Abstracts
Abstract
The article deals with performances of memories and identities by and about Jews from the Middle East and North Africa region, with a focus on Jews of Libyan descent. It acknowledges the complexity that intrinsically characterizes these sources in terms of the heterogeneity of their contents, but also the political implications inherent to their transmission and communication. What is needed, however, is to make this complexity readable, and to make it readable, the author suggests making it visible. To achieve this goal, the author proposes adopting a new research approach which takes inspiration from the field of digital humanities, to assist in thinking spatially and visually about the performances of memories and identities. This can bring about a kind of methodological reconciliation between the researcher, the complexity of the data, the necessity to transform them into accurate research results and the responsibility to effectively communicate them to the larger public.
Résumé
Cet article traite des performances mémorielles et identitaire par et sur les Juifs du Moyen-Orient et de l’Afrique du Nord, en mettant l’accent particulièrement sur les Juifs d’origine libyenne. Il présente la complexité qui caractérise intrinsèquement ces sources en terme d’hétérogénéité de leurs contenus, mais aussi en ce qui concerne les implications politiques inhérentes à leur transmission et à leur communication. Cependant, il est nécessaire de rendre cette complexité lisible et, pour la rendre lisible, l’auteur suggère de la rendre visible. Pour atteindre cet objectif, l’auteur propose d’adopter une nouvelle approche de recherche qui s’inspire du domaine des humanités numériques pour aider à penser spatialement et visuellement les performances des mémoires et des identités. Cela peut entraîner une sorte de rapprochement méthodologique entre le chercheur, la complexité des données, la nécessité de les transformer en résultats de recherche précis et la responsabilité de les communiquer efficacement au grand public.
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