Share_it: Freedom and Subjection in Islam through the Prism of Salafism in Tunisia

Market Logics and Moral Economies During Tunisia’s Shortages Crisis

Shortages in Tunisia have not resulted in the overt politics of bread riots. Nevertheless, citizens made ethical claims regarding the just distribution of goods. While this does not preclude overt political unrest in the future, it suggests that the bread riot thesis, with its prioritising of claim-making against the state, has overlooked the market as an arena of social intervention.

Reimagining the Maghreb: Navigating an Autonomous Region in Motion

Based on its guiding theme “Imagining Futures – Dealing with Disparity,” MECAM, the Merian Centre for Advanced Studies in the Maghreb in Tunis, aims to play a notable role in advancing both current and future knowledge production in the Humanities and Social Sciences within, from, and about the Maghreb.

State–Society Relations and Sustainable Growth in Tunisia Post-2011

Social actors’ representative organisations and their effective participation in decision-making should be fostered through more collaborative governance institutions. Building mutual trust between different CSOs would also help here. This would prevent favouritism and provide more beneficial input to the state, both serving to promote more inclusive and sustainable growth for Tunisia.

Quietist Salafism Between (Neo)liberal Apprehensions and Convergence

Call for Applications: MECAM Long-Term Fellowships 2023–2026

The Merian Centre for Advanced Studies in the Maghreb (MECAM) invites applications for three long-term fellowships for postdoctoral researchers in the humanities and social sciences for the period from September 2023 to August 2026.

Hand / Camera / Phone: Mobile Cameras, Migration, and Knowledge Production in Our Hands

Mobile phones have a close relation to the hand itself, when they are used as handheld cameras, or in the way a touchscreen is operated. When mobile phone cameras are used in documentary filmmaking to tell a migrant’s story on their own terms, they offer a “hands-on” approach to digital knowledge production that incorporates not only the reality of its production but also the potential for a change of perspective.