The Sahrawi society is historically rooted in orality but its resilience has been severely tested by 50 years of war, life in refugee camps and Moroccan policies of cultural erasure.
Today, the Sahrawi heritage preservation is anchored among the displaced population, as far as traditional culuture is anchored in a fast-changing world.
This workshop offers a brief overview of some of the issues recently addressed by Sahrawi institutions and those with which they collaborate, such as the CEAUP’s work on the creation of digital documentation.
Interventions:
- Collaborative university relationships with Saharawi refugee camps: how Dadaab models future engagements for Teacher Degree programs.
Sofia Noori / University of British Columbia, Canada
- Heritage at Risk in Conflict Zones: the Case of the Western Sahara.
Jorge Teixeira-CEAUP/ Rede GALABRA-USC/ University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
- La poesía fortalece la resistencia popular y proporciona eslóganes communes.
Bahia Mahmud Awah / Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM)
- Cultural Memory in WS as a Mechanism of Resistance to Appropriation and Erasure.
Mourad Aty - University of Guelma, Algeria / CEAUP