Cory Ettiene

Cory Ettiene’s research sits at the intersection of material culture, women’s labour, and intangible heritage. Her work focuses on Amazigh weaving communities in southern Morocco, examining how motifs, colour choices, and weaving technologies circulate within households and shift across generations. This research is time-sensitive, as globalisation, migration, and ecological change are reshaping practices and oral traditions that have historically structured these communities.
Her fieldwork in southern Morocco combines participant observation, the study of domestic workspaces, and ethnographic interviews with both settled and nomadic families. She records oral histories, documents weaving techniques, and examines the symbolic meanings attached to motifs and colour use. This work is grounded in feminist archaeology and community-led approaches to cultural preservation.
Alongside her research in Morocco, she has contributed to the Partnership for Heritage programme in southern Tunisia, supporting women’s cooperatives across several villages. This work focused on strengthening heritage-based craft economies and supporting the transmission of local knowledge.
Her broader research interests include:
1.The archaeology of gendered labour
2.Motif symbolism and cosmology
3.Domestic craft technologies
4.Community-driven heritage preservation
5.Decolonising ethnographic archives
She is supervised by Dr Anna Leone and Dr Paolo Fortis.

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