New Working Paper No. 33 “Unboxing Spain’s Colonial Past in the Rif”

In the latest publication “Unboxing Spain’s Colonial Past in the Rif – Situating memory work and transborder publics in a Domestic Basement Archive in Madrid” of our Working Paper Series, the author Carla Tiefenbacher analyzes the archival practices of the inhabitants of the northern moroccan city of Al Hoceima. To fully understand the practices surrounding the operation and coercion of colonialism in Spain and northern Morocco, she explores ongoing trans-mediterranean and spanish memory activism by considering collecting practices with the help of the experiences of the inhabitants collected over several changes of power and the preserved objects.

As part of the subproject “Digital Publics and Social Transformations in the Maghreb,” Carla Tiefenbacher currently writes her master’s thesis on archival practices and memory infrastructures among the last Spanish colonizers in northern Morocco. She is currently completing the interdisciplinary course “Culture and Environment in Africa” at the University of Cologne. She holds a B.A. in Liberal Arts and Sciences from the University of Freiburg and is a trained mediator and grief counselor.

The paper “Unboxing Spain’s Colonial Past in the Rif – Situating memory work and transborder publics in a Domestic Basement Archive in Madrid” is published as part of the Working Paper Series of the CRC 1187, which promotes inter- and transdisciplinary media research and provides an avenue for rapid publication and dissemination of ongoing research located at or associated with the CRC. The purpose of the series is to circulate in-progress research to the wider research community beyond the CRC. All Working Papers are accessible via the website or can be ordered in print by sending an email to: info[æt]sfb1187.uni-siegen.de.