Surveys

This survey examines the singularities of artistic creation in situations of exile in France. It is divided into three parts: the conditions under which artists in danger are received, the evolution of the creative process in the gesture and the studio, and the question of proof – or how art documents injustices committed in the country of origin. Investigated by Adélie Chevée (Mucem/SoMuM-Mesopolhis).

2021-2023

“Objects of resistance and solidarity in Palestine”
Conducted as part of Marion Slitine’s (Mucem/EHESS) research project “Créativités urbaines en Méditerranée arabe (Palestine, Maroc). Une ethnographie des pratiques artistiques dans l’espace public” (Urban creativity in the Arab Mediterranean (Palestine, Morocco): an ethnography of artistic practices in the public space), the collection focuses on the circulation of symbols of resistance in everyday objects and popular culture, and on the processes of museumization and commodification of street art and graffiti, mediated by the political tourism of “street art on the wall”.

2022

“Olive-growing heritage in Portugal”
Collection of olive-growing objects in Portugal, particularly in the northern half of the country, where olive oil production has remained relatively traditional and olive trees are not grown ultra-intensively unlike in the southern part of the country.
Coordination: Édouard de Laubrie (Mucem). Fieldwork in Portugal with Clara Saraiva (University of Lisbon, Portuguese Anthropology Association).

2016-2023

“Migratory returns in the Mediterranean”
Initiated in 2016 with a series of surveys carried out in France and Algeria, drawing on the Mucem archives, the investigation was extended to the study of memorial journeys on the island of Procida, then to fieldwork in Christian villages in Upper Galilee and Thessaloniki with actors striving to revitalize diasporic memories.
Coordination: Camille Faucourt (Mucem) and Giulia Fabbiano (Idemec). Fieldwork in Greece, Israel, Italy and Macedonia by Guillaume Javourez (TELEMMe), Adoram Schneidleder, Lubja Scudieri and Pierre Sintès (TELEMMe).

2020-2022

Participative collection “Vivre au temps du confinement” (Living in the time of confinement)
Direct collection from local residents, who are invited to submit an object with comments, bearing witness to the confinement caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Coordination: Émilie Girard, Aude Fanlo and Juliette Baud (Mucem). Post-collection sociological analysis by Simon Le Roulley (Mucem/SoMuM). Discover

2019-2021

“Savoir-faire et métiers romani”
An ethnography of Roma culture through the prism of crafts and know-how, their transmission, circulation and reinvention. This survey-collection completes a French and Romanian collection from the Musée de l’Homme repository.
Coordination: Julia Ferloni and Françoise Dallemagne (Mucem), Élise Olmedo (Mucem/LabexMed), Alina Maggiore (Mucem/Idemec). The grounds were created by the members of the expert committee preparing the “Barvalo” exhibition: William Acker, Yahya Al Abdullah, Camo, Marina Csikos, Bénédicte Florin, Lise Foisneau, Pascal Garret, Gabi Jimenez, Jean-Pierre Liégeois, Valentin Merlin, Cristian Padure, Yoanna Rubio and Sasha Zanko.

2020-2021

“Retours migratoires en Méditerranée”
Thematic and geographic expansion of the survey-collection “Retours(s): politique, poétiques et pratiques”: memorial journeys to Procida, the case of Christian spaces in Galilee, the case of Thessalonica. C. Faucourt (Mucem) and G. Fabbiano.

2019-2020

“Des voix aux murs” – “Slogans et graffitis contestataires : des voix aux murs”
Two main aspects to this survey: one on the poetics and material expression of protest slogans and graffiti (Tunisia, Marseille); the other on prison writings in the historic Baumettes building in Marseille (in partnership with Inventaire Région Sud). Coordination: Jean-Fabien Philippy (Mucem). Survey conducted by Zoé Carle (Mucem/LabexMed).

2019-2020

“Le passage des Alpes. Figures du franchissement d’hier et d’aujourd’hui”
A sociological study, in the Briançonnais region, of contemporary border crossings by people who, at the time, came mainly from West Africa via Lampedusa, seeking to reach France to apply for asylum. Raphaël Botiveau (Mucem/EHESS-CNE).

2019

“URBAM – Legality and illegality in street art”
Continuation of the “Tags and graffiti” survey in Italy and Marseille, focusing on the fluctuating boundaries between legality and illegality in street art”. Research project by Sabrina Dubbeld (AMU-LESA/Mucem). Coordination: Hélia Paukner (Mucem). Investigators: Loïc Le Bouar, Claire Calogirou and Jean-Guy Solnon.

2017-2019

“Pharaohs: commercial signs and national heroes” As part of the “Pharaohs Superstars” exhibition (2020)
A survey carried out in Egypt in preparation for the “Pharaohs Superstars” exhibition, looking at the ways in which Egyptians appropriate the Pharaonic past: the political, economic and symbolic issues involved in the persistence of Pharaonic references in the urban landscape, in heritage tourism, in education and in everyday consumer products. Coordination: Frédéric Mougenot (Mucem), fieldwork conducted in collaboration with Mohamed Alaa Sadek.

2017

“Traditional fisheries in the Mediterranean”
Reactivation of artisanal fishing techniques in the Mediterranean to meet global challenges (ecological changes, dwindling fish stocks, globalization of production circuits, etc.). Fieldwork conducted in Greece and Tunisia by Édouard de Laubrie, Yolande Padilla and Laurent Martin (Mucem), Daniel Faget (AMU- TELEMMe), Lassaad Dendani and Echi Nour (Institut national des Métiers et du Patrimoine de Tunis).

2017-2020

“Ethnic jewelry, identity jewelry. Contemporary production and use of traditional jewelry in the Mediterranean”
Enrichment of a major jewelry collection (France, Balkans, Maghreb), documenting the reappropriation and circulation of so-called traditional jewelry, and the reuse of techniques, forms, materials and symbols for identity or tourism purposes (Tunisia, Egypt, Sicily, Sardinia and Bulgaria). Marie-Pascale Mallé, Françoise Dallemagne and Julia Ferloni (Mucem), Sonia Hamzaoui, Iglika Mishkova, Rebecca Topakian and Yves Inchierman.

2017-2018

“Arrière-saison en Méditerranée”
As part of the ” Agriculture, Food ” cluster and the evolving semi-permanent ” Ruralities ” exhibition, this project focuses on the development of intensive agriculture in the Mediterranean, and migration linked to seasonal work. In this context, the ethnography of several families from the Gharb and Rif regions of Morocco shows the effects of seasonal migration on housing, land use and conjugal and family configurations. Emmanuelle Hellio (LabexMed-LEST/Mucem post-doc).

2015-2016

“The imagery of martyrs in a violent context”
Surveys carried out in southern Lebanon, during commemorations organized by Hezbollah, or with cultural leaders, particularly from museums, communicators, film and object manufacturers, sympathizers and scout associations. They document the construction and circulation of codes and references in the figuration of the martyr, legible in the dramaturgy of parades, through the gestures and clothing worn, and in both religious and militant objects collected (pennants, banners, derivative objects, etc.). Kinda Chaib (LabexMed-Iremam/Mucem post-doc).

2014-2015

“The economy of leftovers in the Mediterranean”
Analysis of the social processes involved in waste processing (sorting, collection, recovery, requalification, recycling, etc.) and the forms of organization, values and circulation associated with them.
Coordination: Denis Chevallier (Mucem) and Yann-Philippe Tastevin (Mucem-CNE). Fieldwork in Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, Italy and Turkey with investigators Bénédicte Florin and Pascal Garret, David Degner, Lucile Gruntz (Mucem/LabexMed-LPED), Stephanos Mangriotis, Natalia Duque, Philip Furniss, Margaux Frasca and artists Batchou and Franck Pourcel.

2014-2016

“Football & identities”
Representations and practices of supporterism and soccer in Europe and the Mediterranean. The aim is to observe the way in which identities (cultural, urban, migrant, political, religious, gender, class, etc.) linked to soccer are constituted and lived, and to collect their material and immaterial manifestations.
Coordination: Florent Molle (Mucem). Fieldwork conducted in 10 Mediterranean countries (Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, France, Israel, Italy, Morocco, Palestine, Spain, Tunisia and Turkey) by Christian Bromberger, Abderrahim Bourkia, Sébastien Louis, Ljiljiana Zelkovic, Giovanni Ambrosio and Yves Inchierman.

2014

“Tags et graffs”
Between 2001 and 2006, Claire Calogirou (Idemec/Mucem) carried out several survey-collections on the theme of hip-hop, dance, tagging and graffiti. For graffiti, 958 objects were added to the Museum’s inventory (graffiti panels, posters, stickers, markers, spray cans, magazines, sketches, photographs, videos, etc.). Discover

2013-2015

“In Vivo In Vitro – The Mediterranean cork oak”
A Mediterranean-Atlantic species, the cork oak can be found in one or more regions of France, Tunisia, Italy, Algeria, Spain, Morocco and Portugal. The primary objective of this program is to study in situ the tooling practices common to culturally heterogeneous groups of cork extractors, in order to grasp the homologies and disparities (constants and variants) of the cork extraction process, and then to collect significant elements of the subéricole heritage. Investigation by Narjys El Alaoui (Mucem).

2013-2014

“Shared Holy Places. Chemins de traverse entre les monothéismes”
In preparation for the Lieux saints partagés exhibition, this survey enabled us to observe and document the existence of places of worship for meetings, relations and exchanges between the religions of the Book in the Mediterranean. Coordination and fieldwork: Manoël Pénicaud and Dionigi Albera (Idemec).