#Inequality & Mobility
This thread examines the complex relationships between rising inequalities and diverse types of mobility in present-day Tunisia and the Maghreb. It is the result of the collaborative work of an interdisciplinary group of early career researchers in the social sciences who started to work together at MECAM in Tunis in autumn 2021. The contributions consist of short reflections and impressions from diverse field sites, portraits of researchers and activists concerned with inequalities and mobilities in the present-day Maghreb, as well as longer essays on past or on-going scientific events and research projects related to the thread’s theme. Reflecting a multilingual research environment, contributions are written in English, French and Arabic.
Editorial Group: Myriam Amri (Harvard University), André Weißenfels (Freie Universität Berlin), Moslem Nasser (Université de Tunis), Souhir Bouzid (ISTEUB Tunis), Wael Garnaoui (Université de Sousse/ Université de Paris), Johannes Frische (Universität Leipzig), Ann-Christin Zuntz (University of Edinburgh), Katharina Grüneisl (coordination, Universität Leipzig)
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By Johannes Frische – Published on March 22, 2022 – Updated on March 23, 2022
Montassir Sakhi, born in 1988 in Rabat, is a founding member of the February 20 Movement. He has long been involved in the dynamics of activism and political life in Morocco. In Europe, his research focuses on social movements, the emergence of ideologies, political Islam in particular, and the issue of radicalization.
=>TRAFO – Blog for Transregional Research of the Forum Transregionale Studien, 2022
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Aymen Amayed is an independent Tunisian researcher based in Tunis. He is currently contributing to a research project about margins and marginality at the Department of Conflict and Development Studies at Ghent University. The interview was conducted during André Weißenfels’ MECAM fellowship on a research tour through different oases in Southern Tunisia, organized by OSAE (L’Observatoire de la Souveraineté Alimentaire et del’Environnement).
=>TRAFO – Blog for Transregional Research of the Forum Transregionale Studien, 2022
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By André Weißenfels – Published on Februar 8, 2022
The Promise of Education
By André Weißenfels. Upward social mobility through education is a promise that has captured the minds of generations all across the globe. It has motivated and continues to motivate people to plan their lives around formal education and to strive for degrees in the hope these might offer a desirable future. But what if the promise turns out to be false?