Description du projet
Étudier le patrimoine culturel du Sud de la Tunisie
La Tunisie a connu un profond changement social et politique durant une vague de manifestations et d’émeutes pro-démocratiques en 2010, connue sous le nom de Printemps arabe. Toutefois, le pays est toujours confronté à de nombreux défis sociaux, dont la quête d’une identité commune. L’Université de Sfax dans le Sud de la Tunisie avance que la transformation d’un territoire est affectée par des éléments tangibles et intangibles. Le projet SfaxForward, financé par l’UE, permettra à la Maghreb House of the Humanities and Social Sciences (MdMSH) d’établir des relations mutuelles entre les chercheurs et la société civile. Il mettra en place un environnement favorable au dialogue bénéfique entre les universitaires et les parties prenantes locales grâce à des conférences, des études thématiques et un observatoire du patrimoine du Sud de la Tunisie.
Objectif
Since 2011, Tunisia has been the theatre of a profound social, political and economic transformation. The Humanities and Social Sciences can develop tools enabling Tunisian society to appropriate and perpetuate this transformation. Within this context, the “SfaxForward” Twinning project strengthens the capacities of an innovative academic centre regarding Cultural Heritage: the Maghreb House of the Humanities and Social Sciences (MdMSH) at the University of Sfax.
SfaxForward postulates that Tangible and Intangible Heritage can play a central role in a territory’s transformation and development. By learning to cherish their Cultural Heritage, people can discover who they are and what they share. The characterization and subsequent participatory management of these common cultural assets should engender a more stable and inclusive society. One that better manages migratory flows thanks to its citizens enjoying greater control over their lives, while constructing and taking possession of their own territory.
SfaxForward’s goal is to position the Sfax partner as an international model for mutually beneficial relations between academia and civil society, with Heritage serving as a driving force of regional development and stability. This necessitates establishing the conditions for a fruitful dialogue between researchers and civil society to enlighten public policy and action. Southern Tunisia constitutes the project’s territory-laboratory.
To achieve this goal, SfaxForward develops three types of initiatives: multidisciplinary conferences and workshops on the project’s key themes, thematic schools dedicated to young researchers, and an Observatory of Southern Tunisian Heritage constructed in collaboration with civil society.
The extensive interdisciplinary experience of the collaborating French and Belgian Houses of the Humanities and Social Sciences benefits MdMSH in constructing its own unique scientific identity, with an ambition for international excellence.
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Programme(s)
- H2020-EU.4.b. - Twinning of research institutions Main Programme
Thème(s)
Régime de financement
CSA - Coordination and support actionCoordinateur
3029 Sfax
Tunisie