MARAM: Mobilising Access to Rights for Artists in Morocco

摩洛哥艺术家权利动员（MARAM）将在我们创新的GCRF项目（“艺术促进倡导”）的基础上，扩大其影响，促进摩洛哥的辩论、转变观点，并为移民政策提供信息。MARAM（在阿拉伯语中意为“愿望”）将促进对边缘艺术家（特别是来自非洲和中东的移民以及来自弱势社区的摩洛哥人）更大的社会和制度认可。摩洛哥已成为一个过境国和移民国，尤其是撒哈拉以南地区逃离迫害、冲突和经济不稳定的移民，以及最近逃离叙利亚战争的移民。摩洛哥正试图实施一种新的、更具包容性的移民政策，但这一政策充满了矛盾和持续不断的暴力。随着中东和北非地区的其他渐进式改革（如阿拉伯之春），活动家、艺术家、移民领袖和非政府组织从业者越来越多地动员艺术来倡导有关移民的政策变化。研究人员和其他从业者经常与移民艺术家接触，但他们作为移民和艺术家的具体需求和挑战被忽视了。MARAM通过三个目标与项目合作伙伴拉辛斯合作，解决了这一差距：开发一个工具包，以帮助摩洛哥艺术家了解现有的立法和行政障碍；2. 2 .加强摩洛哥艺术家之间以及艺术家与文化专业人士之间的艺术合作和支持网络；制定一份艺术家权利宣言，以制定影响摩洛哥艺术家的政策。为了扩大用户群体的范围，MARAM将与一个新的项目合作伙伴——摩洛哥和非洲文化发展协会Racines合作。与拉辛在MARAM共同设计和实施的活动包括：1)一系列讲习班，在这些讲习班中，摩洛哥的边缘移民和摩洛哥艺术家将确定获得权利、社会和机构认可方面的挑战，共同制定解决方案，并建立能力；2)艺术驻留计划，参与者将创造性地参与到作为摩洛哥艺术家的意义中；3)为利益相关者、决策者和政策制定者提供论坛，以制定摩洛哥未来文化政策的共同愿景。由Laura Jeffery博士（爱丁堡大学）领导，Mariangela Palladino博士（基尔大学）和ssambastien Bachelet博士（爱丁堡大学）合作，该团队由来自人文和社会科学领域的研究人员组成，他们在摩洛哥境内外的被迫流离失所、基于艺术的方法、非政府组织伙伴关系、知识交流和能力建设方面具有丰富经验。通过让艺术家和创意专业人士参与设计和实施项目，MARAM将产生短期、中期和长期的影响：MARAM将通过知识和技能（如项目开发和管理、沟通、就业权利）提高摩洛哥本地和移民艺术家作为创意专业人士的能力，从而使他们受益；2 . MARAM将促进和加强摩洛哥创意和文化部门的网络和伙伴关系；MARAM将有助于形成摩洛哥国家一级的体制政策，并帮助维持中东和北非地区其他官方发展援助国家的改善（见视觉证据1）。

Mobilising Access to Rights for Artists in Morocco (MARAM) will build on and broaden the impact of our innovative GCRF project ("Arts for Advocacy") in contributing to debate, shifting opinions, and informing migration policies in Morocco. MARAM (meaning 'wish' in Arabic) will foster greater social and institutional recognition for marginal artists (specifically migrants from Africa and the Middle East and Moroccans from disadvantaged communities).Morocco has become a country of transit and immigration, notably for sub-Saharan migrants fleeing persecution, conflict and economic precariousness, and more recently for those fleeing the war in Syria. Morocco is attempting to implement a new and more inclusive politics of migration, but this has been fraught with contradictions and ongoing violence. As with other progressive reforms across the Middle East and North Africa region (e.g. Arab Spring), activists, artists, migrant leaders and NGO practitioners have increasingly mobilised the arts to advocate for policy changes regarding migration. Researchers and other practitioners often engage with migrant artists, but their specific needs and challenges as both migrants and artists are overlooked. MARAM addresses this gap in collaboration with its Project Partner, Racines, through three objectives:1. To develop a Toolkit to facilitate the navigation of existing legislation and administrative hurdles by artists based in Morocco; 2. To enhance artistic collaboration and support networks amongst artists based in Morocco, and between artists and cultural professionals;3. To generate a Manifesto for Artists' Rights to shape policies affecting artists based in Morocco.In order to broaden the range of user communities, MARAM will work with a new Project Partner, Racines, an association for cultural development in Morocco and Africa. Activities co-designed and co-delivered with Racines in MARAM include: 1) a series of Workshops in which marginal migrant and Moroccan artists based in Morocco will identify challenges to accessing rights, and social and institutional recognition, co-develop solutions, and build capacity; 2) an Artistic Residency Programme in which participants will creatively engage with what it means to be an artist in Morocco; 3) A Forum for stakeholders, decision-makers, and policy-makers to develop a shared vision of future cultural policies in Morocco. Led by Dr Laura Jeffery (University of Edinburgh) in collaboration with Dr Mariangela Palladino (University of Keele) and Dr Sébastien Bachelet (University of Edinburgh) the team consists of researchers from across the humanities and social sciences with experiences in forced displacement, arts-based methods, NGO partnership, knowledge exchange, and capacity building within and beyond the Moroccan context. Through its inclusion of artists and creative professionals in designing and conducting the project, MARAM will deliver short, mid, and long-term impact:1. MARAM will benefit Morocco-based local and migrant artists by enhancing their capacity as creative professionals trough knowledge and skills (e.g. project development & management, communication, employment rights);2. MARAM will foster and enhance networks and partnerships in the creative and cultural sector in Morocco;3. MARAM will contribute to shaping institutional policies at national level in Morocco and help sustain improvements in other ODA countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region (see Visual Evidence 1).