Culture &Amp; History Digital Journal, 9(2), e016. https://doi.org/10.3989/chdj.2020.016

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Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
Grant numbers HAR2015-63626-P