ABE Journal #25 “Moroccanization: Architecture and (in)dependence”

“Everyone even vaguely knowledgeable about the historiography of colonial architecture will be familiar with some of the scholarship on French Morocco. This issue presents an in-depth historiographic overview, with contributions that delve deep into the complex institutional settings which underpinned the production of the built environment in both colonial and postcolonial Morocco, bringing to the fore less well-known studies and stimulating new scholarship on post-1956 developments that will surely be of interest to an anglophone audience. It also makes a timely and much needed plea to extend the scope of research to an “au-delà du colonial” and thus towards the “temps long de l’indépendence”, raising issues of professionalization, training, dependencies and identity along with the concept of Morrocanization, that are also fundamental for studying the architectural history in other post-independence contexts.”

We are pleased to announce the publication of Issue 25 of ABE Journal (Architecture Beyond Europe), guest-edited by Ben Clark and Nadya Rouizem. Entitled “Moroccanization: Architecture and (In)dependence”, this issue explores the complex processes of architectural transformation, adaptation, and negotiation in post-independence Morocco.

The publication is the result of a collective research effort conducted in collaboration with the RHAM, Réseau de recherche sur l’histoire de l’architecture au Maroc (Research Network on the History of Architecture in Morocco).