PowerPoint presentation for the ITRA congress TOYS as LANGUAGE and COMMUNICATION Catholic University of Portugal, Braga July 23-25, 2014
Sep 26, 2015
PowerPoint presentation for the ITRA congress
TOYS as LANGUAGE and COMMUNICATION
Catholic University of Portugal, Braga
July 23-25, 2014
communication and transmission between Moroccan children
through their toy making and play activities
Jean-Pierre Rossie
www.sanatoyplay.org
communicating about tangible and intangible aspects of adult life
in a childrens village at some distance of the houses
Anti-Atlas 2008
learning about feeding habits and rules: the tea ritual
Middle Atlas, 1994
explaining house construction activities
Anti-Atlas, 2007
transmitting information about the natural world
mastering the wind
Sidi Ifni, 2006
High Atlas, 1992
finding clay to make toys on a slippery slope
relating to nature when making toys with natural material
High Atlas, 1992 Anti-Atlas, 2002
learning to use waste material for creating toys
making a car, Sidi Ifni, 2005
transmitting attitudes, values and beliefs of the community
exchanging notions of femininity and masculinity in girls doll play
Central Morocco, 1996 High Atlas, 1996 Moroccan Sahara, 1997
exchanging information and feelings about wedding and man-woman relations
reconstruction of a wedding feast scene in girls games
Anti-Atlas, 2006
learning about rituals and feasts in playgroups
the belghenja rain ritual and the belghenja game
belghenja doll of the women and belghenja doll of the girls
Anti-Atlas, 2007
the young mens masquerade in southern Morocco
Tiznit, 2007
boys preparing to continue this cultural heritage
Tiznit, 2007
transmitting specific know-how between children
learning how to weave in a girls doll play
Anti-Atlas, 2007
learning to make and to ride the local skateboard
Sidi Ifni, 2002 Marrakech, 1993
in games verbal and musical expressions are mostly learned from older children in combination with non-verbal behavior
Tiznit, 2006
developing male identity through shared experiences
playing to be musicians, Sidi Ifni, 2005
developing female identity through shared experiences
playing the mistress of a modern household
Tiznit, 2006
interpreting and discussing adult roles
mother and children in household play
Central Morocco, 1997
fathers as farmers in a boys game
Anti-Atlas, 2002
playing teachers behavior in the classroom
Anti-Atlas, 2007
interpreting together changing attitudes in the community
the private home for children and adults at risk
Anti-Atlas, 2007
communicating about gender roles
peer groups of girls and peer groups of boys
Anti-Atlas, 2007
girls playgroup and boys playgroup in parallel play
Anti-Atlas, 2009
successful crossing of the gender border a girl infiltrating a boys playgroup
Sidi Ifni, 2006
failed gender border crossing two boys wanting to enter a girls household play
Sidi Ifni, 2007
playgroups based on family and neighborhood relationships facilitate the communication of information, beliefs and feelings between children
Anti-Atlas, 2007
the role of peers
Sidi Ifni, 2005
the role of older children
telling about the phosphate train
Sidi Ifni, 2007
directing the game of a wedding feast
Anti-Atlas, 2008
older sister explaining her experience in hospital to a younger sister
Moroccan Sahara, 2006
making a toy for a small brother
Anti-Atlas, 2006
communicating about recent social changes in play activities
exchanging viewpoints on Moroccans living in Europe and European tourists
gifts from emigrants and dolls dressed play about sunbathing tourists as emigrants daughters, Anti-Atlas, 2008 Anti-Atlas, 2006
playing, adapting and discussing TV messages in playgroups
the Palestine fighters rescue helicopter during the flood in
Sidi Ifni, 2005 Casablanca, Anti-Atlas, 2011
children play an active and important
role in communicating, transmitting
and adapting many aspects related
to the development of individuals,
cultures and societies
so one should not only
promote their rights
but also recognize
their contributions
Saharan and North African Toy and Play Cultures: Technical activities in play, games and toys
November 2013
360 p. 350 ill. see www.sanatoyplay.org or
www.scribd.com/jean_pierre_rossie/documents
Photography Khalija Jariaa made the photos of slides 2, 3, 5, 9, 14, 17, 19, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34 left. Jean-Pierre Rossie made the other photos