globalisation and tradition

in Moroccan Anti-Atlas

children’s toys and play

Jean-Pierre Rossie www.sanatoyplay.org

Map of

Morocco

mountain village near the Atlantic Ocean

mountain village near the Atlantic Ocean

a village in an Anti-Atlas valley

Tiznit: a quickly changing old town

with cordial thanks to Khalija Jariaa

local diversity and global uniformity

child made or industrially made toys

water spraying toys

tops

car and truck toys

dolls

water spraying toys

the old way

water spraying toys

the new way

self-made tops and China made tops

self-made cars

imported

car toys

dolls made by village girls till today

and regularly used in small houses

or in a recent type of dollhouse

girls also reshape imported second hand dolls

re-contextualising

imported toys

Barbie-like dolls

Teddy bears

Barbie-like dolls

Teddy bears

in the

local

hospital

wounded imported dolls saved by

local toy-making techniques

the Tiznit masquerade

from tradition to entertainment

influence of tourism

on toys and play

summer beach tourism in

village girls’ pretend play

toy gifts from visiting emigrants

being a tourist

at the Atlantic coast

toy gifts from visiting emigrants

changing values and attitudes in civil

society as represented

in play and toys

pretend play in relation to a home for

unmarried pregnant women and

handicapped children created

in Tiznit in July 2007

toys inspired by high-tech

the Internet shop as play area

the toy mobile phone

the toy mobile phone

industrially made toys in Morocco

an advantage or a problem

massive import from China

second-hand toys

quality and safety problem

Maroc : pour l’Achoura

contrôle renforcé sur les jouets

chinois

le ministère du Commerce et de l’Industrie

traque les défauts de conception

new publications published on CD

Jean-Pierre Rossie 2008

collection Saharan and North African Toy and Play Cultures

Domestic life in play, games and toys, foreword G. Brougère, 438 p, 410 ill

Commented bibliography on play, games and toys, 64 p.

collection Cultures Ludiques Sahariennes et Nord-Africaines

La vie domestique dans les jeux et jouets, préface G. Brougère, 449 p, 410 ill

Bibliographie commentée des jeux et jouets, 64 p.