Shakk

Archive-It Partner Since: Nov, 2018

Organization Type: Other Institutions

Organization URL: http://shakk.hypotheses.org   

Description:

Shakk, from revolt to War in Syria : Conflict, displacements, uncertainties Understanding the upheavals that Syria has experienced since 2011 is an epistemological, ethical and reflective challenge, as the researcher’s involvement has become almost inevitable. The SHAKK (“uncertainty” in Arabic) project intends to take up these different challenges in a multidisciplinary and comparative perspective. Associating the Center for Social Sciences of Religion (CéSOR), the French Institute for the Near East (Ifpo), the Audiovisual Department of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) and the Institute of Research and Study on the Arab and Muslim Worlds (Iremam) the team is composed of nine researchers – anthropologists, political scientists, historians and linguists – in addition to a research engineer, an Arabist, a digital humanities specialist, and finally an archivist specialized in audiovisual technology. The pooling of scientific and technical skills is essential to carry out a project with many ambitions, read more here : https://shakk.hypotheses.org/abstract