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NORTH AFRICAN AND SAHARAN TOY AND PLAY CULTURES an approach based on the Unit of Analysis. Jean-Pierre Rossie.
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NORTH AFRICAN AND SAHARAN TOY AND PLAY CULTURESan approach based on the Unit of Analysis Jean-Pierre Rossie
PowerPoint Presentation for the SCCR SymposiumUnit of Analysis in Contemporary Social Cultural Research:A Global Perspectivechair: Wally Karnilowicz - Victoria University, AustraliaSociety for Cross-Cultural ResearchAlbuquerque, New Mexico, USAFebruary 19, 2010
rural worlds research in Morocco 1992 - today
research resources:fieldwork in the Tunisian Sahara and in Moroccocollection of North African and Saharan toys of the Musée de l’Homme, Parisbibliography of the concerned regions
Moroccan dolls are short-living cultural objects eighteen-months-old girl with one of her first dollsmade with apiece of cactus
boys seldom make dolls doll representing a performerin theahwash dance
girls often create dolls for theirmarriage feast games, household games andgames staging female activities
children’s dolls as carriers of adult world’s significations the groom carries a dagger and a bag with herbs asmagicalprotectionthe bride has herface coveredagainst theevil eye
mother with baby and small daughter sweet wrappers have been used as dresses
dolls for rituals and dolls for playing rituals belghenja dollmade by women to be walked in processionduring theritual forobtaining rainandbelghenja dolls as toys
Baba Ashurand his wife(left)doll frame witha bone of theaïd el kebir sheep
social change in Morocco and children’s games and toys globalization of toy and play cultures
re-contextualizingimported toysadapting second hand dolls to local fashions
changing values and attitudes in civil societyas represented in play and toys pretend play in relation to a home for unmarried pregnant women and handicapped children
influence of the toy industrywhy make it yourself if you can buy it really cheap made in China but bought in South Morocco in 2005
children’s games and toys should be integrated intothe tangible and intangible heritage of humanity
books on Saharan and North African Toy and Play Culturesfor information and documents/photos see www.sanatoyplay.org
PhotographyKhalija Jariaa made the photos of slides 8, 16 left, 17, 18 bottom, 19, 23, 24 and 27Jean-Pierre Rossie made the photos of the other slides