Bridge, Wall, Mirror; Coexistence and Confrontations in the Mediterranean World

Bromberger, Christian

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“…This coming together of Nature and History, so the argument goes, has produced through the centuries a unique 'Mediterranean identity', consolidated through time and expressed within a characteristic set of 'Mediterranean landscapes'. On the other hand -and this is the second trope -the Mediterranean is presented as a conflictual and fragmented space, as a 'geographie de la fracture' (Bromberger, 2007;Kayser, 1996). This latter trope, which often implies a somewhat negative/problematic reading of this space, is dominant in the literature that analyses the economic, political and/or social features of the Mediterranean (for instance, work analysing contemporary processes of regionalization in the Euro-Mediterranean area -see, among others, Bistolfi, 1995;La Parra and Fabre, 2005;Rizzi, 2004).…”

Section: Writing the Mediterraneanmentioning

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The Mediterranean alternative

Giaccaria

Minca

2010

Progress in Human Geography

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This paper is a critical review of Italian and French Mediterranean studies from a postcolonial and geographical perspective. It claims that the relationship between contemporary Mediterranean geographies and mainstream European modernities has been overlooked by the Mediterraneanist literature, a literature from which geography has been surprisingly absent. We hope to begin addressing this gap, rethinking the Mediterranean as a postcolonial sea. In its real and metaphorical ‘liquidity’, the Mediterranean represents a fertile ground for the exploration of ‘other spaces’, capable of recovering the ambiguities and plurality of voices that make it a source of inspiration for experiencing ‘alternative modernities’.

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Section: Writing the Mediterraneanmentioning

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The Mediterranean alternative

Giaccaria

Minca

2010

Progress in Human Geography

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“…Here, I find it useful to reflect on the work of Christian Bromberger who characterises the Mediterranean as a highly complex region of confluence, exchange, tension and conflict. He presents three ‘images’ of the Mediterranean: one of coexistence and commonality; one of conflict and hatred; and one of a ‘system of complementary differences’ (Bromberger 2007 ). In the context of Ziryab and Us , it is the first image that is perhaps most prevalent – the ICD at the centre of the project was predicated on the wider notion of cultural affinity and dialogue across the Mediterranean.…”

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“…In the context of Ziryab and Us , it is the first image that is perhaps most prevalent – the ICD at the centre of the project was predicated on the wider notion of cultural affinity and dialogue across the Mediterranean. As Bromberger ( 2007 : 293) notes, ‘Out of this Mediterranean of tolerant coexistences, of meetings, of the interpenetration of cultural works, there emerge some emblematic personal figures who have been naturally seized upon by the pioneers of the dialogues of civilization’. Ziryab might be understood as one such individual – a quasi-mythical figure who threads together a complex patchwork of interrelated, yet disjunct, Mediterranean musical styles and cultural identities.…”

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“…What was most striking though was the political tensions that emerged at points during the rehearsals, which reflected wider societal tensions across the Mediterranean. As Bromberger ( 2007 ) highlights, the ideals of unity and commonality clash against the ‘cacophony’ of the Mediterranean. A Mediterranean that is ‘face-to-face rather than […] side-by-side’ (Bromberger 2007 : 294).…”

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“…As Bromberger ( 2007 ) highlights, the ideals of unity and commonality clash against the ‘cacophony’ of the Mediterranean. A Mediterranean that is ‘face-to-face rather than […] side-by-side’ (Bromberger 2007 : 294).…”

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Ziryab and Us: Tradition and Collaboration in the Interpretation of an Arab-Andalusian Musical Myth

Machin-Autenrieth

2021

Journal of Intercultural Studies

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The ninth-century poet and musician, Ziryab, is synonymous with the musical cultures of Muslim Spain (al-Andalus) and the idea of commonality between different genres across the Mediterranean. While some scholars have deconstructed the myth of Ziryab at a historiographical level, there has been less consideration of how the myth is interpreted in contemporary musical practice. This article examines how Ziryab is reinterpreted in the present through intercultural music making. Drawing on fieldwork in Madrid and Valencia (2016), I focus on the Ziryab and Us: A New Vision of the Arab-Andalusian Heritage project, in which French, Israeli, Moroccan and Spanish musicians sought to reinterpret the legend of Ziryab through the lens of their own musical traditions. I argue that Ziryab functioned as a discursive trope that engendered a series of micro-social relations between the musicians, framed by ideas of musical affinity, a shared cultural space (the Mediterranean) and cross-cultural exchange. But beyond the ideals of musical connection that Ziryab implies, the relational processes that characterised the project were not always unified. Therefore, I examine some of the points of tension that emerged when the musicians brought together distinct traditions under the rubric of a shared 'Andalusian' or Mediterranean heritage.

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Introduction: From Crisis to Critique

Boletsi

Houwen

Minnaard

2020

Languages of Resistance, Transformation, and Futurity in Mediterranean Crisis-Scapes

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In recent years, crisis has been an omnipresent term in global geopolitics and probably the most common qualifier for several sociopolitical, humanitarian, local and global challenges and developments, from the 2008 global financial crisis to the ongoing environmental crisis. In the Mediterranean, particularly, the term has accompanied and framed several acute situations the region had to face. The so-called refugee or migrant crisis that has been unraveling since 2015, 1 the European debt crisis and its impact on Southern European countries (Greece, Spain, Portugal, Italy, and Cyprus), political crises in Turkey, the revolutions of the "Arab Spring" and their aftermath, the decades-old yet still acute Palestinian question, are all events and

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Bridge, Wall, Mirror; Coexistence and Confrontations in the Mediterranean World

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