Résumés
Abstract
Conviviality (convivencia), a rubric for peaceable coexistence across cultural and ethnoracial differences, has been promoted as a multifaceted educational priority in contemporary Spain, although the stakes of tolerance and civility mean quite different things for pupils of autochthonous and immigrant backgrounds. For some Moroccan youth attending school in the agricultural southeast, experiences with xenophobia and racialized exclusion have made them both fierce critics and defenders of convivial precepts. At one secondary school, questions about convivial protocols became especially pressing in the wake of accusations against several Moroccan girls for stealing sandwiches from a disabled peer. A confrontation between three of them was captured on a digital audio recorder and, in tandem with interview and observational data, suggested that convivial priorities had been pushed aside in favour of reputational attacks and disciplinary punishments. The juxtaposition of convivial ideals against reputational dynamics shows that competing logics of communicative entitlement undergirded the conflict. And in the girls’ various attempts to absolve themselves, imputations about moral character and social affiliations pointed to the need for fuller consideration of conviviality as a relational concept.
Keywords:
- conviviality,
- dignity,
- entitlement,
- immigrant youth,
- relationality,
- reputation,
- Spain,
- values
Résumé
La convivialité (convivencia), une rubrique pour la coexistence pacifique au-delà des différences culturelles et ethno-raciales, a été promue comme une priorité éducative à multiples facettes dans l’Espagne contemporaine, bien que les enjeux de tolérance et de civilité aient des significations très différentes pour les élèves d’origine autochtone et ceux issus de l’immigration. Pour certains jeunes Marocains scolarisés dans le sud-est agricole, les expériences de xénophobie et d’exclusion racialisée ont fait d’eux, à la fois de farouches critiques et des défenseurs des préceptes conviviaux. Dans une école secondaire, les questions relatives aux protocoles conviviaux sont devenues particulièrement pressantes, à la suite des accusations portées contre plusieurs filles marocaines pour avoir volé des sandwichs à un camarade handicapé. Une confrontation entre trois d’entre eux a été enregistrée sur un support audio numérique et, en tandem avec les données des entretiens et des observations, a suggéré que les priorités conviviales avaient été mises de côté au profit d’atteintes à la réputation et de sanctions disciplinaires. La juxtaposition des idéaux de convivialité et de la dynamique de la réputation montre que des logiques concurrentes de droit à la communication sous-tendent le conflit. Dans les diverses tentatives des filles pour se disculper, les imputations sur le caractère moral et les affiliations sociales soulignent la nécessité d’une considération plus complète de la convivialité en tant que concept relationnel.
Mots-clés :
- convivialité,
- dignité,
- droit,
- jeune immigrant,
- relationalité,
- réputation,
- Espagne,
- valeurs
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