MUSARAJ Smoki

Coordonnées

smoki.MUSARAJ@univ-amu.fr

Chercheuse de programme Safe Place for Science; professeur d'université et chercheuse à Mesopolhis; professeure d'anthropologie culturelle.

Fonctions

Domaines des recherches

Anthropologie economique

Théories de l’argent et de la valeur

Migration and remittances

Massification de tourisme

Logement et rédéveloppement urbain

Corruption

Villes Méditerranée

Societés post-communistes

Animation scientifique, responsable de programme

Mediterranean Dreaming: Tourism Massification and Migration in Maritime Cities

Au cours de la dernière décennie, les villes méditerranéennes de Barcelone (Espagne), Marseille (France), et Vlora (Albanie) ont connu une massification du tourisme et une augmentation des migrations. L’essor des locations de courte durée (comme la plateforme Airbnb) a multiplié les opportunités de revenus complémentaires. Cependant, il a également accentué les inégalités et le risque de gentrification dans certains quartiers, notamment les quartiers d’immigrants tels que le Raval à Barcelone et Noailles à Marseille. Parallèlement, l’augmentation des migrations est perçue positivement par les habitants et décriée par les autorités. Les nombreux graffitis portant les slogans « Touristes, rentrez chez vous! Réfugiés, bienvenue! » témoignent des attitudes divergentes face à la massification du tourisme et aux migrations dans ces villes. Ce projet de recherche vise à mieux comprendre comment différents acteurs – habitants, militants et urbanistes – réagissent aux transformations urbaines plus vastes induites par la massification du tourisme et les migrations.

Ce projet permettra de recueillir des données qualitatives sur les transformations urbaines et les attitudes locales dans trois villes méditerranéennes: Marseille, Barcelone et Vlora.

Productions

BOOKS

  • Smoki Musaraj. Tales from Albarado: Pyramid Firms, Value and Social Transformation in Postsocialist Albania. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2020.
  • Nataša Gregorić Bon and Smoki Musaraj. eds. Remitting, Restoring, and Building Contemporary Albania. Palgrave Macmillan, 2021.
  • Bill Maurer, Smoki Musaraj, and Ivan Small, eds. Money at the Margins: Global Perspectives on Technology, Inclusion and Design. New York and Oxford: Berghahn Books, 2018.

ARTICLES

BOOK CHAPTERS

  • Smoki Musaraj, 2026. “Corruption, Satire, and the Postsocialist State.” In Eastern Europe: Politics, Society, Culture Reader. Ed.  Gerald Easter. De Gruyter.
  • Smoki Musaraj, 2025. “Reclaiming the Mediterranean City: Contesting the Legitimacy of Urban Renewal Projects and the Airbnb Economy in Marseille.” In Forms of Inequality and the Legitimacy of Governance, Volume Two. Eds. Italo Pardo and Giuliana Prato. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Matthew Rosen and Smoki Musaraj, 2022. “Tirana Visible and Invisible.” In Invisible Cities and the Urban Imagination(opens in a new window). Edited by Benjamin Linder. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave MacMillan.
  • Smoki Musaraj, 2021. « Temporalities of Concrete in a Postcommunist City. » In Remitting, Building, and Restoring the Contemporary Albania(opens in a new window). Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Smoki Musaraj and Nataša Gregoriç Bon, 2021. “Introduction: Remitting, Restoring and Building Contemporary Albania.” In Remitting, Building, and Restoring the Contemporary Albania. Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Smoki Musaraj and Ivan Small, 2018. « Introduction: Money and Finance at the Margins.: In Money at the Margins: Global Perspectives on Technology, Inclusion and Design. New York and Oxford: Berghahn Books. pp. 1-18.
  • Smoki Musaraj, 2018. “Corruption Indicators in the Local Legal/Political Landscape: Reflections from Albania. In The Palgrave Handbook of Indicators in Global Governance by Indicators. Eds. Deborah Valentina Malito, Gaby Umbach, and Nehal Bhuta. Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Smoki Musaraj, 2015. “Indicators, Global Expertise, and a Local Political Drama: Producing and Deploying Corruption Perception Surveys in Albania.” In The Quiet Power of Indicators: Measuring Development, Corruption, and Rule of Law. Edited by Sally Engle Merry, Kevin Davis, Angelina Fisher, and Benedict Kingsbury. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
  • Smoki Musaraj, 2012. “Alternative Publics, Alternative Temporalities: Unofficial Collective Practices in Communist Albania.” In Albania: Family, Society and Culture in the 20th Century. Eds. Andrea Hemming, Gentiana Kera, Enriketa Papa. LIT Verlag.

EDITOR-REVIEWED ARTICLES

  • Smoki Musaraj, 2026. “Housing, Speculation, and Social Change in Albania.” Current History. March 2026.
  • Smoki Musaraj, 2024. “Book Review Editorial: Recent Contributions in Political and Legal Anthropology.” (with Matthew Canfield) PoLAR: Political and Legal Anthropology Review. 2024: 1-6.
  • Smoki Musaraj and Matthew Canfield, 2022. “Book Review Editorial: Emerging Themes in Legal and Political Anthropology.” PoLAR: Political and Legal Anthropology Review. 45 (2): 304-310.
  • Musaraj, Smoki, 2016 “Shtëpi Evropjane për një të ardhme më të mirë.” (European Homes for a Better Future.) Përpjekja Vol 34 (1)
  • Musaraj, Smoki, 2009 “Passport Troubles: Social Tactics and Places of Informal Transactions in Postosocialist Albania.” Anthropology of East Europe Review. 27(2): 157-175
  • Musaraj, Smoki, 2008 “Pikëpyetje Antropologjike Mbi Korrupsionin.” (Anthropological Questions on Corruption) Polis 6: Korrupsioni në Shqipëri (Corruption in Albania) European Univ. of Tirana. 6

MEDIA ARTICLES AND PODCASTS