{"id":2790,"date":"2026-02-13T21:47:28","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T16:17:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apad-association.org\/?post_type=online-seminar&#038;p=2790"},"modified":"2026-04-15T18:10:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T12:40:32","slug":"formalisation-miniere-et-usages-politiques-de-linformel-au-maroc-les-bassins-extractifs-de-jerada-et-midelt","status":"publish","type":"online-seminar","link":"https:\/\/apad-association.org\/en\/online-seminar\/formalisation-miniere-et-usages-politiques-de-linformel-au-maroc-les-bassins-extractifs-de-jerada-et-midelt\/","title":{"rendered":"Mining formalization and political uses of informality in Morocco: the extractive basins of Jerada and Midelt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>12.30-13.30 (Brussels Time)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"523\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/apad-association.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/seance6-Image1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2786\" srcset=\"https:\/\/apad-association.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/seance6-Image1.jpg 523w, https:\/\/apad-association.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/seance6-Image1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/apad-association.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/seance6-Image1-18x10.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 523px) 100vw, 523px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Miner in an informal vanadinite pit, Mibladen (Midelt), December 2024, @Dessertine<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Abstract:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This presentation analyzes how mining formalization policies concretely redefine access to resources and the distribution of labor in two former extractive basins in Morocco, Jerada and Midelt. It argues that formalization does not only aim to regulate artisanal mining, but also constitutes a tool for selecting actors deemed legitimate to exploit the mine. Based on ethnographic research conducted between 2019 and 2025, it shows that in Jerada, the creation of cooperatives following the social mobilizations of 2017\u20132018 made it possible to channel coal mining activity by entrusting it to a limited number of recognized structures. These cooperatives include only a minority of miners, often operate under the influence of local intermediaries, and have neither improved safety nor stabilized incomes. In Midelt, miners have been exploiting former lead and vanadinite galleries since the 1990s, but their requests for recognition face inactive industrial permits and the absence of an appropriate legal framework, keeping them in an activity that is tolerated but legally precarious. The presentation thus shows that formalization restructures informality rather than eliminating it, while also facilitating the entry of new private operators into post-mining territories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Speakers:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mohammed Benidir<\/strong> is an associate professor with habilitation in sociology at the National Institute of Urban Planning and Development (INAU) in Rabat and co-director of the International Joint Laboratory PRISMM (Interdisciplinary Research Partnership on Mining Socio-Ecosystems in Morocco). At the intersection of development anthropology and political sociology, his work focuses, among other topics, on land systems, public action, and social movements in mining and post-mining areas.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anthropologist and research fellow at IRD, <strong>Anna Dessertine<\/strong> is affiliated with UMI SOURCE and co-directs the International Joint Laboratory PRISMM (Interdisciplinary Research Partnership on Mining Socio-Ecosystems in Morocco, IRD-France\/INAU, UMV-Morocco). Her research focuses on mining territories in Morocco, C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire, and Guinea, with particular attention to artisanal and small-scale mining activities, formalization processes, and post-extractive transformations associated with mining residues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>To participate<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/us06web.zoom.us\/j\/86747609174?pwd=DOZPDzk69rqFwama9Wv0Lz3kZlvDI0.1\">https:\/\/us06web.zoom.us\/j\/86747609174?pwd=DOZPDzk69rqFwama9Wv0Lz3kZlvDI0.1<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meeting ID: 867 4760 9174 6 Passcode: 353834<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2790","online-seminar","type-online-seminar","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/apad-association.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/online-seminar\/2790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/apad-association.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/online-seminar"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/apad-association.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/online-seminar"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/apad-association.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/online-seminar\/2790\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3344,"href":"https:\/\/apad-association.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/online-seminar\/2790\/revisions\/3344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/apad-association.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}