Ussnan is an international scientific journal published by the Centre for Research in Amazigh Language and Culture, situated in Béjaïa, Algeria. It provides, biannually, a publication space devoted exclusively to the Amazigh domain in all of its manifestations through a plethora of diverse specialisations and fields including: language, Tamazight didactics and metalanguage, Amazigh civilisation, literature, arts, and Amazigh heritage, terminology, translation along with automatic Amazigh language processing. Ussnan offers expertly chosen material. Tamazight is given precedence over materials written in French, Arabic, and English. Its biannual publication will have a Varia section and be open to proposals for special issues for conference proceedings or other topical publications. It will also not preclude special editions. As long as Tamazight remains at the centre of scientific interest and the proposed studies are original, unpublished, and adhere to the standards of academic writing, Ussnan gladly accepts proposals for articles from the scientific community, from seasoned or beginner researchers, from Algeria or elsewhere. Ussnan is an open access journal, entirely free to publish, with a reading committee. It evolved because of a deep-seated, passionate desire to provide Tamazight and other scholars in the field-especially PhD students—with a platform for scientific publication that would solely be beneficial to them.
Submission and Publication Fee Policy
- Submission fees: none
- Publication costs: none
- Average time between submission and publication: 10 weeks
Publication frequency: half-yearly
Publication formats: electronic and paper
Publication languages: Tamazight, French, Arabic and English
Publication director: Pr. Tidjet Mustapha
Editor-in-chief: Dr. Medjedoub Kamal
Launch of the next issue (volume 2, n°1) of Ussnan
“Practices and identity issues of transwriting/adaptation in Amazigh theater”
with a Varia section.
For publication in April 2025.
Submission sur https://asjp.cerist.dz/en/submission/983
This issue of the Ussnan magazine is largely devoted to the exploration of the rich and plural Amazigh symbolic universe, a subject which was the subject of a national conference. Symbols, in their diversity and evocative power, have always occupied a central place in human experience. As expressions of collective consciousness, beliefs, fears and aspirations, they embody the deep dynamics that shape societies throughout history. Whether they are tattoos, ornamental patterns on pottery, textiles or jewelry, or even symbols engraved on walls and everyday objects, these signs testify to a deep relationship between the individual and their environment, between the past and the present, the spiritual and the material. Since prehistoric times, man has used these symbols to inscribe his presence in the world, structure his beliefs, rituals and practices, and mark his territory, whether physical, social or spiritual. Through them, societies have woven a visual language that goes well beyond simple representation: it is a means of giving meaning to the invisible, of structuring human relationships and of understanding the world. Through the six contributions that follow, this issue seeks to highlight contemporary research on Amazigh symbols, at the crossroads of memory and renewal. The authors of the various articles explored symbols, their uses and their resilience within cultural practices which oscillate between perdition, transition and valorization.
Pr. Hayat Guenfissi, president of the conference “Berber symbols: A heritage between perdition, transition and valorization”
For any article submission, authors must use the platform of Algerian scientific journals
Ussnan Journal is published by CRLCA
Campus Aboudaou, route de Tichy, Bejaia, Algérie
e-ISSN : 2992-2046 p-ISSN : 2992-197X
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