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Moroccan/American

Moroccan/American

Released: 2024-05-16
© Graham Cornwell 2022
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5 Episodes
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5 Episodes
Audio
Listen on Apple Podcasts
Released: 2024-05-16
© Graham Cornwell 2022
Most Recent Episode
The Seduction of Morocco in American Anthropology

The Seduction of Morocco in American Anthropology

Students of Morocco, particularly those with experience in the American academy, are often struck by the volume of anthropological research conducted in Moroccan towns, cities, villages, and tribes. The 1960s witnessed an explosion of ethnographic inter
Time: 45:30
Students of Morocco, particularly those with experience in the American academy, are often struck by the volume of anthropological research conducted in Moroccan towns, cities, villages, and tribes. The 1960s witnessed an explosion of ethnographic interest in Morocco, spearheaded by Clifford and Hildred Geertz but certainly shaped by a longer trajectory of ethnographic work on Morocco. It prompts the question: why Morocco? What brought all these American researchers there? Paul Silverstein, Professor of Anthropology at Reed College, joins the podcast and helps us to unpack the complex this complex history while suggesting a handful of political and cultural factors for why there's so much groundbreaking ethnographic research based on fieldwork in Morocco.
Episode ID: 1000655780769
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Release Date: 16/05/2024, 11:01:17

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Moroccan/American is a podcast about Morocco and the United States. These two countries have maintained a consistent and long-term friendship over centuries, even while their common interests have not always perfectly aligned. What started this relationship and what has sustained it? Diving into the fields of diplomacy, literature, trade, and art, in this podcast, we’ll dissect different parts of the Moroccan-American friendship and try to understand better this fascinating, complex, and close relationship.

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