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Au delà de la complainte : sociologie des constructions mémorielles nubiennes en Égypte : Beyond lament : sociology of nubian memorial constructions in Egypt

by Mayada Madbouly

Institution: Université Paris X – Nanterre
Department: Science politique
Degree: Docteur es
Year: 2022
Keywords: Mémoire; Patrimoine; Action collective; Espace; Homogénéisation; Génération; Memory; Heritage; Collective action; Space; Homogeneization; Generation; 306.2
Posted: 3/25/2025
Record ID: 2307573
Full text PDF: http://www.theses.fr/2022PA100065


Abstract

À la croisée de la sociologie de la mémoire et la sociologie de l’action collective, cette thèse analyse les différentes façons d’évocation du passé et d’engagement pour ou par la mémoire. En mettant l’accent sur les constructions mémorielles nubiennes en Égypte post-indépendance, cette thèse explore comment les rapports au passé et à la communauté fluctuent dans un contexte politique en changement. Cette thèse démontre que l’évocation du passé et de ses images va au-delà de la complainte (rithâ’) et montre qu’il existe diverses formes du « faire mémoire ». Les associations nubiennes (gam‘iyât) fondées dans les villes depuis le XXe siècle d’un côté, les militants d’un autre côté, mais aussi les collectifs de jeunes intéressés par le patrimoine et la culture sont tous des groupes d’acteurs qui mettent le passé nubien au cœur de leurs pratiques. Cette étude explore plusieurs notions des travaux arabophones, francophones et anglophones, contribuant à apercevoir les processus de construction identitaire, de politisation et de dépolitisation, de définition et de formulation des logiques d’actions mémorielles. Elle examine les façons dont les constructions mémorielles se déploient dans un cadre national, mais aussi international. À partir d’une enquête ethnographique en Égypte, cette thèse étudie les modalités d’action d’une diversité d’acteurs (associations, militants et des groupes de jeunes non-contestataires) et les sens qu’ils attribuent à leur engagement. At the crossroads of the sociology of memory and the sociology of collective action, this dissertation analyses the different ways in which the past is evoked and how people engage with or through memory. By focusing on nubian memorial constructions in post-independence Egypt, I investigate how relationships to the past and to community fluctuate in a changing political context. This thesis demonstrates that the evocation of the past and its images goes beyond lament (rithâ’) and shows that there are various forms of “memory work”. The associations (gam‘iyât) founded in the cities since the twentieth century, on the one hand, and the activists on the other, but also the youth groups interested in heritage, are different actors who put the nubian past at the heart of their practices. This study explores several notions from arabic, french and english scholarships, contributing to understand the processes of identity formation, politicization and depoliticization, and the definition and formulation of logics of memorial actions. It examines the ways in which memorial constructions unfold in a national, but also international framework. Based on an ethnographic fieldwork in Egypt, this thesis studies the modalities of action of a diversity of actors (associations, activists and non-activist youth groups) and the meanings they attribute to their commitment.

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