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    Published: 2021-12-20
    Vol. 19 (2021)

    Tidili Center – the capital of a commune. An embryo of an urban structure in the high-mountain environment of Morocco

    Prof. dr hab. Ryszard Vorbrich
    Journal of Urban Ethnology
    Section: Articles
    DOI https://doi.org/10.23858/JUE19.2021.014

    Abstract

    This study presents the history of the creation of a small settlement called the Tidili Center, forming a kind of ”embryo” of the urban structure, in the heart of the High Atlas. The analysis presents the natural, historical and socio-political context accompanying the emergence of this micro-urban environment. The settlement was established in cruda radice in the traditional lands of the Ait Tidili tribe, and formally became the capital of the commune. By assuming many economic, social (administrative) and cultural functions, the settlement in question took the form of a heterogeneous local community and became an expression of changes that took place in this area over four decades, where until now a relatively closed and homogeneous local (sub-regional) community is included in a wider system national community.

    Keywords:

    Maroc, Atlas, Berberes, Tidili, tribe, duar, urban structure, rural commune, long duration process

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    Vorbrich, R. . (2021). Tidili Center – the capital of a commune. An embryo of an urban structure in the high-mountain environment of Morocco. Journal of Urban Ethnology, 19, 227–245. https://doi.org/10.23858/JUE19.2021.014

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