
Untribing the (Post)-Colonial Spanish Archives: Material Records, Boundary-making and Linguistic Diversity within Northern Morocco’s Berberophones
Author(s) -
Araceli González Vázquez
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
culture and history digital journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2253-797X
DOI - 10.3989/chdj.2020.016
Subject(s) - linguistic diversity , protectorate , colonialism , diversity (politics) , focus (optics) , history , linguistics , period (music) , geography , ethnology , anthropology , archaeology , sociology , art , aesthetics , philosophy , physics , optics
This paper analyses the linguistic diversity among the Berberophones in northern Morocco in the period of the Spanish Protectorate in Morocco (1912–1956). To do this, I focus on the documentary materials kept in digital archives, which allow us to go deeper into the knowledge of how Spaniards may have shown interest in Berberophony. In particular, I centre my analysis on the recognition of linguistic diversity and on the process of recognising linguistic borders enacted in the colonial era. I add some reflections on the persistence of colonial discourses in the postcolonial era.