SIT Graduate Institute/SIT Study Abroad SIT Digital Collections Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection SIT Study Abroad Fall 2018 Who and What is Amazigh? Self-Assertion, Erasure, and Standardization Alexis Colon SIT Study Abroad Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcollections.sit.edu/isp_collection Part of the African Languages and Societies Commons, African Studies Commons, Anthropological Linguistics and Sociolinguistics Commons, Inequality and Stratification Commons, Migration Studies Commons, Politics and Social Change Commons, Race and Ethnicity Commons, Race, Ethnicity and Post-Colonial Studies Commons, Social and Cultural Anthropology Commons, and the Sociology of Culture Commons Recommended Citation Colon, Alexis, "Who and What is Amazigh? Self-Assertion, Erasure, and Standardization" (2018). Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection. 3001. https://digitalcollections.sit.edu/isp_collection/3001 This Unpublished Paper is brought to you for free and open access by the SIT Study Abroad at SIT Digital Collections. It has been accepted for inclusion in Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection by an authorized administrator of SIT Digital Collections. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Who and What is Amazigh? Self-Assertion, Erasure, and Standardization By: Colon, Alexis Academic Director: Belghazi, Taieb Bucknell University Political Science Assaka, Casablanca, Essaouria, Ouarzazette, Tazenakt, Rabat Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement for MOR, SIT Abroad, Fall 2018 Who and What is Amazigh? Abstract: This research focuses on the identity of the indigenous peoples of Morocco, or the Amazigh. While this culture has endured different iterations of colonization, self-assertion and activism in favor of preserving culture and improving conditions for Amazigh can often be viewed as controversial to the elites of Morocco.