276
project, but the project has sought to achieve a better balance. An important aspect
is certainly project funding from the German side, which is accompanied by certain
framework conditions. In the course of the project, some of these conditions were
changed, resulting in a better inclusion of local stakeholders to enable the
transdisciplinary approach. This can give impetus to work towards an even better
balance in the future.
Lastly, it can be said that the intercultural framework of the project, coupled with
a respectful and appreciative exchange, has created a space of trust, curiosity, and
mutual inspiration, and that the inclusion of music and dance as an integral part of
the overall transdisciplinary project environment offered excellent opportunities for
eye-to-eye encounters and nonverbal communication to overcome language and
cultural barriers while at the same time opening a space for a different kind of interculturality and hybridity.
Acknowledgements We would like to express our sincerest thanks to the German Academic
Exchange Service (DAAD) and the German Federal Foreign Office for funding the Atlas
Workshops project. Furthermore, we are very grateful to Mr. M’Barek Ait El Kaid for providing us
the space in his Kasbah and his valuable time for scientific discussion and practical support. Our
heartfelt thanks go to the amazing Ahwash ensemble from Agdz, particularly to Boubker Marrouk,
Mohamed Belahcen, and Abdessamad Belahcen, as well as to Prof. Vera Sander who played a
decisive role in shaping the artistic part of the project. Furthermore, we would like to thank Prof.
Dr. Youness Belahsen and Prof. Dr. Ahmed Ait Hou for their great support. We further thank the
community of Agdz with the associations Assalam and the German NGO Dindum who supported
the project activities. We are also very grateful to the Villa des Arts, the association La Paix/
Salaam, and the Goethe-Institut for supporting the closing event in Rabat. Finally, we would like
to thank Michael Maurissens (artist and film maker), Nezha Rhondali (dancer), Tom Dams (sound
engineer), Justyna Niznik (violin player), Manfred Fahnert, Marc Haering, Jana Nolting, Florian
Schick, Roman Seliger (scientific support), Belaid Zouhair (logistic support), and the students
from science and arts: Oumaima Ait El Kaid, Francesco d’Amelio, Elsa Artmann, Margherita
Dello Sbarba, Houda Dribila, Silvia Enis Duarte, Mohamed El-Hodaiby, Maximiliano Estudios,
Mariana Garcia de la Torre, Leonie Gembler, Katharina Gübel, Diego Alexander Guarin Cifuentes,
Karina Klein, Oumaima Kharkhach, Mihyun Ko, Linda Madio Ngankeng Epse Kemeni, Wyam
Mardoukh, Alaa Obeid, Brahim Oumahrir, Maria Isabel Meza Rodríguez, Raphael Pak Lau, AnneLene Nöldner, Kenechukwu Albert Okoye, Gonzalo Rodriguez, Jannis Sicker, Marcella Ulrike
Sobisch, Svenja Speen, Thea Soti, Seyedeh Taraneh Mousavi, José Carlos Tello Valle Hiriart,
Dimitrios Thanos, Yannick Tiemann, and Moritz Wesp.
References
Adeel Z, Bigas H, Schuster B (eds) (2008) What makes traditional technologies tick? A review
of traditional approaches for water management in drylands. The United Nations University,
Hamilton
Adger N (2000) Social and ecological resilience: are they related? Prog Hum Geogr 24:347–364
Almasude E (2014) Amazighité and secularism: rethinking religious-secular divisions in the
Amazigh political imagination. Decolonization: Indigeneity, Educ Soc 3(2):131–151
Baglioni E (2010) Sustainable Vernacular Architecture: the Case of the Draa Valley Ksur
(Morocco). In: Proceedings: Sustainable Architecture and Urban Development, 12–14 July,
Amman, Jordan, vol IV. pp 227–243
U. Nehren et al.
project, but the project has sought to achieve a better balance. An important aspect
is certainly project funding from the German side, which is accompanied by certain
framework conditions. In the course of the project, some of these conditions were
changed, resulting in a better inclusion of local stakeholders to enable the
transdisciplinary approach. This can give impetus to work towards an even better
balance in the future.
Lastly, it can be said that the intercultural framework of the project, coupled with
a respectful and appreciative exchange, has created a space of trust, curiosity, and
mutual inspiration, and that the inclusion of music and dance as an integral part of
the overall transdisciplinary project environment offered excellent opportunities for
eye-to-eye encounters and nonverbal communication to overcome language and
cultural barriers while at the same time opening a space for a different kind of interculturality and hybridity.
Acknowledgements We would like to express our sincerest thanks to the German Academic
Exchange Service (DAAD) and the German Federal Foreign Office for funding the Atlas
Workshops project. Furthermore, we are very grateful to Mr. M’Barek Ait El Kaid for providing us
the space in his Kasbah and his valuable time for scientific discussion and practical support. Our
heartfelt thanks go to the amazing Ahwash ensemble from Agdz, particularly to Boubker Marrouk,
Mohamed Belahcen, and Abdessamad Belahcen, as well as to Prof. Vera Sander who played a
decisive role in shaping the artistic part of the project. Furthermore, we would like to thank Prof.
Dr. Youness Belahsen and Prof. Dr. Ahmed Ait Hou for their great support. We further thank the
community of Agdz with the associations Assalam and the German NGO Dindum who supported
the project activities. We are also very grateful to the Villa des Arts, the association La Paix/
Salaam, and the Goethe-Institut for supporting the closing event in Rabat. Finally, we would like
to thank Michael Maurissens (artist and film maker), Nezha Rhondali (dancer), Tom Dams (sound
engineer), Justyna Niznik (violin player), Manfred Fahnert, Marc Haering, Jana Nolting, Florian
Schick, Roman Seliger (scientific support), Belaid Zouhair (logistic support), and the students
from science and arts: Oumaima Ait El Kaid, Francesco d’Amelio, Elsa Artmann, Margherita
Dello Sbarba, Houda Dribila, Silvia Enis Duarte, Mohamed El-Hodaiby, Maximiliano Estudios,
Mariana Garcia de la Torre, Leonie Gembler, Katharina Gübel, Diego Alexander Guarin Cifuentes,
Karina Klein, Oumaima Kharkhach, Mihyun Ko, Linda Madio Ngankeng Epse Kemeni, Wyam
Mardoukh, Alaa Obeid, Brahim Oumahrir, Maria Isabel Meza Rodríguez, Raphael Pak Lau, AnneLene Nöldner, Kenechukwu Albert Okoye, Gonzalo Rodriguez, Jannis Sicker, Marcella Ulrike
Sobisch, Svenja Speen, Thea Soti, Seyedeh Taraneh Mousavi, José Carlos Tello Valle Hiriart,
Dimitrios Thanos, Yannick Tiemann, and Moritz Wesp.
References
Adeel Z, Bigas H, Schuster B (eds) (2008) What makes traditional technologies tick? A review
of traditional approaches for water management in drylands. The United Nations University,
Hamilton
Adger N (2000) Social and ecological resilience: are they related? Prog Hum Geogr 24:347–364
Almasude E (2014) Amazighité and secularism: rethinking religious-secular divisions in the
Amazigh political imagination. Decolonization: Indigeneity, Educ Soc 3(2):131–151
Baglioni E (2010) Sustainable Vernacular Architecture: the Case of the Draa Valley Ksur
(Morocco). In: Proceedings: Sustainable Architecture and Urban Development, 12–14 July,
Amman, Jordan, vol IV. pp 227–243
U. Nehren et al.