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Speaker: Valerie Nur <\/strong>(research assistant at the Chair of Refugee, Migration and Mobility Studies, University of the Bundeswehr Munich)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 20\/03\/2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

12.30-13.30 (Brussels Time)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

La pr\u00e9sentation sera en anglais.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My talk draws on my dissertation on Tuareg craftsmanship in Niger as a social practice, published in 2024 under the title \u201cDie Unbest\u00e4ndigkeit der Dinge: Handwerk, Familie und Mobilit\u00e4t bei den Tuareg in Niger (The Impermanence of Things: Craft, family and mobility among Tuareg in Niger)\u201d. It explores craft as a form of embodied knowledge that is acquired, shared, and transmitted within the family. I approach handicraft anthropologically, beginning with my own bodily engagement in touching, treating, and shaping leather, wood, and silver. This experiential entry point allows me to consider craft not only as a set of technical skills, but as a way of perceiving and relating to tools, materials, and the world. At the same time, I examine how craftsmanship is inseparably tied to everyday family life. Workshops are often located in the home, where children learn skills simply by being present, and where conversations with clients and relatives naturally become part of domestic routines. In this sense, the family informs technical practice and merges with the routines and innovations that arise in the workshop. My aim is to show the ordinariness of craft: how craftsmanship is socially made, and how it is sustained through family relations, everyday interactions, and small, practical engagements with things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ma pr\u00e9sentation s\u2019appuie sur ma th\u00e8se consacr\u00e9e \u00e0 l\u2019artisanat Kel Tamasheq au Niger en tant que pratique sociale, publi\u00e9e en 2024 sous le titre \u00ab Die Unbest\u00e4ndigkeit der Dinge : Handwerk, Familie und Mobilit\u00e4t bei den Tuareg in Niger \u00bb (L\u2019impermanence des choses : artisanat, famille et mobilit\u00e9 chez les Touaregs du Niger). Elle explore l\u2019artisanat comme une forme de savoir incorpor\u00e9 qui s\u2019acquiert, se partage et se transmet au sein de la famille. J\u2019aborde l\u2019artisanat d\u2019un point de vue anthropologique, en partant de ma propre exp\u00e9rience physique du toucher, du traitement et du fa\u00e7onnage du cuir, du bois et de l\u2019argent. Ce point de d\u00e9part exp\u00e9rientiel me permet de consid\u00e9rer l\u2019artisanat non seulement comme un ensemble de comp\u00e9tences techniques, mais aussi comme une fa\u00e7on de percevoir et d\u2019interagir avec les outils, les mat\u00e9riaux et le monde. Parall\u00e8lement, j\u2019examine comment l\u2019artisanat est indissociable de la vie familiale quotidienne. Les ateliers sont souvent situ\u00e9s \u00e0 domicile, o\u00f9 les enfants acqui\u00e8rent des comp\u00e9tences simplement en \u00e9tant pr\u00e9sents, et o\u00f9 les conversations avec les clients et les proches s\u2019int\u00e8grent dans les routines domestiques. En ce sens, la famille influence la pratique technique et se confond avec les routines et les innovations qui naissent dans l\u2019atelier. Mon objectif est de montrer le caract\u00e8re ordinaire de l\u2019artisanat : comment il se construit socialement et comment il se perp\u00e9tue \u00e0 travers les relations familiales, les interactions quotidiennes et les petits gestes pratiques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

L’intervenante\u00a0:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Valerie Nur<\/strong> (n\u00e9e H\u00e4nisch) is a research assistant at the Chair of Refugee, Migration and Mobility Studies at the University of the Bundeswehr Munich. She studied social and cultural anthropology, sociology, African religions, and history in Bayreuth, Basel, Aix-en-Provence, and Berlin. In May 2021, she defended her Ph.D. thesis on artisanal skills, mobility, and family among Tuareg artisans in Niger at the Bayreuth International Graduate School of African Studies (BIGSAS). Her dissertation was awarded the Frobenius Research Award 2022 and the first prize of the German Society for Social and Cultural Anthropology (GASCA) in 2023. Her current research interests include questions of technology, digitality, and environmental justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Valerie Nur<\/strong> (n\u00e9e H\u00e4nisch) est assistante de recherche \u00e0 la chaire d\u2019\u00e9tudes sur les r\u00e9fugi\u00e9s, les migrations et les mobilit\u00e9s \u00e0 l\u2019Universit\u00e9 de la Bundeswehr de Munich. Elle a \u00e9tudi\u00e9 l\u2019anthropologie sociale et culturelle, la sociologie, les religions africaines et l\u2019histoire \u00e0 Bayreuth, B\u00e2le, Aix-en-Provence et Berlin. En mai 2021, elle a soutenu une th\u00e8se de doctorat portant sur les savoir-faire artisanaux, la mobilit\u00e9 et la famille parmi les artisans touaregs au Niger \u00e0 la Bayreuth International Graduate School of African Studies (BIGSAS). Sa th\u00e8se a \u00e9t\u00e9 r\u00e9compens\u00e9e par le Frobenius Research Award 2022 ainsi que par le premier prix de la Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 allemande d\u2019anthropologie sociale et culturelle (GASCA) en 2023. Ses recherches actuelles portent sur les questions de technologie, de num\u00e9risation et de justice environnementale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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