Maïa Tellit Hawad

Maïa Tellit Hawad is a French-Tuareg researcher based in Marseille. Trained as a philosopher, her research revolves around the imaginary of the Sahara in French Africanist sciences and the intersection of colonial, racial, and geographical logics within the current administration of the central Sahara. Her recent work focuses on nomadic becomings in contemporary Tuareg societies. She currently teaches in the research studio RS6 – Saharan Becomings in the Environmental Architecture program of the Royal College of Art in London.