"Moroccan Dreams: colonial and post-colonial landscapes"

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Claudio Minca is Head and Professor of Cultural Geography at Wageningen University. He is also Visiting Professor at the University of London, University of Colorado and Rikkyo University in Tokyo. His current research centers on three major themes: tourism and travel theories of modernity; the spatialisation of (bio)politics; and the relationship between modern knowledge, space and landscape in postcolonial geography. His most recent books are On Schmitt and Space (with R. Rowan, Routledge, 2015), Moroccan Dreams (with L. Wagner, I. B. Tauris, 2014), Real Tourism (with T. Oakes, Routledge, 2011), Social Capital and Urban Networks of Trust (with J. Hakli, Ashgate, 2009) and Travels in Paradox (with T. Oakes, Rowman & Littlefield, 2006).

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Based on his forthcoming book (with Dr. Lauren Wagner), Prof. Claudio Minca’s talk will present tourism spaces in Morocco from a post-colonial perspective. He will thus discuss the role of the Protectorate government, particularly as it was designed and led by Resident-General Lyautey, in forming the physical and ideological spaces for tourism in a series of Moroccan cities. This historical perspective is placed in juxtaposition with contemporary experiences and readings of Moroccan landscapes through a “European tourist’s” perspective and other potential readings of these spaces.