Daniela Merolla
Biographic Data
| ID | 191226 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Daniela Merolla |
| GIVEN NAMES | Daniela |
| FAMILY NAME | Merolla |
| SIGNATURE | MEROLLA D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1253-4582 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 33 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 31 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Croisements et échanges nord-africains
Cet article propose d’explorer la notion d’« espace cinématographique amazigh/berbère » (Merolla, 2006, 2019) afin d’analyser des dynamiques d’échanges et de croisements linguistiques, artistiques et culturels encore peu étudiées dans les recherches sur le cinéma nord-africain. Il s’attache à l’œuvre cinématographique d’Abderrahmane Bouguermouh, l’un des premiers cinéastes à avoir réalisé des films en amazigh/berbère (kabyle), en examinant son co…
In and out Amazigh-language texts
International audience
Humans and non-humans in African verbal arts
Tydskrif vir Letterkunde is an online, peer-reviewed, accredited scholarly journal which publishes original, previously unpublished research and overview articles on theoretical, applied or comparative aspects of African literatures and cultural practices
Verbal art in the ecological discourse of two Amazigh/Berber documentaries
International audiences have taken an interest in the contestatory aspects of the documentaries La colère dans le vent (Amina Weira, 2016) and Amussu xf ubrid n 96 (Movement on the Road 96) (Nadir Bouhmouch, 2019). However, scholars and critics have largely overlooked the exploration of oral genres in their discourse and imagery, focusing instead on their socially and ecologically engaged approaches. In this article, by contrast, I assume a centr…
Mouloud Mammeri, Poèmes kabyles anciens , 1980
International audience
Introduction
Starting from the premise that the humanities are still in urgent need of being decolonized and deprovincialized, this forum, titled “The Rise and Decline of ‘Colonial Humanities,’” offers insights into the development of the humanities disciplines in what are often referred to as “area studies” (a field itself subject to criticism) since the beginning of the nineteenth century. The forum’s perspective on “colonial humanities” acknowledges the vi…
Amazigh/Berber Literary and Historical Studies
Amazigh/Berber Researchers, schoolteachers, students, and writers from the Amazigh/Berber region of Kabylia in northern Algeria made use of colonial knowledge, autobiographical data, and oral sources to revise and to subvert colonial humanities. They contributed to a chain of studies leading to the demise of presuppositions and interpretations of colonial humanities in Berber studies. Though often unrecognized, Kabyle intellectuals “coproduced” a…
Les films en amazigh « Grand écran » et « Amazighwood »
Compte rendu d’un ouvrage récent de Michael Peyron
Space, time, and culture on African/diaspora websites
The four articles presented in this collection on the topic 'Space, time, and culture on African/diaspora websites' address African/diaspora websites and their networks in divergent ways and focus on a number of broad themes. These are: that the future is located in and shaped by the past; movement and displacement in geographical terms are re-conceptualised through website activities to produce discourses of identity; online and offline interact…
Cultural heritage, artistic innovation, and activism on Amazigh Berber websites
New means of communication and networking have intensified the contact among the Amazigh (Berber) communities in North Africa and diasporic locations, reinforcing pre-existent forms of transnationalism and deterritorialisation. The Internet, however, reinforces local identities as well. This article claims that historical memory and visual and verbal art interact with the social and political discourses on Amazigh/Berber websites, producing local…
Valentina Schiattarella, 2017, Berber Texts from Siwa (Egypt) – Including a Grammatical Sketch
La collecte de textes oraux, bien développée dans le champ des études berbères, se focalise habituellement sur les régions berbérophones de l’Algérie et du Maroc. Les études existantes sur le berbère de l’oasis de Siwa en Égypte —notamment Vycichl (2005)— présentent des aspects grammaticaux spécifiques ou généraux avec quelques textes dont les plus récents, recueillis parmi des hommes, apparaissent dans le volume sur le contact linguistique de So…
Memory and remembrance in Africa and the diaspora
Mémoire et souvenir en Afrique et dans la diaspora
Mémoire et Souvenir en Afrique et Dans la Diaspora
La littrature peut tre considre comme un lieu de mmoire particulier. Les conteurs et les crivains sont des utilisateurs et des producteurs de souvenirs, et la littrature orale et crite ainsi que le cinma sont des moyens puissants pour crer une mmoire collective en se rappelant le pass sous forme de rcit -comme le soulignent Astrid Erll et Agnes Rigney (2006 : 112). Ce numro spcial de la revue Afrika Focus comprend des articles qui illustrent de m…
Memory and Remembrance in Africa and the Diaspora
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Introduction
African oral cultures as well as their oral literatures are vigorous. True, in some cases, elements of such literatures are at risk of disappearing when styles and texts are linked to specific languages and rituals that are no longer performed as they were in the past; in other cases, the very limited number of speakers has drawn local and global attention to endangered languages and the need for their revitalization Still, such a “sense of an en…
Les revendications amazighes dans la tourmente des « printemps arabes »
En Afrique du Nord, les revendications linguistiques et culturelles amazighes mobilisent toute une série d’acteurs collectifs. La structuration organisationnelle, la trajectoire, les répertoires d’actions et le pouvoir de se faire entendre de ces derniers varient selon les situations nationales tandis que se développent des références communes pan-amazighes. L’ancrage historique, la nature et la radicalité de ces réalités revendicatives divergent…
Music on Dutch Moroccan websites
Music is present online and offline alike, only amplified in volume and diffusion by the increase in audio and visual technology. However, music is controversial as well, when we consider current and long-term debates over acceptance and rejection of music in Islam. Looking at music as both social practice and artistic product, this article investigates its presence on websites created by Dutch Moroccans in the Netherlands and explores the way in…
Researchers as Griots? Reflections on Multimedia Fieldwork in West Africa
Thanks to ever-greater digital connectivity, interest in oral traditions has grown beyond that of researcher and research subject to include a widening pool of global users. This book explores the political repercussions of studying marginalised languages; the role of online tools in ensuring responsible access to sensitive cultural materials; and ways of ensuring that when digital documents are created, they are not fossilized as a consequence o…
Ouary Malek (1916 – 2001)
Ecrivain de langue française, collecteur de la tradition orale kabyle, Malek Ouary est né le 27 janvier 1916, dans une famille de Kabyles chrétiens de Ighil-Ali (tribu des Aït-Abbas), village que l’autobiographie de Fadhma Amrouche* a rendu célèbre. Il est décédé le 21 décembre 2001 et est enterré à Argelès-Gazost (Hautes-Pyrénnées, France) où il résidait depuis de nombreuses années. Il fait ses études primaires à l’école communale d’Ighil Ali et…
La lunga ombra dell’orientalismo tra studi africani e studi berberi in Italia
Present Italian studies on Africa go beyond regional and disciplinary divides of the past. The trend is towards a positive transgression of previous boundaries, and scholars have shifted attention from the disciplinary approach to the transdisciplinaryand inter-disciplinary research. However, elements and trends of the past still influence the relationship between Berber literary studies and African literary studies in Italy. This paper offers a …
Narration (La — dans l’espace littéraire berbère)
Awriw, awriw, awriw a tslim i lehdiyat d lqisat nna isesan, ar ssrunt Approchez, approchez, venez couter des contes, des histoires qui vous feront rire et pleurer [...] La foule est reste muette, immobile, cloue : [...] le hros est sauv et, en plus, aux moindres frais. Quelle finesse ! Quelle dlicatesse ! La narration tonne toujours, elle peut faire et dfaire, complexifier et simplifier, dtruire et reconstruire (Tafi 2001, p. 14, 28). 1 Miloud Ta…
Digital imagination and the 'landscapes of group identities
Cultural heritage, artistic innovation, and activism on Amazigh Berber websites
New means of communication and networking have intensified the contact among the Amazigh (Berber) communities in North Africa and diasporic locations, reinforcing pre-existent forms of transnationalism and deterritorialisation. The Internet, however, reinforces local identities as well. This article claims that historical memory and visual and verbal art interact with the social and political discourses on Amazigh/Berber websites, producing local…
Space, time, and culture on African/diaspora websites
The four articles presented in this collection on the topic 'Space, time, and culture on African/diaspora websites' address African/diaspora websites and their networks in divergent ways and focus on a number of broad themes. These are: that the future is located in and shaped by the past; movement and displacement in geographical terms are re-conceptualised through website activities to produce discourses of identity; online and offline interact…
Introduction
African oral cultures as well as their oral literatures are vigorous. True, in some cases, elements of such literatures are at risk of disappearing when styles and texts are linked to specific languages and rituals that are no longer performed as they were in the past; in other cases, the very limited number of speakers has drawn local and global attention to endangered languages and the need for their revitalization Still, such a “sense of an en…
La lunga ombra dell’orientalismo tra studi africani e studi berberi in Italia
Present Italian studies on Africa go beyond regional and disciplinary divides of the past. The trend is towards a positive transgression of previous boundaries, and scholars have shifted attention from the disciplinary approach to the transdisciplinaryand inter-disciplinary research. However, elements and trends of the past still influence the relationship between Berber literary studies and African literary studies in Italy. This paper offers a …
Contes
Le conte berbère. Généralités (A. Bounfour) Avec la poésie, le genre narratif le plus connu dans la littérature berbère est le conte car nous disposons de recueils et d’études fort nombreuses. La décennie d’études berbères de 1980 à 1990, par exemple, comptent 63 titres (Chaker, 1992). Le nom du genre L’état actuel de la recherche ne permet pas de circonscrire un nom univoque pour le conte, fusse dans un même dialecte. On se contentera de citer e…
Digital imagination and the 'landscapes of group identities
From the Spoken Word to Video
This article presents new directions in Tamazight/Berber artistic productions. The development of theatre, films and videos in Tamazight are set in the framework of the historical and literary background in the Maghreb and in the lands of Amazigh Diaspora. It also includes the interview with the video-maker and director Agouram Salout.Key Words: tamazight, berber, theatre, videos, film, taqbaylit, tarifit, tachelhit, new cultural production, writ…
Transcultural Modernities
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Myth, Theory and Area Studies
Introduction What questions does the study of myth raise in the new century? What have we learned from the study of myth over the past few centuries? What is the present relationship between myth, theory and area studies? These questions are addressed in the essays in this symposium. Comparison has been crucial to the study of myth since the nineteenth century, when evolutionism and diffusionism, and, in reaction to them, functionalism and struct…
Filming African Creation Myths
African film directors have made use of mythology and oral storytelling in countless circumstances. These filmmakers have explored the core role that orality plays in ideas of African identity and used mythological themes as allegorical forms in order to address present-day issues while working under dictatorial regimes. They have turned to mythology and oral storytelling because of their determination to convey an African philosophical approach …
Poetics of Transition — Africa and Dutch Literary Space
This essay discusses current trends and debates on ‘migrant literature’ in the light of historical intersections in Dutch literary space and with particular attention to contemporary publication /reception by writers from Africa. Dutch writing is not monolithic; stratifications and interactions date back well into the past. The position of African writers in contemporary Dutch literature is discussed, particularly writers from the Maghreb (Algeri…
Dangerous love in mythical narratives and formula tales
The theme of love has long been neglected in studies on African myths. The often-heard explanation is that African myths and folktales do not tell stories about love because they primarily express social interests and obligations while love ‐ intended as both emotional imperative and biological drive ‐ is an individual need and feeling. This latter definition relies on a very specific understanding of ‘love’: the Romantic love of 19th century Eur…
Narration (La — dans l’espace littéraire berbère)
Awriw, awriw, awriw a tslim i lehdiyat d lqisat nna isesan, ar ssrunt Approchez, approchez, venez couter des contes, des histoires qui vous feront rire et pleurer [...] La foule est reste muette, immobile, cloue : [...] le hros est sauv et, en plus, aux moindres frais. Quelle finesse ! Quelle dlicatesse ! La narration tonne toujours, elle peut faire et dfaire, complexifier et simplifier, dtruire et reconstruire (Tafi 2001, p. 14, 28). 1 Miloud Ta…
Music on Dutch Moroccan websites
Music is present online and offline alike, only amplified in volume and diffusion by the increase in audio and visual technology. However, music is controversial as well, when we consider current and long-term debates over acceptance and rejection of music in Islam. Looking at music as both social practice and artistic product, this article investigates its presence on websites created by Dutch Moroccans in the Netherlands and explores the way in…
Researchers as Griots? Reflections on Multimedia Fieldwork in West Africa
Thanks to ever-greater digital connectivity, interest in oral traditions has grown beyond that of researcher and research subject to include a widening pool of global users. This book explores the political repercussions of studying marginalised languages; the role of online tools in ensuring responsible access to sensitive cultural materials; and ways of ensuring that when digital documents are created, they are not fossilized as a consequence o…
Ouary Malek (1916 – 2001)
Ecrivain de langue française, collecteur de la tradition orale kabyle, Malek Ouary est né le 27 janvier 1916, dans une famille de Kabyles chrétiens de Ighil-Ali (tribu des Aït-Abbas), village que l’autobiographie de Fadhma Amrouche* a rendu célèbre. Il est décédé le 21 décembre 2001 et est enterré à Argelès-Gazost (Hautes-Pyrénnées, France) où il résidait depuis de nombreuses années. Il fait ses études primaires à l’école communale d’Ighil Ali et…
La lunga ombra dell’orientalismo tra studi africani e studi berberi in Italia
Present Italian studies on Africa go beyond regional and disciplinary divides of the past. The trend is towards a positive transgression of previous boundaries, and scholars have shifted attention from the disciplinary approach to the transdisciplinaryand inter-disciplinary research. However, elements and trends of the past still influence the relationship between Berber literary studies and African literary studies in Italy. This paper offers a …
Searching for sharing
Rif
Introduction
African oral cultures as well as their oral literatures are vigorous. True, in some cases, elements of such literatures are at risk of disappearing when styles and texts are linked to specific languages and rituals that are no longer performed as they were in the past; in other cases, the very limited number of speakers has drawn local and global attention to endangered languages and the need for their revitalization Still, such a “sense of an en…
Les revendications amazighes dans la tourmente des « printemps arabes »
En Afrique du Nord, les revendications linguistiques et culturelles amazighes mobilisent toute une série d’acteurs collectifs. La structuration organisationnelle, la trajectoire, les répertoires d’actions et le pouvoir de se faire entendre de ces derniers varient selon les situations nationales tandis que se développent des références communes pan-amazighes. L’ancrage historique, la nature et la radicalité de ces réalités revendicatives divergent…
Valentina Schiattarella, 2017, Berber Texts from Siwa (Egypt) – Including a Grammatical Sketch
La collecte de textes oraux, bien développée dans le champ des études berbères, se focalise habituellement sur les régions berbérophones de l’Algérie et du Maroc. Les études existantes sur le berbère de l’oasis de Siwa en Égypte —notamment Vycichl (2005)— présentent des aspects grammaticaux spécifiques ou généraux avec quelques textes dont les plus récents, recueillis parmi des hommes, apparaissent dans le volume sur le contact linguistique de So…
Memory and remembrance in Africa and the diaspora
Mémoire et souvenir en Afrique et dans la diaspora
Mémoire et Souvenir en Afrique et Dans la Diaspora
La littrature peut tre considre comme un lieu de mmoire particulier. Les conteurs et les crivains sont des utilisateurs et des producteurs de souvenirs, et la littrature orale et crite ainsi que le cinma sont des moyens puissants pour crer une mmoire collective en se rappelant le pass sous forme de rcit -comme le soulignent Astrid Erll et Agnes Rigney (2006 : 112). Ce numro spcial de la revue Afrika Focus comprend des articles qui illustrent de m…
Memory and Remembrance in Africa and the Diaspora
Compte rendu d’un ouvrage récent de Michael Peyron
Space, time, and culture on African/diaspora websites
The four articles presented in this collection on the topic 'Space, time, and culture on African/diaspora websites' address African/diaspora websites and their networks in divergent ways and focus on a number of broad themes. These are: that the future is located in and shaped by the past; movement and displacement in geographical terms are re-conceptualised through website activities to produce discourses of identity; online and offline interact…
Cultural heritage, artistic innovation, and activism on Amazigh Berber websites
New means of communication and networking have intensified the contact among the Amazigh (Berber) communities in North Africa and diasporic locations, reinforcing pre-existent forms of transnationalism and deterritorialisation. The Internet, however, reinforces local identities as well. This article claims that historical memory and visual and verbal art interact with the social and political discourses on Amazigh/Berber websites, producing local…
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