%0 Journal Article %9 ACL : Articles dans des revues avec comité de lecture répertoriées par l'AERES %A Simenel, Romain %T Is mnemonics an end in itself ? Sensory mnemonic learning of the Qur'ān in Southwestern Morocco %D 2024 %L PAR00028045 %G ENG %J Current Anthropology %@ 0011-3204 %K MAROC %M ISI:001272105900001 %P [ ] %R 10.1086/731525 %U https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/PAR00028045 %V [Early access] %W Horizon (IRD) %X Are mnemonic devices an end in themselves as regards meaning? Do memorization techniques serve only memory, or do they have longer-term effects on other aspects of the mind? If so, what are those effects, and what is the role of the body? These are a few questions that are suggested by the ethnographic study of Qur' %$ 106 ; 112