Al-Andalus in Andalusia: Negotiating Moorish History and Regional Identity in Southern Spain

Rogozen-Soltar, Mikaela

doi:10.1353/anq.2007.0046

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“…In tight places, such as the criminal cases described above, this allows tactics of “responsibilisation,” whereby “forms of inequality and blame are imposed on self‐care rather than on structural problems that require cultural and political solutions” (Rogozen‐Soltar , 642). Discourses assigning victimhood to sub‐Saharan and Asian refugees, but hostile agency to Moroccans have been recorded elsewhere in Spain (Rogozen‐Soltar ; Shryock ).…”

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Caradura: Migration, Informal Labor, and the Problem of Enacting Trust in a Spanish Enclave in Morocco

Campbell

2018

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Some social scientists have argued that state legal institutions are not effective at protecting immigrants. Proper evaluation of ethnographic data, they argue, shows that migrants integrate themselves by forming strong, personal relationships of trust and friendship minimally grounded in discourses of ethnicity or kinship. They also transcend legal and cultural categories and assign roles other than those of the state. This article tests this model against the experience of migrants, refugees, and transfronterizos/as (cross‐border laborers) engaged in informal ties of confianza (trust) in Ceuta, a small Spanish enclave in Morocco. Workers claim that while ties of confianza can transform into kinship, they are also ridden with suspicion and vulnerable to exploitation. Therefore, migrants claim they must show a caradura (literally, a hard face) and be ready to stand up to their employers to protect their interests. Ceutan employers, by contrast, use confianza to manage the risks of dealing with hostile foreigners, to regulate state interference, and to integrate the migrant on their terms. Building on anthropological theories of informal and domestic work, this articles suggests that Ceutan confianza is better explained as an ambiguous, ethnically informed discourse both migrants and employers use to navigate Ceuta's unregulated shadow economy.

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Caradura: Migration, Informal Labor, and the Problem of Enacting Trust in a Spanish Enclave in Morocco

Campbell

2018

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“…The streets of the lower Albayzín now have such a visible Moroccan presence, they are often referred to as 'little Morocco' (Rogozen-Soltar, 2007) or according to Doubleday and Coleman (2008) 'Moorishland' . A Moroccan diaspora space has been well and truly established, demonstrating the substantive right to the city Moroccan migrants have achieved in this area of Granada.…”

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“…The core focus of the paper is on the place-making strategies and urban factors that enabled the formation of a Moroccan diaspora space in the lower Albayzín, a part of Granada that is often referred to as 'little Morocco' (Rogozen-Soltar, 2007). It is a study, primarily, of the producers of space, rather than those who consume it.…”

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A diasporic right to the city: the production of a Moroccan diaspora space in Granada, Spain

Finlay

2017

Social & Cultural Geography

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In this paper, I bring together ideas of 'diaspora space' and 'the right to the city' and empirically demonstrate how the formation of diasporas is frequently dependent on migrants attaining certain rights to the city. These rights, I argue, are conditioned and attained by the interplay of urban structural context with the place-making strategies of migrants. Drawing on 8 months of ethnographic fieldwork, I demonstrate that Moroccan migrants in Granada, Spain, have achieved a partial right to a neighbourhood of the city, producing a multi-sensory, selforientalised diaspora space. First, I show that certain urban conditions in Granada provided a foothold for Moroccan migrants to begin to form a diaspora and transform urban space. Second, I demonstrate that through the mobilisation of a strategically self-orientalised cultural capital, the diaspora have partly appropriated the valuable history of Al-Andalus, a key component in the city's tourist imagery. These factors and strategies have enabled Moroccan migrants to gain a right to have a visible presence in the city, a right to produce and transform urban space and a right to spatalise diverse identities -all key rights, I argue, in the formation of a diaspora.Un droit diasporique à la ville : la production d'un espace de diaspora marocaine à Grenade en Espagne RÉSUMÉ Dans cet article, je rassemble des idées « d'espace de diaspora » et de « droit à la ville » et je démontre empiriquement comment la formation d'une diaspora est fréquemment dépendante de l'obtention de certains droits à la ville de la part des migrants. Je soutiens que ces droits sont conditionnés et atteints à travers le croisement du contexte urbain structurel avec les stratégies d'aménagement des migrants. En m'appuyant sur 8 mois de travail ethnographique sur le terrain, je démontre que les migrants marocains à Grenade en Espagne sont arrivés à un droit partiel à un quartier de la ville, produisant un espace de diaspora multi sensoriel et auto-orientalisé. D'abord, je montre que certaines conditions urbaines à Grenade ont permis une implantation aux migrants marocains pour commencer à former une diaspora et à transformer l'espace urbain. Deuxièmement, je démontre qu'à travers la mobilisation d'un capital culturel stratégiquement autoorientalisé, la diaspora s'est approprié la précieuse histoire d'AlAndalus, un élément clé de l'imaginaire touristique de la ville. Ces 2019, VOL. 20, NO. 6, 785-805 facteurs et stratégies ont permis aux migrants marocains d'obtenir un droit à la présence visible dans la ville, un droit à la production et à la transformation de l'espace urbain et un droit à spatialiser diverses identités -qui, je le soutiens, sont tous des droits cardinaux à la formation d'une diaspora.Un derecho de la diáspora a la ciudad: la producción del espacio de la diáspora marroquí en Granada, España RESUMENEste trabajo reúne ideas de 'espacio de diáspora' y 'derecho a la ciudad' y demuestra empíricamente cómo la formación de las diásporas con frecuencia depende de que los inmi...

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“…Campaigns for “getting along” through convivencia represent a newer area of concern while harkening back to romanticized views of intercultural tolerance during Muslim rule in Al‐Andalus (AD 711–1492). Approaches to convivencia with new immigrants, especially North African Muslims, vary according to local policy and civic and social initiatives (Erickson ; Rogozen‐Soltar , ). In schools, convivencia is a measure of student conduct as well as attitudes toward multicultural difference.…”

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Shadow Subjects: A Category of Analysis for Empathic Stancetaking

Taha

2017

J Linguistic Anthropol

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This article analyzes conversational and material data collected during 12 months of fieldwork at a secondary school in southeast Spain. I focus on the cultivation of stance positions—particularly around gender equality—involving “shadow subjects”: imagined discursive figures that both prompt and constrain empathy for others whose rights have been violated. Within this multicultural context, Moroccan immigrant youth get positioned as defenders of outdated patriarchal mores. I argue that the semiotic burdening and elaboration of stance on behalf of shadow subjects makes this possible and points to inherent biases in operationalizing “universal” egalitarian values among ideologically and experientially diverse communities.

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Al-Andalus in Andalusia: Negotiating Moorish History and Regional Identity in Southern Spain

Cited by 31 publications

References 8 publications

Caradura: Migration, Informal Labor, and the Problem of Enacting Trust in a Spanish Enclave in Morocco

Caradura: Migration, Informal Labor, and the Problem of Enacting Trust in a Spanish Enclave in Morocco

A diasporic right to the city: the production of a Moroccan diaspora space in Granada, Spain

Shadow Subjects: A Category of Analysis for Empathic Stancetaking

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