Maghrebi Voices<\/i> explores place-based writing in Morocco.\u00a0 The pages you see here represent various facets of my Fulbright research project, 2013-2014. Statements made here reflect my views or views expressed to me by individuals; no statement here should be taken as representing a position held by the Fulbright Commission or the United States Government.<\/p>\n
Fulbright grants are supported by U.S. taxpayers.\u00a0 As both a taxpayer and a grantee, I would like to express my appreciation for a program dedicated to improving cross-cultural understanding around the world.<\/p>\n
My project began from a seed planted many years ago, when I first read the novels of Paul Bowles and found myself baffled by the contrast between Bowles\u2019s Tangier and the city described by my sister when she stayed there as a high school exchange student.\u00a0 This year, I met a U.S. college exchange student who said she tried to find a book about Morocco to read before coming to the country.\u00a0 She read Paul Bowles: \u201cIt wasn\u2019t much help.\u00a0 The man dies; the woman runs off into the desert and becomes a sex slave.\u00a0 Really?\u00a0 That\u2019s Morocco?\u201d\u00a0 Along with the work of Paul Bowles, we need other ways of understanding Morocco.<\/p>\n
Morocco, like the United States, is an incredibly diverse and multifaceted nation.\u00a0 This project tries to make more of that diversity accessible to interested audiences in the United States and around the world.\u00a0 It does so both by looking closely at Anglophone writing about Morocco and by facilitating the production of digital stories (brief, audio-visual autobiographical narratives) by diverse groups of people in Morocco.<\/p>\n
\u201cWriting about\u00a0Morocco\u201d <\/b>offers <\/b>excerpts from English-language writing about Morocco, along with commentary on that writing, and some visual images relevant to that writing.\u00a0 (The introductory page to this section includes a list of English, American, and Moroccan writers considered.)<\/p>\n
\u201cMethods and Materials\u201d<\/b> documents the creation of a mobile digital storytelling laboratory, including the goals and premises of the workshops, hardware, software, and problems encountered.\u00a0 I also include two powerpoint presentations (in French; I\u2019ll offer English versions soon) used to guide participants through the creation of digital stories.\u00a0 I hope this section of the site will help others create mobile storytelling labs and facilitate community-based storytelling elsewhere.<\/p>\n
\u201cDigital stories from Morocco\u201d <\/b>will present stories produced by participants in digital storytelling workshops, along with a brief account of the setting and context of the workshop.<\/p>\n
“Moroccan storytelling<\/strong>” touches on the long and varied tradition of storytelling within Morocco, including Amazigh storytelling (with some stories translated from earlier French translations of the Tamazight tales), some impromptu storytelling and translation from Tamnougalt, southeast of Ouarzazate, and interviews and stories from the new apprentice-storytelling program at Caf\u00e9 Clock Marrakech.<\/p>\n \u201cStorklandia\u201d<\/b> is a personal blog, offering my own impromptu responses to some of the many aspects of Morocco I am discovering this year. \u00a0I started the blog offline, before this site was live, so early entries are a little belated, with a Ramadan post (July 19th) appearing on Thanksgiving, for instance. The timing should cohere before too long, insh’allah.<\/p>\n I hope you find something of interest here!\u00a0 Please feel free to contact me with any questions.<\/p>\n Betsy Bolton Maghrebi Voices explores place-based writing in Morocco.\u00a0 The pages you see here represent various facets of my Fulbright research project, 2013-2014. Statements made here reflect my views or views expressed to me by individuals; no statement here should be taken as representing a position held by the Fulbright Commission or the United States Government. Fulbright … Continue reading About<\/span>
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