The Poetics of Diplomacy: Poetry, Creative Short Prose and Diplomatic Discussions in Western Sahara and the Saharawi Diaspora

该项目有两个总体目标：第一，通过创建一个可获取的、多语种的撒哈拉诗歌和创造性散文记录、转录和翻译资源，并促进参与，为保护濒危撒哈拉文化遗产作出贡献;第二，进一步跨学科（文化研究和国际关系）关于诗歌在外交中的作用的对话，以及如何通过诗歌传达外交辞令的观点。该项目追求四条探索路线：1）PI将探索文本如何（书面或口头诗歌和创造性短文）参与国际外交进程; 2）除文本本身外，国际和平倡议将询问文本如何作为撒哈拉人和其他读者或听众讨论外交问题的跳板; 3）PI将探索文本及其流通如何共同构成公共外交行为，4）PI将通过追踪游牧民族之间历史上诗歌斗争的演变，提供撒哈拉诗歌与外交交往的文化历史，直到今天数字宇宙中的诗歌外交交流。关于该项目的文化遗产部分，活动如下：1）PI将记录12位撒哈拉诗人朗诵他们三部作品的情况（共记录36部作品）。她将记录四位“友谊一代”诗人，他们用西班牙语创作，大部分生活在西班牙，四位难民游牧诗人，他们居住在阿尔及利亚的难民营/流亡国，四位“现代”诗人用阿拉伯语和/或哈桑尼亚语创作，他们居住在被占领土或最近从那里流亡。她将在毛里塔尼亚努瓦迪布记录后一组的诗人，那里有一个大的流亡撒哈拉人社区，来自被占领土的撒哈拉人到那里度假。2)PI还将对所有诗人进行半结构化采访。所有的采访将集中在诗人的生活史和他们的诗歌输出。至于较老的游牧诗人，访谈也将侧重于他们对诗歌战争历史的理解，以及在部落之间的冲突中使用诗歌作为调解工具。与西班牙和被占领土的年轻一代诗人的访谈将集中在他们的意图，作为诗人，关于观众和影响。所有访谈都将转录并翻译成英文，供出版。3)PI将在三场诗歌表演中进行参与式观察，并在三场表演中与观众进行半结构化访谈，三个实地考察地点各一场。这将通过数字民族志来补充，在他们的批准和同意下，PI将跟踪十位诗歌爱好者的社交媒体资料和评论。4)PI将对记录和转录的诗歌进行仔细的阅读。5)PI将与撒哈拉诗人翻译者远程合作，将诗歌和短篇散文文本从Hassaniya，阿拉伯语和西班牙语翻译成英语，准备翻译，诗歌录音和诗人访谈，以供数字收藏（大英图书馆声音档案馆和撒哈拉共和国国家档案馆）存档，并用于开放访问，在线选集。6)PI将根据研究结果撰写三篇期刊文章，阐述诗歌与外交之间的关系。这些成果将通过在线会议进一步传播，展示非洲-西班牙裔研究的新成果，撒哈拉诗人将参加由英国各诗歌界主办的在线阅读会。在线选集将包含用于促进西班牙裔研究课程中撒哈拉诗歌教学的在线、开放获取教学材料。

This project has two overarching aims: firstly, to contribute to the preservation of endangered Saharawi cultural heritage by creating, and promoting engagement with, an accessible and multilingual resource of recorded, transcribed and translated Saharawi poetry and short creative prose; and secondly, to further interdisciplinary (Cultural Studies and International Relations) conversations on the role of poetry in diplomacy, and how perspectives on diplomatic intrigues are communicated through poetry. The project pursues four lines of exploration: 1) the PI will explore how the texts (written or spoken poetry and short creative prose) engage with the process of international diplomacy; 2) Beyond the texts themselves, the PI will ask how the texts act as a springboard for discussions among Saharawis, and other readers or listeners, on issues of diplomatic interest; 3) The PI will explore how the texts and their circulation together constitute an act of public diplomacy and 4) The PI will provide a cultural history of Saharawi poetry's engagements with diplomacy, by tracing the evolution of historical poetic battles between nomads, to today's poetic-diplomatic exchanges in a digital universe. With regards to the cultural heritage part of the project, activities are as follows: 1) The PI will record twelve Saharawi poets reciting three of their works (36 works will be recorded in total). She will record four 'Friendship Generation' poets, who compose in Spanish and mostly live in Spain, four refugee nomad-poets, who reside in the refugee camps/state-in-exile in Algeria, and four 'modern' poets composing in Arabic and/or Hassaniya, based in the occupied territory or recently exiled from there. She will record poets from the latter group in Nouadibou, Mauritania, where there is a large community of exiled Saharawis and where Saharawis from the occupied territory travel for holidays. 2) The PI will also conduct semi-structured interviews with all poets. All interviews will focus on the poet's life history and their poetic output. With regards to the older nomad-poets, interviews will also focus on their understanding of the history of poetic battles and the use of poetry in conflicts between tribes as a tool for mediation. Interviews with younger generations of poets in Spain and in the occupied territory will focus on their intentions, as poets, with regards to audience and impact. All interviews will be transcribed and translated into English, for publication. 3) The PI will conduct participant observation at three poetry performances, and semi-structured interviews with audience members at three performances, one in each of the three fieldwork locations. This will be complemented by a digital ethnography in which, with their approval and consent, the PI will follow the social media profiles and comments of ten poetry enthusiasts. 4) The PI will conduct a close reading of the recorded and transcribed poetry. 5) The PI will work remotely with Saharawi poet-translators to translate the poetry and short prose texts from Hassaniya, Arabic and Spanish into English, preparing the translations, poetry recordings and interviews with poets for archive in digital collections (the British Library Sounds Archive, and the Saharawi Republic's national archive), and for an open access, online anthology. 6) The PI will produce three journal articles based on the research, drawing out the relationship between poetry and diplomacy.The outputs will be further disseminated through an online conference that showcases new work in Afro-Hispanic Studies, and Saharawi poet participation at online readings hosted by various UK-based poetry circles. Online, open access pedagogical materials for promoting teaching of Saharawi poetry on Hispanic Studies courses will be included with the online anthology.