Spectral Modernisms: Decolonial Aesthetics and Haunting in the Aftershock of Morocco’s Agadir Earthquake (1960)

Not all future-thinking collectives are created by choice. For many Morocco-based cultural and political figures invested in a decolonized future, the decade of collective reinvention started with disaster. During the waning moments of Leap Year Day in 1960 (Monday, February 29), on the third night...

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Glavni avtor: Kherdeen, Riad
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Izdano: ABE Journal 2025
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Izvleček:Not all future-thinking collectives are created by choice. For many Morocco-based cultural and political figures invested in a decolonized future, the decade of collective reinvention started with disaster. During the waning moments of Leap Year Day in 1960 (Monday, February 29), on the third night of the month of Ramadan, at 11:40 p.m., the earth shook violently for nearly fifteen seconds beneath the coastal city of Agadir in southern Morocco. While locals were gathering with friends and fa...